{"product_id":"war-at-sea-collection-1953","title":"War at Sea Collection (1953)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTriple bill of war dramas set at sea. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn 'For Those in Peril' (1943), Pilot Officer Rawlings (Ralph Michael) is turned \r\ndown by the RAF for air service on medical grounds and instead joins Air Sea \r\nRescue, helping to pull downed Allied airmen out of the sea. Rawlings is \r\ninitially resentful of his new job, but gradually comes to appreciate its \r\nimportance. When the crew of a Boston bomber become stranded at sea in a dinghy, \r\nRawlings and his colleagues become involved in a race against time - and the \r\nelements - to save their lives. \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n'San Demetrio, London' (1943), set in 1940 during the battle of the Atlantic, is \r\nbased on a true story. The crew of the petrol tanker San Demetrio are left with \r\na near impossible task when she is torpedoed by the Germans. The crew are forced \r\nto abandon ship in three lifeboats. Two are picked up by other ships in the \r\nconvoy, but the third drifts for days until its crew spies the burning San \r\nDemetrio on the horizon. Do they board the ship, try to put out its fires and \r\nget it back to English shores or do they stay in the drifting lifeboat in the \r\nhope of being rescued? \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn 'The Cruel Sea' (1953), based on the novel by Nicholas Monsarrat, World War \r\nTwo Lt. Commander Ericson (Jack Hawkins) has already lost one ship to an enemy \r\nattack when he is given command of the frigate Saltash Castle. A subsequent \r\nconfrontation in the North Atlantic tests Ericson's leadership to the limit once \r\nagain, as he risks sacrificing the lives of his crew for the greater good.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Not Assigned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54302925947265,"sku":"OPTD1970","price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9050\/5986\/files\/2148003.jpg?v=1747238341","url":"https:\/\/hit.co.uk\/products\/war-at-sea-collection-1953","provider":"Hit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}