Movie

Desert Victory (1943)

• April 12, 1943
• 1h 0m

• War
• Documentary

“The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!”

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.

Directors

David MacDonald, Roy Boulting

Writers

J.L. Hodson

Starring

Harold Alexander, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler