Top billed cast

1. 

   Leslie Banks

   Commentator

2. 

   Robert Harris

   Commentator

3. 

   Sam Levene

   Commentator

4. 

   Peter Ustinov

   Commentator

5. 

   Dwight D. Eisenhower

   Self

6. 

   George S. Patton

   Self (archive footage)

7. 

   Richard Attenborough

   Commentator

8. 

   Winston Churchill

   Self

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-23

This is probably the earliest example of what you could call a “complete” documentary depicting the end of World War II. Starting with the planning for and then the implementation of the D-Day landings, and using hundreds of different pictorial sources, this takes us on a fairly comprehensive and often quite harrowing journey from the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Berlin. It’s introduced by Gen. Eisenhower and he occasionally contributes to the soundtrack, but for the most part this is narrated by the ordinary soldiers, sailors, fliers and civilians whose lives were affected by t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world war ii
• europe
• d-day