# GEORGE S. PATTON AND THE THIRD ARMY 1960 DOCUMENTARY FILM 25894

“Patton and the Third Army” is an episode of the documentary series “The Twentieth Century” originally airing March 20, 1960. Hosted by revered newsman Walter Cronkite, the program looks at “Old Blood and Guts” — US Army General George S. Patton — who is first seen at mark 00:30 in full dress uniform addressing an assembled crowd. That is followed by archival footage from World War II and scenes of Patton (mark 02:10 ) from November 1942 as he leads his Third Army into North Africa during his first campaign. By spring 1943 most of the Germany troops have been overrun thanks to his aggressive, “almost medieval” style of attack. Patton’s tanks are shown rolling through the sand until the general is again shown at mark 03:30 arriving in Sicily to command of the Seventh Army during the Allied invasion in 1943. Patton meets with his “natural rival” British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery at mark 04:25 , and at mark 04:48 , US Army General S.L.A. Marshal, a combat historian, recounts an infamous incident in Sicily where Patton slapped two shell-shocked soldiers under his command and was temporarily removed from battlefield command. The incident was linked to Patton’s “physical repulsion to men he thought to be cowardly,” Marshall says. By mark 07:10 , Patton is returned to command the Third Army following the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, where he led a highly successful rapid armored drive across France, including liberating 40,000 square miles in just seven weeks. Battle…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/25894PattonAndTheThirdArmy)
- 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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