D-Day footage and the cameramen who filmed it
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- This D-Day footage on Sword Beach was captured by cameramen of the AFPU. Operation Overlord saw the largest amphibious invasion in history. On 6 June 1944, nearly 29,000 troops were landed on Sword Beach, and embedded among them were just under a dozen cameramen from the Army Film and Photographic Unit, who captured an incredible record of this momentous day. In this video, curator Michelle Kirby tells us more about some of the cameramen who brought these films and photographs back to us.
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Can't believe how underrated this channel is
One of the most interesting conversations I’ve ever had was with a curator from The IWM
Why is this underrated?
Superb. I cannot begin to imagine how terrifying it must have been. Total respect to these brave men.
Worth noting that Pinewood Studios has an Honours Roll of the army and RAF cameramen who lost their lives in WW2.
I’m surprised the current many TV channels don’t promote this list and those fallen men and women more.
Amazing documentary.
Nice to see the cameramen credited. I have Sgt. Vic Watkins (AFPU) cine camera (DeVry No.27) that landed with him on Gold beach on D Day +1 and with which he filmed until killed in January 1945, along with his fellow cameraman Sgt. Bill Gross (who was using DeVry No.32) and their RASC driver W. Smith. DeVry No.27 was later issued to Sgt. Mike Lewis (AFPU) to film for a week at Bergen Belsen from 16th to 24th April 1945. Coincidently Bill Gross's old camera Devry No.32 was later used by Sgt. Ian Grant.
Thanks for this!
My father Desmond O'Neill filmed D-Day as part of the AFPU on D-Day.
Would be nice if we could see all of the footage from the beginning to end, with the context of what is happening.
Spielberg 🤫