The film is based on the true story of a four-girl entertaining team who left America in October 1942 then spent around three mouths putting on shows for British and American troops in Great Britain. After which they went to North Africa were they entertained troops for approximately three weeks. In the film the four girls, Kay Francis, Martha Raye, Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair play themselves, Betty Grable and Phil Silvers make guest appearances.
They Were Expendable starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery. The story of a Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron unit defending against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines 1941–42
In The Day the Earth Stood Still, a spaceship lands on earth an alien named Klaatu has an important message for the whole of the human race, he is accompanied by a eight-foot tall robot, called Gort who is all powerful. The film contains a lot of Jeeps scenes.
Donovan’s Reef is a South Seas comedy about three ex WW2 navy friends that have set up home on the island of Haleakaloha in the Pacific. The three are played by John Wayne, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden. Donovan’s Reef is the local bar which is the centre of the boisterous behaviour until the arrival of Elizabeth Allen. A fun film with Jeeps and John Wayne.
The film stars Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O’Connor, and Donald Sutherland. The group of U.S. soldiers meet up with a tank commander (Oddball) and go behind enemy lines to rob a bank said to contain 14,000 gold bars.
The series is about doctors and staff stationed at the “4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” (M*A*S*H), in South Korea during the Korean War. The series is a comedy, but also shows the reality of war.
The film tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the plan was to capture several bridges in the Netherlands including the bridge at Arnhem. The film has a star studded cast including Michael Caine, Sean Connery Anthony Hopkins and Gene Hackman.
The film is set in England and is about the 25th and last mission of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, the film shows the true horror experienced by the pilots and crews of these aircraft during the daylight raids.
The series follows “Easy” Company from training in America to the Normandy landings right up until the end of the war. It shows interviews with the veterans who are portrayed in the series.
These are many Willys Jeeps in Films and TV shows, we picked just a few