Nova - Nazi Prison Escape

Ex-Library. Good. Former library copy, with library markings. Running time: 60 mins. From the Back Cover: "Medieval walls12-feet thick and 100 feet tall. Double-fenced barbed wire, battlements of solid rock 75 feet thick, and around-the-clock armed sentries. The Nazis were confident Colditz Castle in Germany was a formidable prison for Allied officers. The Captive Allies, however, disagreed. If it meant freedom and an opportunity to re-join the battle against Hitler, no risk was too great to discourage their escape attempts. Over half a century after their imprisonment, veteran Allied P.O.W.'s (as well as some of their German Guards) return to Colditz to reveal the daring schemes and ingenious devices that helped over 300 prisoners attempt breakouts. Hear the amazing story of an officer who, after a harrowing escape, traveled across Germany on foot with the help of unwitting SS troopers. See how the British covertly smuggled maps to prisoners inside specially made record albums. Discover secret rooms and caches of tools still hidden within Colditz. And dramatic re-enactments reveal how officers secretly constructed a full- scale glider using handmade tools such as saws mad from table knives, and scavenged materials such as floorboards and bed sheets, in preparations for a death-defying escape form atop the prison roof. Then watch as a glider is crafted over half a century later form the original drawings, and attempts its maiden flight with may of the original Colditz prisoners in attendance.".