On 10 March 1945, 67 prisoners of war broke out from Island Farm Camp, Bridgend, South Wales - the biggest escape from a camp in Britain during the last war.
Tonight's documentary is related by some of the Germans who escaped, and by the people who took part in the search and recapture.
Film cameraman RUSS WALKER Sound MANSEL DAVIES
Film editor richard RICHARD WHITE Executive producer GARETH PRICE Directed and produced b PIERS JESSOP
BBC Cymru/Wales