Digging The Great Escape
Overview
The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world war. This documentary follows Archaeologists who are trying to find the original tunnels dug by the real prisoners of war who escaped. Some of the surviving prisoners also join the team to assist with the tunnel locations and to describe what it was really like to live that situation. In an effort to understand the technical details of how this feet of ingenuity was achieved, the team recreate some of the equipment used by the prisoners.
Release date
28/11/2011
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Jack Lyon
Himself
Richard Osgood
Self - MoD Archaeologist
Paul McGann
narrator
Frank Stone
Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
Alan Bryett
Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
Howard Tuck
Self Historian
Philip Westwood
Self - Chief Engineer
Tony Pollard
Self - Chief Archaeologist
John Le Cornu
Self - Royal Air Force
Original Soundtrack
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Safeguarding Military Information
The Dam Busters
Lifeboat
Free City
Eindelijk Vrij! De Bevrijding van Maastricht Gefilmd
The Battleship on the Ground
June 10, 1944
Britain's Greatest Pilot: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown
Letters
Battle of the Bulge
Katyn
Churchill's Darkest Decision
Defiance
The Great Raid
Max Manus: Man of War
Prisoners of Propaganda
Guerrilla Girl
Wild Wind
1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?
June 1940, the Great Chaos