Title: "Red Ball Express" (1952) - WW2 Patton's Third Army Convoy Movie Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJFbA3my8s Published:Jan 20, 2024 Author:LionHeart FilmWorks Post Date:2024-10-20 15:47:06 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:82
A tense World War II tale based on the true story of a special truck convoy created to transport urgent supplies to General Patton's army situated inside German-occupied France. A racially integrated platoon fights to overcome their differences during World War II.
In August 1944, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far following the D- Day invasion toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To maintain the momentum, Allied headquarters establishes an elite military truck route. One racially integrated platoon of this Red Ball Express encounters private enmities, German resistance, minefields and increasingly perilous missions. Starring Jeff Chandler and Alex Nicol, featuring early screen appearances by Sidney Poitier and Hugh O'Brian.
First released on May 24, 1952.
Poster Comment:
The U.S. Army was segregated during the war. Blacks were in different units.