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D-Day In Colour - The Overlord Experience

In this episode of D-Day in Color, veterans reflect on the experience of the Invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in WW2. Their intimate first-hand accounts explore those decisive yet perilous days that proved crucial to the outcome of the Second World War. Their recollections are intertwined with vivid color archival film footages that illustrate the reality of battle, the complexity of human emotions and the sacrifices that were made in the fateful summer of 1944. Narration by British actor John Hurt.

Production Year : 2004

Language : English

Lost Evidence: Breakout from Normandy

This program examines recently reconnaissance photographs taken during the battles that followed the Normandy Landings on June 6 1944. It concentrates specifically upon ‘Operation Cobra’, the move masterminded by US Army General Omar Bradley to break out from the Normandy area. It also recounts the key moments, strategy and course of this dramatic breakout. Reconnaissance photographs, interviews with those who participated, as well as the input of expert historians, enable a deep look at this decisive moment of WWII.

Production Year : 2006

Language : English

Timewatch: The Spies who Fooled Hitler MI5 at War

Exposing the undercover dealings of enemy agents and the MI5 counter-deception, known as the double-cross system, in the Second World War. Captured German spies were turned into double agents and used to deceive the Axis forces. One of the most famous of these spies was nicknamed 'Garbo', originally based in Lisbon, but brought to Britain by MI5 where he convinced the Germans that he ran an outfit of many agents scattered across the country. The programme also shows how these agents played a crucial role in the success of the Normandy landings, and includes interviews with Pat McCallum, who was in charge of the...

Director : Tilman Remme

Production Year : 1999

Language : English

חקירה היסטורית: D-Day, הטבח הסודי

This episode in Investigating History recalls the heroic collaboration by the 507th paratroopers and French civilians during the battle at Graignes that took place in the first days after the Allied invasion and delayed the SS unit from joining the fight for Carentan - 10-km to the north - thus contributing to one of the most crucial victories on D-Day. 40 years later, this largely unknown story is officially acknowledged, when veterans of the 507th return to France to honor 11 citizens of Graignes with the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest U.S. award a civilian can receive for bravery. Including...

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 50

Language : English

Band of Brothers - 2, Day of Days

Second episode in the HBO-BBC co-production television series that is based on true occurrences and tell the story of Easy Company, an American infantry company during WWII. The full activity of the company is explored starting from the initial basic training stage through the invasion of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge and to the liberation of Europe. Among the producers of the series, are director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks.

Director : Richard Loncraine

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 52

Language : English

Saving Private Ryan

Set during the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, Saving Private Ryan presents a fictional search for a paratrooper of the United States 101st Airborne Division. While this part of the plot is a work of fiction, the premise is very loosely based on the real-life case of the Niland brothers. This film is particularly notable for the intensity of its opening 24 minutes, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. Saving Private Ryan was well received by audiences and garnered considerable critical acclaim, winning several awards for film, cast and crew.

Director : Steven Spielberg

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 163

Language : English

Band of Brothers - Carentan, Part 3

סדרת טל' המבוססת על אירועים אמיתיים ועוסקת בסיפורה של פלוגת איזי מהדיוויזיה המוצנחת ה-101 בצבא ארה"ב בזמן מלה"ע ה-2. פעילות חיילי הפלוגה מתוארת החל משלב הטירונות, דרך הפלישה לנורמנדי, קרב הבליטה ועד שחרור אירופה. מבין מפיקי הסדרה, הבמאי סטיבן שפילברג והשחקן טום הנקס. 10 פרקי הסדרה בוימו על ידי במאים שונים. בתחילת כל פרק מוצגות עדויות מאת חיילים לשעבר. כיומיים לאחר פלישת בנות הברית לנורמנדי, כמה מחיילי פלוגת "איזי" עדיין נעדרים, כולל טוראי אלברט בליית'. הוא מוצא את שאר חיילי הפלוגה בדיוק בזמן לסייע להם בכיבוש העיירה קרנטאן, הנחוצה לצורך החיבור בין הכוחות בחוף יוטה וחוף אומהה. במהלך הקרב המוצלח לכיבוש העיירה,...

Director : Mikael Salomon

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 65

Language : English

Golda Maria

A documentary film. Golda Maria is a holocaust survivor. Born in 1910 in a Jewish family in Poland, raised in 1920’s Berlin, she has to flee to Paris in 1933 and run again to the free zone during the war, where she is separated from her husband and daughter. In May 1944, just a few days before the Normandy landing, she is arrested and deported with her young son. After 12 months in the horror of the camps, she comes back to Paris, without her son. The film was shown at the Berlinale 2020 .

Director : Patrick Sobelman, Hugo Sobelman

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 115

Language : French

Normandy - The Great Crusade

Documentary on the World War II invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944. Utilizes diaries, personal letters, home movies, snapshot, period music and vintage radio broadcasts and newsreels. The story of the conquest of Normandy is narrated by Charles Durning who landed on Omaha beach.

Director : Christopher Koch

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 96

Language : English

Survival of a Spirit

סרט תיעודי משולב אנימציה.

Director : Patricia Bury Salier

Production Year : 2022

Duration : 51

Language : English

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