The True Glory
The story of YOUR victory... told by YOUR guys who won it!
1945 · 1h 27m · N/A
Documentary, War
Directed by
Garson Kanin
,
Carol Reed
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The True Glory
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.
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