In endless miles of rockstrewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. This film is an important tool towards understanding the role that was played by those at the sharp end of the war in north africa. Desert victory is a 1943 film produced by the british ministry of information, documenting the allies north african campaign against field marshal erwin rommel and the afrika korps. Watch desert victory film trailer online bfi player. Desert victory is a 1943 film produced by the british ministry of information, documenting the allies north african campaign against field marshal erwin rommel. Desert victory 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Won best documentary feature at the 16th academy awards in 1944. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing desert victory near you. Units in desert victory represent platoons and sections. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. The story of the battle of alamein, 1942, using material actual and reconstructed. But alongside roy boultings later, lightly satirical farces, desert victory, tunisian victory 1943 and burma victory 1945 were deadly serious in intent and effect. The allied campaign to drive germany and italy from north africa is analyzed. In neighbouring egypt the british army had only 36,000 men guarding the suez canal and the arabian oil fields on th september, 1940, marshall rodolfo graziani and five italian divisions began a rapid advance into egypt but. The full story of montgomerys world war ii campaign in north africa as recorded by 26 combat cameramen attached to the 8th army. Desert victory, a propaganda documentary destination tokyo. Productions of this type attained a new importance in 1943, in some cases occupying a position on theater screens usually filled by a straight entertainment feature.
Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. I do hope that eventually the 1943 production of the desert song will be available on video or dvd for old timers like me to enjoy the nostaglia of watching and listening to one of the truly great musicals from the early days of hollywood. Losses are expressed in individual vehicles and fire teams or squads. Early british victories are reversed when rommel sweeps across. Read this faq about determining if something is pd. Roosevelt told me last night that the president is desirous of having this shown in a number of our defense plants. German general rommels afrika korps troops advance. To no ones surprise, by the middle of may 1943 the germans had been defeated in africa, with rommel flying back to germany on sick leave just weeks before. Winner of the 1943 academy award for best documentary, desert victory directed by. Your ingenuity and leadership skills as general will determine victory or defeat. Outstanding documentaries were desert victory british, report from the aleutians, battle for britain and battle of russia.
Six compelling documentaries that recount the horrors of hitler and wwii. Watch desert victory 1943 full movie free streaming. Rent desert victory 1943 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The desert war beginstanks hold the key to success. World war ii world war ii german strategy, from 1943. Desert victory was the first in a trilogy of victory films the others being tunisian victory and burma victory by british filmmaker roy boulting. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. One of the more fascinating elements of the desert fox is a performance by former british brigadier general desmond young as.
This was the royal navys contribution to the desert victory. Desert victory simulates combat in a playable, realistic manner. Erwin rommel, winston churchill, adolf hitler, bernard l. Lead your forces to victory in the most intense ww2 battle. It was directed by robert florey and starred dennis morgan, irene manning and bruce cabot.
The film begins in the days when field marchal rommels. War movies world war ii movies h nice list of movies world war ii movies thriller romantic movies valentines day message 1 animated gifs slideshow scraps love friendship messages gifs by oriza english french spanish italian german. Despite supply lines of just a few hundred miles across the mediterranean, axis forces in north africa were plagued by shortages compared to the british, whose supplies often travelled 14,000 miles 22,530 km around africa. Ive been going through a bunch of 9th af ix bomber command crewmens diaries and decided to list the entertainment movies they saw from january to the end of july 1943. Your ingenuity and leadership skills as general will determine victory. Even then the movie ran into political trouble as the free french pressed warners to eliminate certain scenes florey had inserted that related to. World war ii german strategy, from 1943 britannica. The allied campaign to drive germany and italy from north africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film. The desert fox is rapidly pushing towards the western oasis. Some of the better andor more memorable items are listed here. What the allied triumph in the desert demonstrated, more than anything else, was the power in war of superior weapons, supplies and sheer numbers of soldiers.
Dragged through the mouth of hell at ploesti tidal wave. Overview of desert victory, 1943, directed by roy boulting, with at turner classic movies. Desert victory 1943 went on to enjoy an international release and won best documentary feature at the 16th academy awards in 1944. Produced by the army film unit, imperial forces and the british newsreel.
He also notes the irony that the pictures impressive nighttime battle footage was lifted from another film called desert victory 1943, which follows the allied campaign to drive rommel and his troops from africa. Desert victory david macdonald roy boulting, uk,1943. Mongomery, josef goebbels and other important figures. World war ii in the newsreels hundreds of short films, featurettes and feature films were produced during world war ii. Desert victory 1943 directed by david macdonald, roy. Directed by colonel david macdonald of the army photographic unit, desert victory was important as a propaganda film, bringing home to english audiences the first evidence of a turning point in the north africa war. Desert victory david macdonald roy boulting, uk,1943 this feature is not available right now. The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry. The fulllength feature story of the rout of rommel in africa by the british 8th army.
I think i spoke to you about the motion picture desert victory, but in case i didnt, this is what i want. The desert war 19391945 when benito mussolini declared war on the allies on 10th june 1940, he already had over a million men in the italian army based in libya. From late 1942 german strategy, every feature of which was determined by hitler, was solely aimed at protecting the still very large area under german controlmost of europe and part of north africaagainst a future soviet onslaught on the eastern front and against future anglou. The film uses actual footage taken during the battle, including film captured from the nazis, to explain the battle tactics and their execution.
The north african campaign 1940 1943 read full ebook. Actionpacked world war 2 battles for the desert territories await you. The films making up the victory trilogy are perhaps the most. Produced by the army film and photographic unit and the royal air force film production unit, this blackandwhite film is part 1 of desert victory, exploring the battle for north africa. Desert victory is a realistic simulation of modern tactical combat that puts you in the role of the commander of a us battalion task force or an iraqi brigade. At the end of the film montgomery stood and stretched to his full five foot seven. Produced by the army film and photographic unit and the royal air force film production unit, this blackandwhite film is part 1 of desert victory. A film which so forcefully denounced the vichy french could only fuel the controversy. I doubt this is a complete list and i think some of the titles are wrong or misspelled, but hope it interests you to see the entertainment air and ground crews saw. It also pays tribute to the men and women on the home front who, in their work in the factories and in their. Boulting brought together reels of footage from the desert, and combined it with reconstructions filmed at pinewood studios. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The oscarwinning desert victory was a coproduction of the service film units first set up in 1941.