Summary In the final months of World War II, prisoners of war in Colditz began building a glider to fly out of the camp. However the war ended before they could try it. Now Dr Hugh Hunt, an engineer from Cambridge University, leads a team of aeronautical engineers and carpenters who build a replica glider from the original plans, using only the materials and improvised tools that the POWs used. They then fly it from Colditz to see if the escape would have succeeded. View more details
Directed : Tom Cook Ian Duncan
Written : Unknown
Stars : Jim Carter Hugh Hunt L.J.E. Goldfinch Sir Sebastian Roberts
Genres : War Documentary
Release date : Aug 12, 2012
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany
Production companies : Channel 4 Television Corporation Windfall Films
Summary In the final months of World War II, prisoners of war in Colditz began building a glider to fly out of the camp. However the war ended before they could try it. Now Dr Hugh Hunt, an engineer from Cambridge University, leads a team of aeronautical engineers and carpenters who build a replica glider from the original plans, using only the materials and improvised tools that the POWs used. They then fly it from Colditz to see if the escape would have succeeded. View more details
Genres : War Documentary
Release date : Aug 12, 2012
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Filming locations : Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany
Production companies : Channel 4 Television Corporation Windfall Films