True Glory, The

Synopsis: Uses the actual voices of British and American soldiers as commentary to describe the campaign from D-Day, in Normandy to the fall of Berlin, including the Falaise Gap, Caen, Arnhem, the liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulge. Based on material photographed by combat cameramen of the USA, Canada, France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Norway and Great Britain. The film is introduced by General Eisenhower. Carol Reed and Paddy Chayevsky’s contributions to the film were uncredited.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain; United States
Year of production: 1945
Subjects: History
Keywords: Battle of Arnhem; D-Day; military history; oral history; World War II

Director

Carol Reed; Garson Kanin

Writer

Paddy Chayevsky

Contributor

Robert Harris

Cast

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peter Ustinov

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Cambs
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Notes: A range of CD and DVD titles covering the two World Wars, as well as more general aviation and naval topics. Many are compilations of films from the IWM’s own collection.

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