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Operation Crossbow

"Allied Intelligence in London in December of 1942 receives reports that the Germans are developing long-range rockets. Though key advisers such as Professor Lindemann are skeptical of the reports, Prime Minister Churchill appoints Duncan Sandys, deputy supply minister, to head an investigation studying photographs for clues and pinpointing possible enemy launching sites. Then, when V-1 robot bombs begin to fall on London, three agents--Lieut. John Curtis, Phil Bradley, and Robert Henshaw--parachute into Holland and cross into Germany to infiltrate the underground plant at Peenemünde. They are posing as German agents known by the Allies to be deceased, but Henshaw is recognized by Gestapo agent Bamford and dies without giving any information. Curtis is confronted by the wife of the man he is impersonating. He locks her in his room and exacts her promise of secrecy; but she is ruthlessly killed by Frieda, an underground leader, to avoid any possible security leak. Bradley and Curtis get jobs at Peenemünde and transmit their findings to London. When London decides to bomb the site before long-range rockets can be launched, the agents are instructed to light the way for a squadron of Allied bombers. At the cost of their lives the two men make possible the total destruction of the Nazi installation"--AFI catalog, 1961-1970.

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  • ""Allied Intelligence in London in December of 1942 receives reports that the Germans are developing long-range rockets. Though key advisers such as Professor Lindemann are skeptical of the reports, Prime Minister Churchill appoints Duncan Sandys, deputy supply minister, to head an investigation studying photographs for clues and pinpointing possible enemy launching sites. Then, when V-1 robot bombs begin to fall on London, three agents--Lieut. John Curtis, Phil Bradley, and Robert Henshaw--parachute into Holland and cross into Germany to infiltrate the underground plant at Peenemünde. They are posing as German agents known by the Allies to be deceased, but Henshaw is recognized by Gestapo agent Bamford and dies without giving any information. Curtis is confronted by the wife of the man he is impersonating. He locks her in his room and exacts her promise of secrecy; but she is ruthlessly killed by Frieda, an underground leader, to avoid any possible security leak. Bradley and Curtis get jobs at Peenemünde and transmit their findings to London. When London decides to bomb the site before long-range rockets can be launched, the agents are instructed to light the way for a squadron of Allied bombers. At the cost of their lives the two men make possible the total destruction of the Nazi installation"--AFI catalog, 1961-1970."@en
  • "The Nazis have perfected rocket technology that could rain death on London and New York. After commandos are sent to sabotage the plan, they find their mission has been compromised. Will they make it out of there in time?"@en
  • "Allied intelligence agents parachute into Germany during World War II to destroy the Nazi rockets aimed at strategic Allied targets."@en
  • "Feature film from the USA. Action. The Allies try to infiltrate the Nazi missile works at Peenemunde, in order to defeat Hitler's revenge weapons."
  • "A fearsome rumor reaches Britain's World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on London and, then, New York. Quickly, England develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets. Just moments after the carefully chosen commandos parachute into the drop zone, their pilot receives an urgent message: The mission may be compromised. Abort."
  • "World war II thriller about three British agents who sabotage the German V1 and V2 rocket bases in Holland."@en
  • "A fearsome rumor reaches Britain's World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on London and, then, New York. Quickly, England develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets. Just moments after the carefully chosen commandos parachute into the drop zone, their pilot receives an urgent message: The mission may be compromised. Abort."@en
  • "The tale of a small band of commandos out to destroy Nazi secret missile stronghold during WW2."@en
  • "The tale of a small band of commandos out to destroy Nazi secret missile stronghold during WW2."

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  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "Italian films"@en
  • "fiction"
  • "War films and programs"@en
  • "War films"@en
  • "War films"
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  • "Drama"
  • "Spy films"@en
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  • "Feature films"

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  • "Opération Crossbow"
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  • "Operation Crossbow"
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  • "Operation crossbow"
  • "Operation crossbow (Motion picture : 1965)"