Desert Victory

Desert Victory (1943)

Genres - Documentary, War  |   Sub-Genres - Propaganda Film  |   Release Date - Apr 12, 1943  |   Run Time - 70 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |  
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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. This documentary traces the struggle between General Erwin Rommel and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, from German and Italian defeats at El Alamein to Tripoli. The film was produced by David MacDonald and directed by Roy Boulting who also directed Tunisian Victory and Burma Victory. Like the famous "Why We Fight" series of films by Frank Capra, Desert Victory relies heavily on captured German newsreel footage. Many of the most famous sequences in the film have been excerpted and appear with frequency in History Channel and A&E productions. The film won a special Oscar in 1943 and the 1951 film The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel took sections of the film for its battle footage.

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Afrika Korps, British Army, Imperial War Museum, Museum

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Subject: World War II

Alternate Titles

Desert Victory
GB, US
I niki tis erimou
GR
Seger i öknen
SE
Sejren i Ørkenen
DK
The Battle of Egypt
, GB
Victoire du désert
BE, FR
Victoria en el desierto
MX
Victorie in de woestijn
NL
Vitória do Deserto
PT
Vitória no Deserto
BR
Voitto erämaassa
FI
Zwycięstwo na pustyni
PL