Desert Victory (1943)
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
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Claude Auchinleck
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Harwood
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J.L. Hodson
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Tedder
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wilhelm von Thoma
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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David MacDonald
Director
Director
J.L. Hodson
Writer
Writer
Roy Boulting
Director
Director
Richard Best
Editor
Editor
David MacDonald
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Producer
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