Secret footage unearthed of American troops practising Normandy invasion

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 23rd February 2009 | Rebecca Camber

[PotatoHeadMick]

Quite interesting.

[dfwgator]

Good thing CNN wasn’t around back then, they would have gladly shown the training live and beam the pictures to Berlin.

[Joiseydude]

I’m having this sense of daja’vue

[txnativegop]

That is interesting. I would like to have a copy of that.

[BattleHymn]

Good thing these reels are in the UK instead of the US. What, with Churchill’s mug in them, how could Zero stomach them?

[WakeUpAndVote]

No CNN would show the wounded and dieing men in theaters around the UK and US.

[max americana]

I agree. Just imagine if it were 1945 right now. Headline by NYT:

“DAWN INVASION IMMINENT ON NORMANDY.’
subtitle: Patton as decoy, OVERLORD secret codename for invasion”

“In other news: Secret bomb being built in Los Alamos against the Japs. More secrets to be published in the afternoon..”

[mnehring]

Don't forget...

Special New York Times Op-Ed by Pat Buchanan Sr. on why we should surrender to the Germans and apologize for interfering with their sovereign actions.

[SunkenCiv]

Secret footage unearthed of American troops practising D-Day landings at Devon
Daily Mail | 23 Feb 2009 | Daily Mail
Posted on 02/23/2009 7:16:50 AM PST by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191931/posts

[Parmenio]

According to the article, a number of them are in a National Archives warehouse in Baltimore.

[BattleHymn]

I noted the Dailymail link, that a BBC technician dug them out, and somehow managed to miss the bit about where they were located!

[Trod Upon]

Wow, imagine living in an America that still had a national identity and the will to not only survive but conquer and prosper. Really puts into perspective how far we’ve fallen.

[GreyFriar]

Good still photos and movie clip.

[tubebender]

Flashback to 1944...

[SouthTexas]

I saw a flash of this this morning, but didn’t have time to really look at it. Thanks for the ping!

[NormsRevenge]

Good find! I was -10.

[Petronski]

Cut Pat some slack, will ya?

He lost an uncle at Auschwitz....

[mnehring]

Fell out of the guard tower?

[Petronski]

Yep.

[tubebender]

Minus 10? I was 11 on DDay and 21 when you came along? As I told you before, one brother and BiL to be were there...