The True Glory
7.0
“The story of YOUR victory... told by YOUR guys who won it!”
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
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Cast
8 people
Leslie Banks
Commentator
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Most Dangerous Game
Robert Harris
Commentator
Known for
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Ransom
Sam Levene
Commentator
Known for
Sweet Smell of Success
The Killers
Peter Ustinov
Commentator
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Death on the Nile
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self
Also in
Freedom's Fury
This Week
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage)
Richard Attenborough
Commentator
Known for
Jurassic Park
The Great Escape
Winston Churchill
Self
Also in
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Britain and the Blitz
Carol Reed Director · Garson Kanin Director Paddy Chayefsky Writer
United States release October 4, 1945 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production Ministry of Information, Columbia Pictures
Production
U.S. Office of War Information
Production
Ministry of Information
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 27, 1945
Theatrical
United States · October 4, 1945
Theatrical
XC
October 4, 1946 · Premiere · British Film Festival
February 14, 1947 · Theatrical
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