D-Day commemorations in Normandy

Title

D-Day commemorations in Normandy

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

6 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Simon Israel reports from the D-Day 50th anniversary commemorations at the Normandy war cemetery site of Bayeaux where D-Day veteran George Kenny discusses the emotion of the site, and the average age of a dead soldier buried there and the Last Post is heard being played. Also includes speech by US President Bill Clinton at Utah beach on the Normandy coast, thanking the veterans

Contributors

Simon Israel; Bill Clinton; George Kenny

Keywords

USA; International relations; France; Second World War (1939-1945); Military operations; Operation Overlord (1944); Reminiscence; Soldiers; Casualties; Commemorative events; Anniversaries; Veterans (Armed Forces); Normandy; Cemeteries; Bayeaux

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