Lost Fleet Of Guadalcanal, The - DVD

One of the greatest war movies of all time, combining action-packed, high-caliber battle sequences with quintessential foxhole-buddy camaraderie. Released in 1943, its authenticity and power remain undiminished. The story follows one squad of Marines through the bloody assaults on the Solomon Islands during the opening stages of the war in the South Pacific. There's the tough sergeant (Lloyd Nolan), a cab driver from Brooklyn (William B

In 1494, Christopher Columbus made a second journey to the Americas- this time with more ships, more men, and a grander mission. His goal: to build the first European colony in the New World. But in just a few short years, this settlement would perish- one fifth of its inhabitants dead, at least six ships sunk in the bay, and the legacy of Columbus permanently marred. What happened at this ill-fated settlement remains a mystery 500 years later. National Geographic joins two seperate teams of archaeologists, one at sea and one on land, as they journey to uncover new evidence of the failure of America's first European city, La Isabela.

As World War II rages, U.S. Navy submarine Lt. Commander Jeff Conway (Academy-Award winner Cliff Robertson, 1968, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Charly) is captured by the Japanese and taken to a small island in the Pacific. While undergoing questioning by his captors, Conway meets the island's owner, Karen Philips (Gia Scala, The Guns of Navarone), who is acting as an interpreter for the Japanese yet offers to help him escape. Can he tr