Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Sunday 22 December
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Vietnam PoW Escape

Season 2 Episode 2

The exploits of German-born US pilot Dieter Dengler, who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War. After six months of imprisonment and torture - and 23 days on the run - he used survival skills honed as a child to escape. He thus became only the second captured US airman to achieve the feat during the conflict

Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman airs on Sky History HD at 2:00 PM, Sunday 22 December. (Subtitles.)
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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Factual Crime
Morgan Freeman
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