Longest Day

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2088A
Date Released
12 Jun 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Longest Day
  2. 2Age of Waste
  3. 3Wimbledon Preview
  4. 4Diving for Dishes
  5. 5World in the Air

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Longest Day. DESCRIPTION: As well as the ceremonies that took place all along the Channel coast of France, the D-Day landings are recalled most vividly through Movietone’s archives. Today, the beaches are calm, uncluttered, peaceful. Twenty five years ago, they were a scene of chaos and carnage, the bloody threshold to victory in Europe. SHOTLIST: GV pan Normandy beaches present day. MS remains of pill box pan to beach hut. GV beach huts. MS pill box pan to Atlantic. Library - TS GT’s in landing craft at sea. GV Allied invasion fleet heading for Normandy beaches. Normandy beaches as seen from landing craft. LS explosion on beach. MLS landing craft. MS doors of landing craft open and troops emerge onto beach. 2 shots troops on beaches. Back shot Ike talks to naval officers. CU Monty. 2 shots seaside village as it looks today. Library - MLS troops landing on beach. LS the Mulberry artificial harbour at sea. LS coastal town. Library - 3 shots American troops on beach. MLS American soldier running along road. MS British soldier walking through rubble. GV bomb shattered street. LS house burning. MS soldier behind wall. MS soldier lying in road. MS British soldiers running along street. 3 shots war graves at war cemetery. 3 shots soldiers parade to commemorate Normandy landings. TS French crowd. MS parade. MS military officials. 3 shots soldiers parading. MS part of German Atlantic wall defence exterior. MS interior gun emplacement showing rusting gun. MS exterior ditto. 2 shots part of German Atlantic wall defence.
Keywords
Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Environment; Weapons; Fires; Explosions; Ceremonies; War damage; Navy; Military
Locations
France; Normandy
Footage sources
France
Library
Card file number
94835
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
216
Story extras:
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