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Desert Victory
Mill Creek Entertainment (1943)
Documentary | War
UK | English | Color | 01:02
#544
1 disc
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 |
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Winston Churchill | Self |
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Adolf Hitler | Self |
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Bernard L. Montgomery | Self |
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Erwin Rommel | Self |
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Claude Auchinleck | Self |
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Alan Brooke | Self - with Churchill and Montgomery |
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Alan Cunningham | Self |
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Josef Goebbels | Self - Shaking Hands with Rommel |
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Henry Harwood | Self |
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J.L. Hodson | Narrator |
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Arthur Tedder | Self |
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Wilhelm von Thoma | Self - Commander: Afrika Korps |
Crew
| Director | Roy Boulting |
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| David MacDonald |
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| Writer | J.L. Hodson | |
| Producer | David MacDonald | |
| Musician | William Alwyn | |
Personal
| Quantity | 1 |
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| Added Date | Apr 13, 2019 02:58:35 |
| Modified Date | Apr 13, 2019 02:58:35 |