Battle for the Bulge

United States, 1971

Film
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Episode number 3 of Series “Visions of War”.
December 1944 witnessed the last German offensive of the Second World War. The Battle of the Bulge, as this campaign in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxembourg is now more familiarly known, was the biggest single pitched battle of the Western Front - more than a million troops took part. It was Hitler’s most desperate gamble of the war, he in fact planned its every move. This film uses current location filming and authentic historical film clips to document this battle. Portrays the heroism, as well as the confusion and humiliation, that characterised both the Allied and German troops.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Batty

production company

Peter Batty Productions

Duration

00:53:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1971

Appears in

Visions of War

Group of items

Visions of War

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017495

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Battles

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Europe

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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