Operation Overlord: D-Day remembered

Title

Operation Overlord: D-Day remembered

Genre

News report; Interview; Documentary; Speech; Special

TX Date

9 Jun 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:51:51

Description

Operation Overlord: D-Day remembered - an examination of the Normandy invasion 40 years ago. Interviews with Bob Holness; British servicemen from the 6th Airborne Division, the Army Film and Photo Unit and the 4th Armoured Brigade; French liaison officer; German from the 21st German Panther Division; Canadian Lieutenant; nurse from the Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. Also contemporary British and French news reports on the landing including Air Commandor William Helmore aboard a Mitchell bomber describing the scene. Also speeches made by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II; hymns and The Last Post from Remembrance Day with a military fly over. Programme produced and presented by Dickie Arbiter.

Contributors

Bob Holness; Queen Elizabeth II; Dickie Arbiter; King George VI; Bernard Montgomery; William Helmore

Keywords

USA; Nurses; France; Portsmouth; Military personnel; Germany; Second World War (1939-1945); Military operations; Boats; Warships; Italy; Operation Overlord (1944); Prisoners of War; Reminiscence; Ships; Adolf Hitler; RAF; Remembrance day; Veterans (Armed Forces); Normandy; Ludwig van Beethoven; War (events); Military strategy; 6th Airborne Division; Army Film and Photo Unit; 4th Armoured Brigade; 21st German Panther Division; Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service; Paramilitary; Pegasus Bridge; John Howard; Merville Battery; 9th Parachute Battalion; Ouistreham; Caen Canal; HMS Algonquin; HMS Hilary; HMS Belfast; 51st Highland Division; 75th British General Hospital; 8th Rifle Brigade; Motor Battalion of the 11th Armoured Division; Orne River

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