Secrets of the Dead

“Airmen and the Headhunters”

The extraordinary survival story of airmen shot down over the jungles of Japanese-occupied Borneo during World War II is investigated. The film recounts the rescue of a U.S. bomber crew by Dayak tribesmen, known for taking the heads of their enemies. The Dayaks fed and protected the airmen before leading them to the base of the maverick British special ops officer, Major Tom Harrisson, who was fighting a guerrilla war against the Japanese with a band of Australian commandoes.

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