Wonderful footage.. If there is more of it, I’d like to see it.
This reminds me of that new miniseries I watched this week, “The World Wars”. There were some very good parts to it but it was completely ruined with the likes of John McCain, Colin Powell, and Leon Panetta as ‘expert’ historian consultants (I even think I saw Hugh Downs in there at one point).
Additionally, there were dozens of instances in the series where the footage used wasn’t even close to that being described (e.g., when the narrative spoke of bombers used by England, B-17s were shown, or cargo planes dropping paratroops C-130s were shown - in all if it was an airplane it was used no matter if it is wrong - that goes for some of the soldiers, tanks and other weapons, too).
The World Wars was unwatchable
Love that footage of Patton yukking it up with the Brits while Montgomery is unable to conceal his loathing of Ol’ Blood n’ Guts. In return Patton saw Monty as a fuel thief who slowed the advance of his Third Army.
In 1964 I saw a `reunion’ on split screen TV of Eisenhower and Montgomery. Even as old men they still hated each other and spoke their pleasantries through clenched teeth. My Dad who went ashore on D-day plus 2 watched that awkward meeting and laughed out loud.
It’s amazing to see original WWII color footage & realize that this was seventy years ago and that nearly everyone shown in it has long since died of old age.
Heck, I can’t believe how old Vietnam veterans look these days (I’m one).