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Almost five hours of riveting documentary footage detailing the last great land battle of the 20th
Century's master tacticians Rommel and Montgomeryas they fought across the Desert Plains of
North Africa. Four cameramen were killed and six badlyinjured in the filming of the "Desert
Victory" a recordof arguably WW2 greatest contest the Battle of Alamein . "Before Alamein we
never had a victoryafter Alamein we never had a defeat" WinstonChurchill. Also included in this
eight film pack are John Huston's poetic documentary of the Alliedinvasion on a small Italian
village "San Pietro." Plusmarvel at Wyler, Sturges, and Boltings use of hidden cameras bringing
the close up horror of theItalian Campaign in "Thunderbolt".
