Desert Victory (1943)

Desert Victory (1943)

The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire! 1943-04-12 United Kingdom, United States of America 60 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Harold Alexander is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Claude Auchinleck is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Harwood is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J.L. Hodson is Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Tedder is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)