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Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: CBS Fox Video, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other Authors: Annakin, Ken, Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992, Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000, Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, Wayne, John, 1907-1979, Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, Burton, Richard, 1925-1984, Connery, Sean, Mitchum, Robert, Ryan, Cornelius
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Livonia, Mich. : CBS/Fox Video, [1986?]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy > Drama.
War films.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
Item Description:Based on the book of the same title by Cornelius Ryan.
Videocassette release of the 1962 motion picture.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videocassettes (180 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1962: Best B/W Cinematography (Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz), Best Special Effects (Robert MacDonald (Visual), Jacques Maumont (Audible))
Production Credits:Photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wotitz ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; musical score composed & conducted by Maurice Jarre.