War

Tank Battalion

Tank Battalion

July 1, 1958

Korean War, 1951. A tank crew struggles to survive behind enemy lines.

Kings Go Forth

Kings Go Forth

June 28, 1958

When Harris applies for the position of a radioman in Loggins' army unit, he is hired immediately. While on a mission together in France, they both fall in love with Monique.

Desert Hell

Desert Hell

June 25, 1958

This melodrama tells the tale of a great battle between the French Foreign Legion and the rebellious Arab tribe, the Tuaregs, who fight it out upon the blistering Sahara sands. Just before the Legionnaires embark upon their dangerous mission, the commander discovers that he is being cuckolded by his lieutenant. Because the mission is urgent, there is no time to fight over the commander's wife. Unfortunately, as they travel, the tension between the two mounts and they begin squabbling over how to plan the attack. Their inability to work together results in tragedy.

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

June 24, 1958

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

Il cielo brucia

Il cielo brucia

June 14, 1958

The Black Battalion

The Black Battalion

June 13, 1958

A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.

The Wind Cannot Read

The Wind Cannot Read

June 10, 1958

A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy and is not accepted by his countrymen.

Fraulein

Fraulein

June 8, 1958

A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.

China Doll

China Doll

June 6, 1958

American pilot Cliff Brandon, fighting the Japanese in China, finds himself the unintentional "owner" of a Chinese housekeeper, Shu-Jen. The unlikely couple falls in love and marries, but not without tragedy brought on by the war.

Cowboy Joining the Army

Cowboy Joining the Army

June 1, 1958

The story of fifteen-year-old shepherd Gu Xiao, who ran away from his landlord to the mountains. There he met scouts from the People's Liberation Army and helped them find the right path. The shepherd then took part in an important combat operation. For his courage and resourcefulness, Gu Xiao was enlisted into the ranks of the soldiers at the request of the company.

Hell Squad

Hell Squad

June 1, 1958

During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Finally only one man, Private Russo, is left, in the midst of a mine field, together with a German officer, locked in a stalemate. Russo has water, while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions. So Russo agrees to swap water for the map, but the German officer tries to double-cross him. This was Burt Topper's debut film, made on 16mm on weekends together with some friends in Indio, California. It was also Wally Campo's debut film, as well as script supervisor Joyce King's.

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

July 5, 1958

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?

The Key

The Key

May 28, 1958

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

The Memory of the Heart

The Memory of the Heart

May 26, 1958

The story of an English pilot who crashed in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, and whose life is saved by a woman and a boy - two partisans near the enemy lines, Long afterwards in England he remembers the Russians with affection, tells his friends about his experiences, and resolves to go back to find the two partisans his heart remembers.

Héroes del aire

Héroes del aire

May 19, 1958

Aleksa Dundic

Aleksa Dundic

May 18, 1958

Life and times of Aleksa Dundic, a volunteer in the Serb army during WW1, who later became a legend by fighting for the Red Army in the Russian Civil War.

Khalid ibn el Walid

Khalid ibn el Walid

May 16, 1958

The story of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid (592-642) the greatest military leader in the dawn of Islam during the life of prophet Muhammad and his caliphs Abu Bakr and Omar.

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

April 23, 1958

German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.

Tank Force!

Tank Force!

April 22, 1958

During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

Magirama

Magirama

April 21, 1958

A portmanteau work in four segments,designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel Gance,s creation, Polyvision, which preceded the American invention of Cinerama, and used three screens to present a drama of simultaneous images.