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Title:

The true glory [videorecording (DVD)] : from D-Day to the fall of Berlin / Trustees of the Imperial War Museum.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Edition:

[2-disc collector's ed.]

Publisher:

Distributed by Koch Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

2 videodiscs (268 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Normandy.--Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945.
Concentration camps--Europe.
V-E Day, 1945.

Other Authors:

Reed, Carol, 1906-1976.
Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
United States. Office of War Information.
Great Britain. Ministry of Information.
War Activities Committee--Motion Picture Industry.
British Movietone News.
British Paramount News.
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain). Trustees.
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
KOCH Vision (Firm)
Koch Entertainment (Firm)

Other Titles:

From Italy to D-Day.
From D-Day to Paris.
From Paris to the Rhine.
From the Rhine to victory.

Notes:

[The true glory] Introduction by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Documentary films produced between 1945-1946. Special features: The true glory: includes the film's alternative ending covering the progress of the war up to VJ Day.

Contents:

Disc 1: The true glory / the Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America, distributed by U.S. Office of War Information and the Ministry of Information ; distributed by Columbia Pictures for the War Activities Committee--Motion Picture Industry ; [co-directed by Carol Reed and Garson Kanin] ; From Italy to D-Day / produced by British Movietone News -- Disc 2: From D-Day to Paris / produced by British Movietone News ; From Paris to the Rhine / produced by British Movietone News ; From the Rhine to victory / produced by British Paramount News.

Summary:

Documentary films produced by the Allied military during 1944-1945 as a permanent visual record of the campaigns in Europe. Covers every major engagement from D-Day to the fall of Berlin. Disc 1: The true glory: Widely regarded as one of the greatest war documentaries ever made and utilized the footage of combat cameramen from nine nations. From Italy to D-Day: Covers the war in Europe from July 1943 to June 1944 and concentrates on the land operations of the Western Allies.
Disc 2: From D-Day to Paris: Covers the liberation of Cherbourg and Caen, the German counterattack on Mortain, and culminates with the liberation of Paris. From Paris to the Rhine: Covers the war during the last months of 1944 including the war in the Balkans, Hungary and Scandinavia. From the Rhine to Victory: Covers the closing stages of the war against Germany including the Western Allies crossing the Rhine, the opening of concentration camps and the capture of Berlin.

Series:

Imperial War Museum, the official collection

ISBN:

9781417230723
141723072X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)300092871

UPC:

741952655398

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)