World War 2 Resistance Fighters - Resistance and Espionage in Occupied Europe - 3 videos

School For Danger (70:00, B&W 1945) (Aka "Now It Can Be Told") Restored Audio & Video. This is one the most exciting World War 2 espionage films you'll see -- and it's based on actual events. What makes it unique is that virtually all of the characters play themselves performing the roles they executed during World War 2 -- from British secret agents to French Resistance fighters to special mission RAF pilots and operational commanders. Produced by the RAF, this remarkable film on British S.O.E.(Special Operations Executive) wartime espionage operations in occupied France was shot on location after the Liberation.

The stars of the show, Harry Ree ("Agent Felix") and Jacqueline Nearne ("Agent Cat"), were real secret agents who ran dangerous espionage missions in conjunction with the French Resistance. The film is a composite recreation of actual operations combined into one story line. You'll see the agents train in a special school for spies in Britain followed by their infiltration into France. Then you'll see how they made their contacts, set up networks and safe houses, received supplies by night air drop, operated secret radios to send intelligence and receive instruction, and of course, they blew things up. You'll also get an in depth look inside S.O.E operations back in the U.K, once again played by actual participants, including assigning & monitoring missions and the logistics behind hundreds of secret nighty air drops to aid the resistance. Highly recommended!

Denmark Fights for Freedom (10:00, B&W,1944) Restored Audio & Video. What if an entire nation stayed home & refused to show up at work to fight an enemy occupation? You'll see that & much more in this dramatic documentary film, surreptitiously shot during the German occupation of Denmark. It's an stirring story of how a spirited nation pulled together to fight oppression, through acts of sabotage and mass demonstrations. Inspirational!

The Battle for Paris (12:00, B&W, 1944) As the Allies closed the ring on Paris in the Summer of 1944, most of German occupation forces left the city to meet them. The French Resistance leaped into action to take the city, using a combination of smuggled weapons, hunting rifles and captured enemy equipment. What follows is a dramatic "you are there" front row seat on resistance fighters battling German troops i(including a Panther Tank) on the boulevards of the capital, all filmed as it happened by citizen cameraman. Action packed!