Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe

Name: Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 45 min

Movie

DirectorJames Hyslop

WriterGreg Beer

NR 45 minDocumentary

Plot

June 1976. Air France flight 139 bound from Tel Aviv to Paris is hijacked by a group of Palestinian and German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, Uganda. On board are 226 passengers and crew - more than half of them Israeli citizens. What unfolds over the next seventy-two hours is the largest, most complex, and amazing hostage rescue operation in history.

Movie Details

Original Language:English

Executive Producers:Rachel Low, Jamie Brown

Production Companies:Ontario Media Development Corporation, Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, MFM, Discovery Channel Canada, Frantic Films

Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe on the Web:Official Website