The True Glory (1945) on Netflix
NR19451h 27mDocumentaryWar
Nearly 1,400 cameramen shot the Allied campaign in Europe, from training bases in Britain to the Normandy landings. Soldiers, a French resister and civilians tell it in their own voices.
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Plot summary
The Allied invasion of Europe is recounted through footage shot by military cameramen. Nearly 1,400 of them filmed the campaign, and their material covers the gathering of Allied forces at bases in Great Britain, where they plan and train for the landings in Normandy. It also looks at the factories producing munitions and heavy equipment before the invasion. Narrators range from a Canadian and a French resister to a Parisian family, an African American who served as a tank gunner, a nurse and clerical workers.
Cast
- Alan Moreheadas Self - Commentator(voice)
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- Richard Fallonas Self(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The True Glory (1945)
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- The original score, by American composer Marc Blitzstein, was rejected by the British as too avant-garde and replaced with a more formal score by William Alwyn, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
