The True Glory

The True Glory

87 mins | Documentary | Oct. 4, 1945

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.

The True Glory

87 mins | Documentary | Oct. 4, 1945

The True Glory
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers U.S. Office of War Information, Ministry of Information
Original title The True Glory
Directors Garson Kanin, Carol Reed
Writers Paddy Chayefsky

Cast

Leslie Banks

as Commentator

Robert Harris

as Commentator

Sam Levene

as Commentator

Peter Ustinov

as Commentator

George S. Patton

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Attenborough

as Commentator