The Battle of Britain

THE TRUE GLORY [Main Title]

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Catalogue number
  • CVN 319
Production date
1945-10
Place made
GB
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film

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Object description

A film of the Allied invasion from Normandy to VE Day.

Full description

Introduction by General Dwight D Eisenhower. Reel One contains background material and the preparation for the Invasion. The rest of the film is a comparatively detailed account of the ensuing campaign. Each successive conflict is described using the same format - the general situation is illustrated by the use of a pictorial map, the narrator explaining the strategic implications in lightly stressed blank verse. The actual battle is then illustrated with short film sequences, voice-over reminiscences of participants and photo-montage. Some supplementary material - role of the Maquis, supply of maps to the advancing armies, evacuation of the wounded, etc - is also included. The film ends with the link up with the Russians and the occupation of Germany. The continuing war with Japan is noted briefly. Eisenhower initially stressed the importance of team work - this, and the qualities of tenacity and steadfastness, achieved the final victory. The endurance of wartime comradeship may help to secure future peace. The narrator's concluding prayer, from which the title is derived, is by Sir Francis Drake: "...it is not the beginning, but the continuing of the same until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory".

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35mm

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