| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 656 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Alisdair Simpson. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Less than a year after WWII began, Churchill formed a secret organization called the SOE, Special Operations Executive, and ordered it to 'set Europe ablaze'. Secret War is a thrilling series that goes inside Churchill's secret army to a dangerous world of agents, double agents, and tripple agents who helped liberate Europe and change the course of the war. 13 episodes, 11 hrs, 4 DVDs. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 The special interrogation group -- Hardy Amies: Operation "Ratweek" -- The mafia connection -- Double agent tricycle Disc 2 The banker, the Norwegians, and the bomb -- The English scholar and the fight for Greece -- The Dutch disaster -- Disc 3 The SAS Italian job -- The spymistress and the French fiasco -- The French triple agent Disc 4 Christine Granville: Polish spy -- Agent Garbo -- The aristocrat and the Balkan communist. |
| Note |
Special features: 20-page viewer's guide with a chronology of World War II and articles on Winston Churchill, Fortress Europe, resistance movements, the SAS, and MI6; discussion questions at athenalearning.com. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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| Added Author |
Simpson, Alisdair.
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Aarons, Nick.
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WMR Productions (Firm)
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IMG Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781598287691 |
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1598287699 |
| Standard No. |
054961876990 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8769 Athena |
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