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Espías en la arena. Objetivo España_peliplat

Espías en la arena. Objetivo España (2016)

7.1
7.1
66 min  |  Documentary

In 1942, General Franco's fascist government ambiguity towards its position in WW2 worries General Eisenhower, then Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces assigned to the invasion of North Africa, code named Operation Torch. The entry of Spain in the conflict besides the Axis forces compromises not only the outcome of Torch but the control of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and all future operations in the South of Europe. Faced with this threat the Allied High Command conceives a series of countermeasures to be carried out on several fronts: the diplomatic, the economic, intelligence operations, the buying off Franco's generals and a major military operation known as "Operation Backbone" which contemplates the invasion of Spain. In this context, British and North American military intelligence agencies conduct extensive operations in Spain. During 1943 two missions "Banana" and "Apricot" are carried out in the cities of Malaga and Melilla. The assignment is the gathering of intelligence and to report any unusual troops movements that could mean an imminent Axis attack. Organized by Donald Downes, agent of the Office of Strategic Services, CIA's forerunner, its carried out by a group Spanish Republican exiles, member of the Spanish Communist Party. Through a rigorous study of the USA National Archives & Records Administration NARA records, the British National Archives, the Spanish police and judicial summaries and the Spanish Communist Party historical archives together with the testimony of direct relatives of the agents and historians this documentary reveals the unknown USA secret operations in Spain during World War II.

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Navy Secrets (1939)

5.6
5.6
62 min  |  Adventure, Thriller

Due to the work of a Naval-intelligence officer, Carol Mathews, posing as Carol Evans, Chief-Petty-Officer Jimmy Woodford is arrested and charged with selling military secrets to agents of a foreign government, via the ruse of buying-and-selling foreign postage stamps. Chief Petty Officer Steve Fletcher, posing as Steve Roberts is assigned to find the members and leader of the gang by delivering an envelope to them with the explanation that Jimmy asked him to do so as a favor as Jimmy was spending a few days in the brig for being A.W.O.L. Steve Fletcher/Roberts has no idea of where to start other than knowing the name of Jimmy's girl-friend. But Navy "intelligence" neglects to inform him that the "girl-friend" is also an agent working undercover. He contrives to meet her accidentally at a show-shine stand with an explanation that he is a buddy of Jimmy's, and have her take him on Jimmy's usual route. She agrees, and they start at Nick Salado's café, have a fine grilled-fish dinner but Nick will not accept deliverance of the envelope. But Nick suggests that they take the envelope to Joe Benji's cocktail lounge, but not before Nick has a waiter spill soup on Steve so that Steve will need to go to the restroom and clean up...where Nick has a pickpocket, posing as a singing drunk, ready to relieve Steve of the envelope. But Steve has left the envelope at the table. Steve and Carol glide over to Joe Benji's, and Joe thinks Slavins might take the envelope and Slavins passes them on to Eldredge, posing as Peter Drake for no evident reason, and it takes a while before a man with a German-accent shows up ready to pay for the envelope.

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