Desert Victory
|Desert Victory
Status: Released
Runtime: 60
Release Date: 12/04/1943
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: US - GB
Languages: English
Production: The Army Film & Photographic UnitRoyal Air Force Film Production UnitBritish Army Film UnitArmy Film Unit
Countries: United KingdomUnited States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
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.
