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June 9, 2026… #movieoftheday is Red Ball Express (full movie) (1952).
“Red Ball Express is a 1952 American World War II war film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler and Alex Nicol , featuring early screen appearances by Sidney Poitier and Hugh O'Brian . The film is based on the Red Ball Express convoys that took place after the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.” - more at Wikipedia
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.
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJFbA3my8s
#RedBallExpress #tangled #Wikipedia #2026
“Red Ball Express is a 1952 American World War II war film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler and Alex Nicol , featuring early screen appearances by Sidney Poitier and Hugh O'Brian . The film is based on the Red Ball Express convoys that took place after the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.” - more at Wikipedia
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.
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJFbA3my8s
#RedBallExpress #tangled #Wikipedia #2026
