Bold Breakout from Vietnam POW Camp | History's Greatest Escapes (S1)
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A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos in the early years of the Vietnam war in this video from Season 2, Episode 2, "Vietnam POW Escape."
Watch all new episodes of History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman, and stay up to date on all of your favorite The HISTORY Channel shows at history.com/schedule.
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Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman is an eight-part series from The HISTORY® Channel hosted and executive produced by Morgan Freeman. The five-time Academy Award nominee and one-time Academy Award-winning actor has appeared in hundreds of films and television roles. One of his most famous and beloved performances was in Shawshank Redemption, a film focusing on the exploits of a group of inmates inside the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary.
In the series, Morgan will explore real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public. It’s an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs. Famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State Penitentiary and other locations are recreated with actors playing KEY roles and interviews from some of the prisoners themselves, their families, their cell mates and from the guards and prison employees that tried to prevent the escapes. Along with the interviews and recreations, the series will utilizeS new software technology called Unreal Engine to recreate—with great verisimilitude—the prisons themselves.
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Bless all soldiers who serve.
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Excellent film. Bale is awesome in it
Was there for the Changing of the Wreath & Guards during a Honor Flight as a Guardian.
Bold Breakout from Vietnam POW Camp | History's Greatest Escapes (S1)
HISTORY
235,040 views
A German American pilot, Dieter Dengler, uses survival skills honed as a child to escape a secret prison in Laos in the early years of the Vietnam war in this video from Season 2, Episode 2, "Vietnam POW Escape."
Watch all new episodes of History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman, and stay up to date on all of your favorite The HISTORY Channel shows at history.com/schedule.
#HISTORY #HistorysGreatestEscapesMorganFreeman
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman is an eight-part series from The HISTORY® Channel hosted and executive produced by Morgan Freeman. The five-time Academy Award nominee and one-time Academy Award-winning actor has appeared in hundreds of films and television roles. One of his most famous and beloved performances was in Shawshank Redemption, a film focusing on the exploits of a group of inmates inside the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary.
In the series, Morgan will explore real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public. It’s an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs. Famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State Penitentiary and other locations are recreated with actors playing KEY roles and interviews from some of the prisoners themselves, their families, their cell mates and from the guards and prison employees that tried to prevent the escapes. Along with the interviews and recreations, the series will utilizeS new software technology called Unreal Engine to recreate—with great verisimilitude—the prisons themselves.
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