Desert Victory

The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!

Categories: War, Documentary
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.

Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1943-04-12
Run time: 60 minute / 1:0
Directors: David MacDonald, Roy Boulting.
Production Companies : The Army Film & Photographic Unit, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, British Army Film Unit, Army Film Unit
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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Images

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

Directing
David MacDonald	Director
Writing
J.L. Hodson	Writer
Directing
Roy Boulting	Director
Editing
Richard Best	Editor
Production
David MacDonald	Producer