A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
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Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Apr 5, 2010
Minesweeper (1943)
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
Dec 8, 2009
Bonanza - s01e32 - Death At Dawn (1960)
The town is being run by bad guys and the Cartwrights decide it has to stop. When a local merchant is gunned down for refusing to pay protection, Farmer Perkins is tried and sentenced to hang. Ben is taken hostage by Perkins' employer, with threats to hang Ben if Farmer is not released.
Dec 1, 2009
Bonanza - s01e31 - Dark Star (1960)
Joe is about to shoot what he thinks is a wolf and discovers it is a woman. The woman turns out to be a gypsy, who her people think is possessed by the devil. Joe falls in love and she is taken in by the Cartwrights after her family shuns her. Joe is determined to find out what is really going on behind the strange happenings that are blamed on the woman.
Nov 26, 2009
Arch of Triumph (1985)
In Paris, before the Nazis penetrate into the city, an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Nov 24, 2009
Bonanza - s01e30 - Feet Of Clay (1960)
The Cartwrights take young Billy Allen to the Ponderosa, following the death of his mother. The sheriff needs someone to care for Billy until his uncle comes to take custody. Bitter and with a bad attitude, Hoss seems to be the only one that is able to penetrate the boy's hostility. When Billy finally starts to open up and trust Hoss, his father Vance breaks out of prison and comes for the boy. Hoss has come to love Billy as a son and does what is necessary to protect him.
Nov 17, 2009
Bonanza - s01e29 - Bitter Water (1960)
The Cartwrights find themselves involved in a fight over water rights, when the son of one of their neighbors is influenced by the father of his fiancee. Lem Keith wants to destroy the Ponderosa and will stop at nothing including infecting Ponderosa cattle with his own diseased cattle. This leads the Cartwrights to take measures that they never thought they would use.
Nov 10, 2009
Bonanza - s01e28 - San Francisco Holiday (1960)
In this episode Ben, Hoss, Joe, and Hop-Sing go to San Francisco to sell their cattle, get shanghai'd, and break up the racket with the help of some of Hop-Sing's many cousins.
Nov 3, 2009
Bonanza - s01e27 - The Last Trophy (1960)
Lord and Lady Dunsford arrive at the Ponderosa to visit their old friend Ben. Adam finds himself the object of Lady Dunsford's attentions when she deems him to be a braver man than her husband. Adam then takes the couple on a hunting trip, where Lord Dunsford freezes while attempting to shoot a cougar. The hunting party is then captured by a band of renegades and Lady Dunsford begins to wonder if her husband will ever be the man he used to be.
Oct 27, 2009
Bonanza - s01e26 - The Avenger (1960)
Adam is bushwhacked by three men, who turn out to have deserted from the army. When Ben pursues them, he is hindered by a Captain Bolton, who is also after the three men.
Oct 20, 2009
Bonanza - s01e25 - Escape To Ponderosa (1960)
Adam is bushwhacked by three men, who turn out to have deserted from the army. When Ben pursues them, he is hindered by a Captain Bolton, who is also after the three men.
Oct 13, 2009
Bonanza - s01e24 - The Stranger (1960)
Ben's past catches up with him, when an inspector from New Orleans arrives in Virginia City. It seems Ben is wanted in New Orleans for murder and must go back to face trial. This puts an end to Ben's run to become governor. Joe decides that it's up to him to set the inspector straight and to make sure that his father doesn't go back to New Orleans with him.
Oct 6, 2009
Bonanza - s01e23 - Desert Justice (1960)
U.S. Marshal Emmett Dowd arrives at the Ponderosa to take back ranch hand Dave Walker to face trial in Los Angeles. Concerned by the way Dowd treats Walker and believing the man to be innocent, Adam and Hoss decide to go along to make sure that Walker reaches Los Angeles alive.
Sep 29, 2009
Bonanza - s01e22 - Blood On The Land (1960)
A sheepherder and his men try to drive their sheep across the Ponderosa. Ben and Adam disagree about how to stop them. Ben wants the Cartwrights to handle their own matters, Adam wants to let the law handle the situation. After Adam is taken hostage, Ben starts to see things Adam's way.
Sep 22, 2009
Bonanza - s01e21 - The Spanish Grant (1960)
When the Cartwrights find out that some of the Ponderosa may be forfeited under the Spanish Land Grant, they decide to take legal action in order to stop it. Adam, however, takes another plan of action, which involves getting to know the beautiful heiress who is claiming the land under the grant.
Sep 15, 2009
Bonanza - s01e20 - The Fear Merchants (1960)
The Cartwrights are in Virginia City to celebrate the birthday of Jimmy Chang. They soon find out, much to their distaste, that there are a number of people who don't like the Chinese. However, when Jimmy is accused of murdering the daughter of his employer, the Cartwrights have to battle a racist lawyer up for mayoral election in order to prove Jimmy innocent.
Sep 8, 2009
Bonanza - s01e19 - The Gunmen (1960)
Joe and Hoss arrive in the town of Keowa Flats, Texas. They are immediately mistaken for two gunslinging brothers - the Slades. Joe and Hoss soon find themselves involved in a feud. They soon realize that they are the only ones who are in a position to stop the fighting before it gets any worse.
Sep 1, 2009
Victory At Sea ep 26 Design For Peace (1953)
Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War IIDESIGN FOR PEACE Surrender of Japan & aftermath of war The atomic bomb is detonated, and its effects demonstrated at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With that, Japan surrenders, and their country's diplomats and military officials sign the official surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri. The U.S. armed forces come home to signs saying, "Welcome Home" before they are greeted by mothers, wives, children and fellow neighbors. But before the series come to a close, there is one last parade to march in their honor.
Aug 25, 2009
Victory At Sea ep 25 Suicide For Glory (1953)
Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War IISUICIDE FOR GLORY Okinawa In one last ditch effort at glory, having lost most of their best men in military actions, Japan employs suicide pilots--the Kamikaze--men who would willingly crash their planes into ships in order to destroy the American spirit. But the U.S. Navy and Marines are ready for them with their guns, and they fought heroically against the onslaught. And on Okinawa, Americans fight a major battle with the Japanese Army.
Aug 18, 2009
Victory At Sea ep 24 The Road To Mandalay (1953)
Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War IITHE ROAD TO MANDALAY China, Burma, India, and Indian Ocean Japan invades China in 1936, but the Japanese are not satisfied, and they began to invade Indochina and Thailand, paving the way for the invasion of Burma. The U.S. and British Navies nurture their relations with the Indian Navy as supplies are building up for the return back. Eventually, it was decided to build a road to link up with the Burma Road, and with human and elephant power, they succeeded. Eventually, they "came back to Mandalay", and the first supplies traveled the road to hordes of cheering Chinese.
Aug 11, 2009
Victory At Sea ep 23 Target Suribachi (1953)
Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War IITARGET SURIBACHI Iwo Jima The United States fought two battles here--the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima against the Japanese, and the U.S. Navy against the typhoon. During the now-legendary events depicted in this episode, we reach the final throes of battle in the Pacific war against Japan. And as the scene of the recent Mount Suribachi memorial appears, we are once again reminded of the price that comes before true victory can be achieved.
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