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Desert Victory

"The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!"

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1943 · 1h
Documentary, War
Starring Winston Churchill · Adolf Hitler · Bernard L. Montgomery
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A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.

Theatrical
Apr 13, 1943
Directors
David MacDonald, Roy Boulting
Producer
David MacDonald
Studio
The Army Film & Photographic Unit, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, British Army Film Unit, Army Film Unit
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W
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
A
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
B
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
E
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
J
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J
J.L. Hodson
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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