The True Glory
The True Glory | |
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Directed by | Garson Kanin Carol Reed (uncredited) |
Produced by | Office of War Information, Ministry of Information |
Starring | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Release dates
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27 August 1945 (UK) 4 October 1945 (USA) |
Running time
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87 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
The True Glory (1945) is a co-production of the US Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information, documenting the victory on the Western Front, from Normandy to the collapse of the Third Reich.
Although many individuals, including screenwriter and director Garson Kanin, contributed to the film, British director Carol Reed is normally credited as the director. The film was promoted with the tagline, "The story of your victory...told by the guys who won it!" The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
The documentary film is notable for using multiple first-person perspectives as narrative voices, somewhat in the manner of Tunisian Victory (1944). However, in The True Glory, instead of just an American G.I. and a British Tommy, the voices include a Canadian, a French resister, a Parisian civilian family, an African-American tank gunner, and several female perspectives including a nurse, and clerical staff. The film is introduced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, and many other prominent individuals appear in it including General George S. Patton.
The title is taken from a letter of Sir Francis Drake, which is quoted in a final caption: "There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the True Glory."
Further reading
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See also
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The True Glory at IMDb
- The short film TRUE GLORY, THE (1945) is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
- "The True Glory, 1945 (restored)" on YouTube
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- English-language films
- 1945 films
- American World War II propaganda films
- British World War II propaganda films
- American documentary films
- American films
- Black-and-white documentary films
- British documentary films
- British films
- Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- Films directed by Carol Reed
- War documentary film stubs