Robert Burns was sentenced to serve on a chain gang. However he made an incredible escape, dodging bullets and bloodhounds, before embarking on an arduous and fraught ridden journey to Chicago, where he started a new life. This is the fascinating odyssey of a man who didn't just run from the law - he changed it.
Alcatraz claimed to be impossible to escape from, but in June 1962, three men - Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin did the unimaginable. This fascinating DVD details how the three men planned and executed their escape and explores the many questions that are still unanswered even to this day.
With a combination of archival footage, dramatic reconstruction and expert commentary, 'Papillon - The True Story' is an incredible tale of courage, hope and an unrelenting determination to archive freedom that will enthral the viewer right from the start.
No walls could hold them, no punishment could scare them and no enemy could stop them, In this unforgettable programme former POWs, soldiers and guards tell the incredible story of their thrilling escapes. From daring breakouts of POWs to life risking accounts of the French Resistance, this programme tells the real life stories of World War II.
For the soldiers of World War II there was nothing more terrifying than falling into the clutches of the enemy. However, the instinct for freedom triggered some of the most compelling dramas of the War. Using rare archive footage and interviews with survivors we bring to life these daring escapes from Nazi-occupied territory and POW camps. 'Escape from Arizona' follows the story of a daring mission by a group of Nazi officers held captive in Arizona. It was the largest POW escape in the United States where twelve German officers and thirteen submariners cut loose from Papago Park Prison in Arizona. Episode uses archive footage and interviews with former POWs, and is accompanied by a complete look at the courageous resistance movements throughout occupied Europe.
Man's desire to escape imprisonment is overwhelming and this fascinating episode features some of arguably the most daring escapes known to man! The incentive for these men and women to break out was simple - they were all faced with either a lifetime in captivity or certain death and when faced with the reality of their situation they risked everything to regain their liberty. Inocent or guilty they all dispalyed exceptional ingenuity, cunning and endurance to beat the system. Here, in "Escape Stories", they tell their amazing tales of bravery. Tales of narrow escapes during wartime. Included: Iceal "Gene" Hambleton, whose jet was shot down in Vietnam. Also: a World War I escape from German troops. BEHIND ENEMY LINES * Bat 21 Bravo * The Double Agent * Box Brown * The Great Train Escape * The Edith Cavell Story
Man's desire to escape imprisonment is overwhelming and this fascinating episode features some of arguably the most daring escapes ever known. Innocent or guilty they all displayed exceptional ingenuity, cunning and endurance to beat the system. Here, in 'Escape Stories', they tell their amazing tales of bravery. Included: the story behind the 1978 movie "Midnight Express"; a Cold War spy's breakout from an English jail; a woman who fled Iran with her 7-year-old daughter; ABC News correspondent Charles Glass' escape from Lebanese captors in Beirut. GREAT ESCAPERS * Midnight Express * Not Without My Daughter * Over The Wall * The Missing Link
These are the compelling stories of fighting men who, against all the odds, made dramatic escapes from captivity during World War II. Whichever side they fought for, one thing united them: the dream of rejoining their brothers of arms and taking the fight back to the enemy. These escapers displayed extraordinary cunning and fearlesness, they pushed both themselves and their luck to the limit in order to break out and make the home run back to their own countries. Great escapes during World War II include a breakout from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines and an escape from Nazi Stalag Luft III by Allied forces. Also: a Luftwaffe pilot who fled a British POW camp. HOME RUN * The Great Escape * Forth Down * The One That Got Away * Escape from Colditz
To be on the run is one of man's primeval fears: to survive the chase is one of his greatest triumphs. These escape stories feature men who found themselves up against the overwhelming odds of the manhunt: to survive in the hostile surroundings they needed courage, nerve and sheer endurance. Innocent or guilty, these men have become folk heroes through their escape stories. This compelling episode features some of history's greatest ever escapes. Segments include a British commando who escaped from war-torn Iraq; the 70th birthday of Ronald Biggs, one of the participants in the "Great Train Robbery." Also: legendary skyjacker D.B. Cooper. ON THE RUN * Who Dares Wins * The Portland Hijacker * Papillon * The Great Train Robber
The twentieth century has endured some of the most tyrannical regimes of all time, to escape from them families risked everything to reach freedom and stay together. These are the stories of incredible bravery in the face of crushing oppression, of daring and ingenuity against overwhelming odds. These are true stories of those who triumphed over tyranny. Cold War-era escapes include two from East to West Germany in a which a couple drove a sports car under the border barriers and a family who hid in a butcher's truck. Also: a Cuban pilot who fled in a MiG fighter jet and returned two years later for his family. TRIUMPH OVER TYRANNY * One Hundred minutes to Freedom * The Berlin Wall * The Sewers of Lvov
Society had put these convicts behind bards and had thrown away the keys prison incarcerated their bodies, but not their minds. These are the escape stories of men and women who transgressed society's criminal code and found themselves cut off from civilisation. Whatever their past crimes, these individuals became legend for the sheer audacities of their miraculous escapes.
