They went for the legs with tow cables.
Posted on 01/04/2017 2:10:07 PM PST by Robert DeLong
Four reels, discovered by researchers at the Eisenhower Library in 2014, were found to contain the first ever documentary of the D-Day landings. Intended as an initial report and produced in only days, the film was screened for military leadership and is mentioned in OSS reports as having been viewed by Winston Churchill, with copies 'flown to President Roosevelt and Mr. Stalin.'
Apparently forgotten in the climactic weeks and months that followed, the film was cataloged as separate, non-sequential reels rather than a single production. The film, lost and forgotten for decades, was digitized by the US National Archives and I have done my best to restore and enhance the footage.
More about the film and it's discovery can be read on the US National Archive's blog:
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Fantastic! Do that tonight. Thanks.
Thank you!!!!!
BFL
They went for the legs with tow cables.
Yes, it is of interest. Thanks.
One odd thing I noted was that when they shows some of the fallen germans, about 20 minutes in. They all have no boots. Who took them?
I’ll have to watch this later.
Thanks!
later
I don’t get it. Please explain.
D-Day Sacrifice: Part2 Running time: 43:47
Star Wars Empire Strikes Back reference.
Otherwise, a bit of non sequitur photography.
It’s kind of a running internet joke...a brief, unsuccessful alliance between the Empire and the Reich. There’s also a pic of AT-ATs accompanying an armored column in Russia.
Thank you very much, I have never seen much of this footage.
Actually Ex Texas Redhead, a fellow lady freeper turned me onto it, and I thought I would share. She’s a great lady. I had never seen it either. So kudos rightly go to her.
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The fields of landed gliders is impressive. I’ve never seen any photos like it.
They started the landings before the Germans got out of bed. Inland, the allies dropped at night, so they were in bed.
Thank you for posting this!
Thank-you for taking the time to do this. A piece of history for sure!
Oh, a running internet joke. Sorry, I don’t get a lot of yuks about D-Day. Don’t pay any attention to me, I’m just a miserable old Bastage.
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