PBS Nova The Great Escape 2004 (DVD) 720p x264 AAC

Great Escape (DVD)

History, War Documentary hosted by Richard Donat, published by PBS broadcasted as part of PBS Nova series in 2004 - English narration





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The real Great Escape didn't feature Steve McQueen racing through the Third Reich on a motorcycle like in the 1963 movie, but the big breakout was still thrilling in every way. This program sheds new light on the audacious escape of 76 Allied airmen from a Nazi POW camp during World War II.
Sixty years after the event, NOVA follows a team of archeologists as they search the site of Stalag Luft III for new evidence of the clandestine operation, which involved 600 prisoners digging three highly sophisticated tunnels, code-named Tom, Dick, and Harry. Each tunnel was made with railways, electric lights, and underground air pumps-all under the noses of German guards.
The detainees were planning to spring 200 men via Harry on the moonless night of March 24, 1944. Unfortunately, a guard spotted the 77th man as he exited the tunnel beyond the perimeter fence, but 76 managed to get away, fanning out in all directions and forcing the German army to commit tens of thousands of troops to an intensive manhunt.

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* Technical Specs
* Video Codec: : AVC
* Video Bitrate: : 2,444 kbps
* Video Aspect Ratio: : 1.6, (16x10)
* Video Resolution: : 1152x720
* Scan type : Progressive
* Audio Codec: : AAC LC
* Audio language: : English
* Audio Bitrate: : 157 kbps
* Audio Channels: : 2 (stereo)
* Run-Time: : 54mn 20s
* Framerate: : 29.970 fps
* Number of Parts: : 1
* Container : MP4
* Part Size: : 1,012 MiB
* Source: : DVD-rip
* Encoded date : UTC 2014-06-19 03:34:12
* Encoded by: : Egilman



Links
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1) Further Information

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/

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