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The True Glory

 
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The True Glory

  • Directors: Garson Kanin; Carol Reed
  • AMG Rating: starstarstarstar
  • Genre: History
  • Movie Type: Military & War, World History
  • Release Year: 1945
  • Run Time: 85 minutes

Plot

British filmmaker Carol Reed and American playwright Garson Kanin team up to direct the war documentary The True Glory. The movie was assembled from actual footage of the WWII allied invasion of Europe, captured by thousands of different camera operators. Starting with D-Day, the documentary covers the major battles all the way to the fall of Berlin, along with personal vignettes. The prologue is read by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Robert Harris and Peter Ustinov providing narration. The True Glory won an Academy award for Best Documentary in 1945. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Credit

Garson Kanin - Director, Carol Reed - Director

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The True Glory
Directed by Carol Reed
Produced by Office of War Information
Starring Dwight D. Eisenhower
Release date(s) 1945
Running time 85 min.
Country UK / US
Language English

The True Glory was a 1945 co-production of the US Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information, documenting the victory on the Western Front, from Normany to the collapse of the Third Reich. Although many individuals contributed to the film, British director Carol Reed is normally credited as the director. The film was promoted with the tagline, "The story of your victory...told by the guys who won it!"

The documentary is notable for using multiple first person perspectives as narrative voices, somewhat in the manner of Tunisian Victory, except this time, instead of just an American GI and a British Tommie, the voices include a Canadian, a French resister, a Parisan civilian family, an African-American tank gunner, and several female perspectives including a nurse, and clerical staff. The film is introduced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, and many other prominent individuals appear in it including General George S. Patton.

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Awards
Preceded by
The Fighting Lady
Academy Award for Documentary Feature
1945
Succeeded by
None awarded in 1946
Design for Death (1947)

 
 

 

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