WOMEN OF COURAGE: showtime at the front

Directed By: Noble Streets International
2005, Length: 5-parts/ 60 minute each
Purchase: $265 | Classroom Rental: $125

Tells the story of the army show entertainers who faced the hazards of war to give the boys “A taste of home”. Showtime at the Front explores the beginning of the army show, the conditions they faced and their adventures through Italy, Europe and England. The realities however were beyond their imagination. They saw starvation in Holland and the death camps of Belsen. However, the entertainers only mission:“to boost the morale of the troops”.

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