Desert Victory
6.3
“The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!”
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.
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Harold Alexander
Self (archive footage)
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Cameramen at War
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
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Britain and the Blitz
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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War of the Century
Hitler's Last Year
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Claude Auchinleck
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Henry Harwood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J.L. Hodson
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Tedder
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Boulting Director · David MacDonald Director J.L. Hodson Writer
United States release April 13, 1943 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, British Army Film Unit
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The Army Film & Photographic Unit
Production
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
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British Army Film Unit
Production
Army Film Unit
Production
20th Century Studios
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United Kingdom · United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
Russia · April 12, 1943
Theatrical · Дубляж – ЦСДФ, 1943 г.
United States · April 13, 1943
Theatrical
XC
November 9, 1945 · Theatrical
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