D-Day Remembered - This Is Normandy - Today And Yesterday
D-Day Remembered - This Is Normandy - Today And Yesterday
D-Day Remembered - This Is Normandy - Today And Yesterday. Twenty Years Ago the mightiest armada in history landed the forces of freedom on the Beaches of Normandy....the shores of France that are quiet and peaceful today. This Normandy is a vivid document of the day Twenty Years Ago that changed the destiny of mankind. The roar of those guns now are replaced with the laughter of children. Footage cuts back and forth between 1944 and 1964. Normandy, France 1964 A sign 'Omaha - Beach'. MS - Camera is panning deserted beach front. Little boy playing on a WWII Army tank. Little boy spinning a round and round. 1944 Ships in the water and planes in the sky. 1964 Nuns walking on the beach. 1944 Head shot of a German soldier. Army tank cannons being fired. United States soldiers opening the back gate on a DUCT as they unload onto Normandy beach. American soldiers crawling on Normandy beach like ants. 1964 Children climb up the same sand dunes as the soldiers did back in the 40's. Faces of the children in the bunkers. Adult women running on the beach with their dog. 1944 US marines invade the beach head. Side shot of German soldier shooting his machine gun. Bombs exploding on the beach. Bombs falling from the bellies of the planes, hitting the ground below and exploding. The legs of the paratroopers jumping out of the plane, Air to Air shot the sky crowded with paratroops and the shoots opened, resembling mushrooms. German soldiers surrendering to the US marines, walking in a single file with their arms up on their heads. 1964 Children today walking in a line with their arms on their heads as if surrendering. 1944 Aftermath of buildings that were bombed. 1964 Rebuilt building and homes. Cemeteries and the graves of soldiers marked with crosses. Children playing and running on the beach.