The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
Original title
Desert Victory
Released
4/12/1943
Origin country
US, GB
Genre
Documentary, War
Production companies
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, Army Film Unit, British Army Film Unit, The Army Film & Photographic Unit
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 0min
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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