BATTLE FOR THE DESERT 8 Documentaries 2DVD NEW

Almost five hours of riveting documentary footage detailing the last great land battle of the 20th

Century's master tacticians Rommel and Montgomery as they fought across the Desert Plains of

North Africa. Four cameramen were killed and six badly injured in the filming of the "Desert

Victory" a record of arguably WW2 greatest contest the Battle of Alamein . "Before Alamein we

never had a victory after Alamein we never had a defeat" Winston Churchill. Also included in this

eight film pack are John Huston's poetic documentary of the Allied invasion on a small Italian

village "San Pietro." Plus marvel at Wyler, Sturges, and Boltings use of hidden cameras bringing

the close up horror of the Italian Campaign in "Thunderbolt".