Apr 12, 1943
60 min
Full-HD

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.

Category

War Documentary

Country

United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

The Army Film & Photographic Unit Royal Air Force Film Production Unit British Army Film Unit Army Film Unit

Harold Alexander

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Bernard L. Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Claude Auchinleck

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Brooke

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Cunningham

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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