7.8
Forbidden Games
1952
“The story of YOUR victory... told by YOUR guys who won it!”
The True Glory (1945)
August 27, 19451h 27mEN
6.3
18 votes
Overview
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
Director
Garson KaninWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
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Production Companies
U.S. Office of War InformationMinistry of Information
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7.0This is probably the earliest example of what you could call a “complete” documentary depicting the end of World War II. Starting with the planning for and then the implementation of the D-Day landings, and using hundreds of different pictorial sources, this takes us on a fairly comprehensive and often quite harrowing journey from the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Berlin. It’s introduced by Gen. Eisenhower and he occasionally contributes to the soundtrack, but for the most part this is narrated by the ordinary soldiers, sailors, fliers and civilians whose lives were affected by this hu…
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