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:
My grandfather was in Germany. Do not think it was D-Day though. Father was in Italy.
I’m not really sure to be honest.
Cool images
There’s also a pic of an X Wing Fighter tangled up on the deck of an aircraft carrier...
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