# " THE TRUE GLORY " 1945 ACADEMY AWARD WINNING WWII DOCUMENTARY D-DAY TO V-E DAY PART 2 22374

Released in 1945, when it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, The True Glory was a co-production of the US Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information. Directed by Carol Reed assisted by Garson Kanin, the film documents the victory on the Western Front, from D-Day at Normandy to the surrender of the Third Reich and V-E Day. The film features an introduction by Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, combat footage filmed by military photographers, and the voices of the men who were there. Allied troops advance into France (:08). Dead German soldiers on the streets as Allied forces round up German prisoners (1:03). Civilians (1:24). French people wave at the Allies (1:59). Happy French civilians (2:30). Mortain, France on a map (3:10). Troops in Mortain (3:24). Wounded Americans (3:52). Allied air support (4:10). British RAF get ready and get into the air (4:25). Allies walk through the rubble of buildings (5:06). Germans plan (5:30). Allies lay in wait (6:08). Bombers drop their payload which explodes on the ground (6:40). Planes target the ground (7:10). Wreckage on the ground (7:39). German POWS, some soldiers are very young looking (8:10). Map shows Paris (9:45). Americans plan (10:03). French civilians wave at the Allied troops (10:25). French soldiers are given the honor to move into Paris (11:10). The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, one of the most famous monuments in Paris (11:59). Battle in the streets of Paris (12:25).…

- Kind: Documentary
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/22374bthetruegloryr2vwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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