In today's CNN‑saturated world, it is hard to imagine a time when major wars and battles were not covered by omnipresent cameras. However, even fifty years ago that was the sadly true for many theatres of the Second World War, including the former Yugoslavia. Those circumstances left a lack of documentary footage for future makers of propaganda newsreels and television shows. Instead, they had to show some creativit…
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The Battle of the Rails
1946
The Battle of the Rails is a 1946 French docudrama war film co-written directed by René Clément in his feature directorial debut, and narrated by Charles Boyer. It depicts the efforts by railway workers in the French Resistance to sabotage German military transport trains during the Second World War, particularly during the Invasion of Normandy by Allies. Many of the cast were genuine railway workers. While critics…
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