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Beau Geste. Episode one /

A relief column led by Major de Beaujolais approaches Fort Zinderneuf, only to find the garrison apparently all dead. Legionnaire Digby Geste offers to climb in to investigate, but he then seems to disappear himself. The Major then enters, and he finds a letter grasped in the dead hand of Sergeant-M...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Camfield, Douglas (Director), Letts, Barry (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [London, England] : BBC Worldwide, 1982.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
France. > Armée de terre. > Légion étrangère > Drama.
France. > Armée de terre. > Légion étrangère.
Brothers > Drama.
Africa, North > History, Military > Drama.
Brothers.
North Africa.
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Military history.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Miniséries.
Fictions télévisées.
Adaptations télévisées.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A relief column led by Major de Beaujolais approaches Fort Zinderneuf, only to find the garrison apparently all dead. Legionnaire Digby Geste offers to climb in to investigate, but he then seems to disappear himself. The Major then enters, and he finds a letter grasped in the dead hand of Sergeant-Major Lejaune, mentioning a Lady Brandon, in England. Before being able to investigate further, the fort bursts into flames. Prompted by the letter, de Beaujolais recalls visiting Lady Brandon years earlier, when she was also bringing up her three nephews, Digby, John and Michael ...
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed February 13, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (27 minutes)
Playing Time:00:27:02