Tag Archives: 1950s

An American cavalry brigade is sent to occupy a small Filipino village in 1902 and quell guerilla resistance in the surrounding jungle. Read More »

In 1787 prisoners from London’s Newgate Gaol are to be shipped to New South Wales. Read More »

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 Read More »

Danger and suspense sail the high seas in this nautical thriller that some commentators call uncommonly fierce for its time. Read More »

When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin’s top secret agents Read More »

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. Read More »

Alison Kirbe of London, receives a telegram from Texas, that she has inherited a livestock ranch. Read More »

Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Read More »

Jocko De Paris, cadet leader in a Southern military academy, so manipulates events that George Avery, Jr., son of the school’s executive officer, is found drunk and expelled. Read More »

True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. Read More »