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3) Stripes
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English
Description
When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
The explosive origin story of Tom Clancys action hero John Kelly, an elite Navy SEAL whose life is changed forever after uncovering an international conspiracy. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, he fights his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster.
5) Danger close
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
August 18, 1966 South Vietnam, for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his company of 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,000 battle-hardened Viet Cong. With their ammunition running out, each man begins to search for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Ex-Black Ops soldier Jake Hunter is desperate to find his missing daughter. As Jake uncovers the terrifying truth surrounding her disappearance, he goes on a merciless quest for revenge, bringing those responsible to justice in this gripping action thriller.
Series
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1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A comedy-drama about a smooth operating master sergeant who is constantly getting his hero-worshiping, protege out of situations. Add a real-life Lolita teen, and the two become part of an intriguing love triangle.
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1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead soldier's body 'because the whites wouldn't like it,' and shows how the incident sparked outrage nationwide and contributed to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Richard Thomas (The Waltons) stars in a powerful and dramatic adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's acclaimed novel, All Quiet On the Western Front.. At the rise of World War I, German patriot Paul Baumer (Thomas) and his friends enlist in the Imperial German Army. In search of adventure and eager to assert the superiority of their nation, the young men endure a brutal training camp and soon find themselves face to face with the full horrors of war...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A military widow rents an apartment to an Army Captain recovering from an injury in battle. As they team up to save the town's military museum with a Christmas fundraising event, these two 'wounded birds' find themselves falling in love, and being healed by the magic of Christmas.
12) A Marine story
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A decorated Marine officer unexpectedly returns home from the war and is quickly recruited to help a troubled teen prepare for boot camp, but when the true reasons for her return becomes known it threatens the future for both of them.
13) Hamburger Hill
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For ten days, the American soldiers of Bravo Company fight in Vietnam to take over Hill 937, also known as Hamburger Hill.
14) Carmen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young dancer is forced to flee the Mexican desert when her mother is murdered. She joins up with a soldier recovering from PTSD and the two begin a passionate love affair in this evocative drama.
15) Hostiles
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1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
16) 1917
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the Vietnam War raging in 1969, two young fathers report for duty: a man of great faith and a doubtful cynic. A quarter-century later, their sons, Wayne and John Paul, meet as strangers. Guided by handwritten letters from their fathers from the battlefield, they embark on an unforgettable journey to The Wall, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Along the way, they discover the devastation of war cannot break the love of a father...
19) The contractor
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a Special Forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.
20) Sgt. Bilko
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sgt. Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces. Instead of training his troops for battle, he passes on his legacy of gambling and shunning responsibility. Times get tough however, when the base is threatened with a shutdown, and a by-the-book adversary, Major Thorn, is intent on taking Bilko's reputation down with it. Now, all bets are on Bilko to drum up his biggest scheme yet to save...
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