Digging The Great Escape
28/11/2011
The classic movie "The Great Escape" was based on a real life escape attempt during the second world war. This documentary follows Archaeologists who are trying to find the original tunnels dug by the real prisoners of war who escaped. Some of the surviving prisoners also join the team to assist with the tunnel locations and to describe what it was really like to live that situation. In an effort to understand the technical details of how this feet of ingenuity was achieved, the team recreate some of the equipment used by the prisoners.
Movie Information
Jack Lyon
as Himself
Richard Osgood
as Self - MoD Archaeologist
Paul McGann
as narrator
Frank Stone
as Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
Alan Bryett
as Self Stalag Luft III, 1943-45
Howard Tuck
as Self Historian
Philip Westwood
as Self - Chief Engineer
Tony Pollard
as Self - Chief Archaeologist
John Le Cornu
as Self - Royal Air Force
