D-DAY TO GERMANY, 1944; EDITED PRIVATE FOOTAGE WITH NARRATION OF NORMANDY INVASION; CH - LMWWIIHD302
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Published 2016-07-31
D-Day to Victory, 1944; edited private footage with narration of Invasion of France and the Victory in Europe; Channel crossing; Utah Beach; Paris liberation ceremonies; US forces in Aachen, Germany.
"COLOR FOOTAGE BIG BEN LONDON COLOR FOOTAGE UK CHILDREN US WAR CORRESPONDENT WOW CU ERNIE PYLE WILLYS JEEPS GUARD POSTS US SOLDIERS LOADING ONTO LANDING CRAFT PRE INVASION CU US SOLDIERS PRE INVASION US SAILORS MAKE LIFE VEST FOR PUPPY CANADIAN SOLDIERS LAND ON JUNO US SOLDIERS OMAHA COLOR FOOTAGE US SOLDIERS WALKING ONTO BEACH SHIPS IN BACKGROUND AIRCRAFT FLYING OVERHEAD SHIPS BARRAGE BALLOONS WAR CORRESPONDENT DIGGING FOX HOLE GREEN BEACH HQ SIGN GERMAN POWS US FLAG ON SHIPS SMILING CORRESPONDENTS GERMAN V 1 ROCKET BUZZ BOMB BRITISH SPITFIRE AIR CRAFT ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS SHOOTING ALLIED SHIP WITH SUPPLIES US LST PREPARING TO UNLOAD FRENCH TOWN CHERBOURG? GERMAN POWS VANDALIZED PAINTING OF HITLER US 57MM ANTI TANK GUN BEING TOWED US SOLDIERS MARCHING TOWN SIGN VALOGNES BEACH WITH GERMAN DEFENSES FRENCH CIVILIANS CLIMBING ON BEACH DEFENSES US SOLDIER WALKS AROUND GERMAN DEFENSES GERMAN CAMO PILL BOX WOW FRENCH FARMERS US MEDIC IN FIELD ARTILLERY FIRES IN BACKGROUND US P 47 PREPARING TO TAKE OFF P 38 TAKING OFF WOW AIRCRAFT COLLIDE IN MID AIR FRENCH CASTLE BACKGROUND US SOLDIERS SEATED FOREGROUND NAKED MEN BATHING EDWARD G. ROBINSON ROAD SIGN VERSAILLES PARIS US ARTILLERY TRACTOR PULLING GUN FRENCH TOWN LIBERATION OF PARIS FIGHTING IN PARIS GERMAN POWS EIFFEL TOWER POV HORSE RACE US ARMORED DIVISION OFFICERS US 3RD ARMORED DIVISION SOLDIER US SOLDIERS WITH FRENCH CHILDREN FRENCH CHILDREN WITH TANK TRAPS AACHEN ROTHE ERDE RAILWAY SIGN US SOLDIER CU EISENHOWER GIVING SPEECH JU 88 BOMBER V 2 ROCKET ME 262 JAPANESE SUICIDE ROCKET"
All Comments (21)
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this footage is 75 years old and its still better than most security cameras.
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This is history, not hollywood bs, it deserves millions if not billions of views
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When it made sense to smoke because you wouldnt live that long anyways
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Almost all the people in this film are no longer with us
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My Dad was in that group. He told us stories about what it was like. He was in the truck decision. They delivered the bulldozers. It was rough. He had bomb shrapnel in the back of his head. Died of brain tumor in 1976. I was 15 years old. If I can ever be half the man my dad was I will be twice the man everyone else is. Not there yet. I cried watching this
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It's amazing how almost everybody seems to be smiling and in a good mood, even though they were at war. Also interesting to see the Germans. In color, they don't look that different from today's people, it makes things look much more real.
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The Captain on left @ 41:21 with the cigarette hanging from his mouth is Ozell Smoot of Oklahoma City. I heard many stories about him from my father that served with him from Omaha Beach to Aachen. This footage was taken shortly after my father was wounded fighting in the streets of Aachen. Smoot was a great man. He was killed about a month later fighting in the Hurtgen forest. Tremendous gratitude to this man and the ultimate sacrifice he made.
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Captain Elton E Brooks was my Great Grandfather one of the 506th Parachute Infantry of the 101st airborne division, A hero, A badass, an excellent boxer, R.I.P Grandpa Brooks and all the fallen soliders of WW2.
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Great stuff , soon their will be no WW2 Vets left to tell the tales. This footage is invaluable.
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no sound after 29:12 would love to hear the ending. great though!
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Aged 69 this must be the best actual film footage I have ever seen. Thank you. Hope many of the relatives of those featured have seen this ☺
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thank you for posting this - my Grandad was a Medic - he landed on the beaches - suffered terribly from shell shock for the rest of his life. Everyone should see this and shown in schools.
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Weird thinking all these happy-looking soldiers are probably gone.
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This kind of footage is very important to add to any collection of WW2 materials. There is not that much unedited footage showing the different aspects of what happened and the narration makes this very nice to see. Always remember, never forget !
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Wonderful footage! I swear, YouTube is the closest thing to time-travel.
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This footage is incredible. I never realized there was such high quality colour footage out there!
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Awh, the puppy life preserver..such contrast to the ugliness of what's to come...
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I must admit, I was teary-eyed through most of it. My dear father's war . Wondering how many of those men ever made it back home, alive.
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Thank you, sir, for filming these fantastic original scenes. And, thank you so much, for sharing and personally narrating.⭐️
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My grandfather was aboard the USS Tambor Sub during WW2. He told me stories as a child. What a great proud generation. What cruelty that brought them together.
