Secrets of the dead. The airmen and the headhunters

DVD 2009

This long-lost story of heroism, perseverance, and ingenuity follows the tale of lost WWII soldiers, their unlikely rescue and companionship with the Dayak tribe in Borneo, and their eventual rescue conceived by an eccentric British major: an airway built out of bamboo in the middle of the jungle.

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Dayak (Bornean people)

United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 5th Squadron, 23rd History

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 Search and rescue operations Borneo

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ISBN:

9781608831371
160883137X

Edition:

Widescreen version

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
stereo
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Airmen and the headhunters [DVD]
Secrets of the dead (Television program)

Notes:

Originally broadcast as an episode of the television series Secrets of the dead
Based on the book of the same title by Judith Heimann
DVD ; stereo ; widescreen
Closed-captioned

Control Number:

942906

UPC:

841887011402

Other Authors:

Heimann, Judith M. Airmen and the headhunters
Icon Films
Radice, Mark, 1973-

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