| Tango01 | 12 Apr 2021 10:23 p.m. PST |
"In honor of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, I'm taking a look at my favorite D-Day movie… The Longest Day…." YouTube link Armand |
 deadhead  | 13 Apr 2021 5:44 a.m. PST |
Thanks to you I found this earlier. I followed some other link you provided and noticed this on the right hand side also. Well worth a watch. Many things I did not know eg how many actors did actually serve on the big day. Richard Todd obviously, but so many more. |
 Legion 4  | 13 Apr 2021 10:25 a.m. PST |
Yes, a lot of Vets in those movies of the 50s and early 60s … |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 13 Apr 2021 10:41 a.m. PST |
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| rmaker | 13 Apr 2021 11:12 a.m. PST |
a lot of Vets in those movies of the 50s and early 60s IIRC, "A Walk in the Sun" takes the prize on that count. Virtually all the actors were veterans, most of whom had been in combat. |
| Tango01 | 13 Apr 2021 12:58 p.m. PST |
So Happy you enjoyed it my friends! (smile)
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| donlowry | 13 Apr 2021 5:48 p.m. PST |
If I could change one thing about The Longest Day movie, it would be the music -- totally inappropriate to the '40s. |
| Sgt Steiner | 14 Apr 2021 3:03 a.m. PST |
One could argue that the music is totally inappropriate for any time period !! :-) But no denying the theme tune (sans words) is pretty iconic. |
 Mserafin | 14 Apr 2021 8:57 a.m. PST |
I watched this last week, having first seen it in the 1960's. I never tire of it. The long continuous shot of the French Commandos attacking Ouistreham still amazes me. And I really believe "A Walk in the Sun" could be improved by using computer voice recognition software to replace all the instances where they use the word "love" instead of something saltier. |
| donlowry | 14 Apr 2021 9:19 a.m. PST |
Mitch Miller's music, unfortunately, was popular when the movie was made, in the '60s. It's like watching a movie about WW1 with music from WW2! Just doesn't fit. As for the language in A Walk in the Sun, I'm glad it doesn't use the saltier language -- don't appreciate such myself. |
| Tango01 | 14 Apr 2021 11:59 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 19 Apr 2021 11:55 a.m. PST |
Good one Armand, knew lots of the story already book long ago but not about actors. |
| Tango01 | 19 Apr 2021 12:41 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. Armand |
| UshCha | 20 Apr 2021 5:09 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 20 Apr 2021 1:12 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 13 May 2021 10:36 p.m. PST |
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| Warspite1 | 01 Jul 2021 5:55 p.m. PST |
I run the Normandy 1944 group on Flickr and this turned up the other week. link James Doohan (AKA Scotty in Star Trek) landed on D-Day with the RCA, the Royal Canadian Artillery as an officer with 14th Field Artillery Regt of the Canadian 3rd Division. They were armed with 105mm Priests but would soon convert to the 25-pounder Sexton as all British and Canadian Priest units did. He was wounded by friendly fire and lost a finger but retrained as an air observer flying Austers. It would also appear that Scotty's name in Star Trek is actually Doohan's real middle – Montgomery. Barry |
| Tango01 | 01 Jul 2021 10:23 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 07 Jul 2021 4:16 p.m. PST |
A List of American Commanders in WWII Who Lost Their Lives
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