Road to the Reich is a 10-minute 1945 Canadian documentary film, directed and produced by Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada as part of the wartime Canada Carries On series. The film documents the Allied forces advances, after the Normandy landings, through France and Belgium during the Second World War. The French version of Road to the Reich is Aux portes du Reich. Synopsis In September 1944, Allied troops, including the First Canadian Army, led by General Harry Crerar, begin an advance from Normandy, France where the beachhead was secured. The constant attacks by naval, air and ground forces had devastated the communication systems, rail, road and bridges of the northern coast, and forced the Allies to use a long supply route. A race to create new, shorter supply lines now took place, One of their first objectives was to occupy the Pas-de-Calais, driving out the Nazi forces. A 24-hour truce allowed civilians to leave the area before intense air bombardment took place. In addition, the large coastal guns from across the English Channel at Dover shelled the Nazi positions. As Allied troops occupied Calais, they discovered the formidable coastal batteries at Cap Gris Nez included some "dummy" guns. After their victorious campaign, Canadian troops had some time to relax, and in the rear lines, the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit who had travelled with the troops, set up a film showing of the recent events. The attacks on Fortress Europe were shown to be part of a larger Allied "master plan". More startling was a captured enemy film seized at Saint-Lô, showing Canadian prisoners in Nazi hands. When the Allied forces continued their push along the Normandy coast, they overran V-1 flying bomb coastal launch sites, continuing to the strategic port of Antwerp, Belgium. A combined Canadian and British air and naval attack backed the amphibious assault. With the liberation of Antwerp, the second-largest port in Europe, Allied shipping began to unload large amounts of war matériel to support the ground campaign, poised to strike at Nazi Germany. With the steady flow of supplies assured, the "road to the Reich" was opened. Cast General Harry Crerar as Himself (archival footage) General Bernard Montgomery as Himself (archival footage) General Dwight D. Eisenhower as Himself (archival footage) Production Typical of the NFB's Second World War documentary short films in the Canada Carries On series, Road to the