Desert Victory
- 1943 (US, GB)
- Documentary
- War
- 1h 0m
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The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
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Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
Bernard L. MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
Alan CunninghamSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Erwin RommelSelf (archive footage)- Harold AlexanderSelf (archive footage)
- Alan BrookeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Claude AuchinleckSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Wilhelm von ThomaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Storyline
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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The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!Genres
- Documentary
- War
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Release date
1943-04-12 (United States)Countries of origin
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
Language
- English
Also known as
Desert VictoryFilming locations
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
Production companies
- The Army Film & Photographic Unit
- Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
- British Army Film Unit
- Army Film Unit
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