D-Day to Germany: Cameraman Jack Lieb comments on original footage of 1944-45
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Spectacular HD-scanned footage of 1945 with narration by newsreel cameraman Jack Lieb. According to this source (unwritten-record.blogs.archiv..., Lieb's voice had been recorded in 1976 by his son, Warren, one of his final lectures. Lieb went to Europe in 1943 to film war coverage for Hearst’s News of the Day newsreels.
0:00 London (Westminster Abbey)
10:06 Landing on the Utah beach (by a british landing craft)
23:46 Mont St. Michel
30:19 Paris (on the day of liberation)
37:16 Westwall
38:10 Aachen
39:11 Berlin
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This kind of footage, especially with the narration from someone was actually there, are extremely valuable.
As spit, since they were not there, like you.
Especially if you've read Ernie Pyles book. The faces come to life. Some of those correspondents landed on Omaha beach, this was shot right before that.
It's like the world's scariest vacation video.
This video is absolutely priceless!!! Every American heck every human world wide needs to see this!! My dad served in Korea yet he had several friends who were in WW2 and he even had a friend who was in the ghetto in Poland... absolutely heart wrenching stories!! I am glad I was taught at a very young age about this history... they no longer teach this in public education..... 😰😰😰
Agreed. Priceless.
The narrator's memories and insights really made this film special. You could hear his memories opening up as he watched the footage again. It was a very real and personal account. I found it fascinating.
You also eat feces every day, because those assholes are your feeders.
as did i............wb
@@SEATEACHER2010 love how you cant even spell faeces correctly lol
totally
Sea Teacher wtf?
This is the finest WWII footage I've seen, completed by the narration bringing the personal perspective and humanity to every shot. This was filmed 30 years before I was alive, yet watching it doesn't feel so long ago.
Agreed. And really - it WASN'T so long ago - just five years before I was born, and the world still bore the scars, as did those who had been through it. Scars you couldn't necessarily see, but they were there all right. I knew a gentleman who woke up every night some 50 years later, screaming at memories which wouldn't leave him.
@@RobertJonesWightpaint I used to be a carer looking after chaps in their 80's & 90's. Some had some great stories, others wouldn't talk about it. One certainly suffered over the years, the little he spoke about was both heartbreaking and terrifying. People today, clinging to their nationalistic pride, they don't know how fortunate they are.
I believe something similar will happen again before very long.
76 years since before I was born, yet I had the same feeling as you: it offers something that black and white film just doesn’t.
Same here, 30 years prior to my birth, but feels really fresh, like you were there. Fascinating to think that some of those toddlers are now great-grandparents, others already in the great beyond.
War is terrible, life becomes cheap, survivors’ lasting scars - physical, psychological and spiritual - making them only barely luckier than the dead.
When Russian and MAGAts glorify war, they’ve got no idea what they are courting.
@@allsorts- Soon than we imagine.
The nightmare will start again. Sad... but true.. Good look to everrybody
The most striking thing to me is Mr.Leib’s narration. Very impressed how he’s able to communicate, capturing the humanity and baseline respect people had for one another, even during war. I like how includes highlights of people expressing a wide range of emotions during this time: sadness, happiness, boredom, anger, relief, fear-he gives it all.
What strikes me is was the cost to Europeans when they lost the war. Just compare pictures of crowds in any european city then to cities in the same location now. RIP
What especially stood out was the narrator/photographer’s genuine humility. No boasting or gloating, just very informative documentation. Thanks to all who brought this to us.
Don`t you wish Americans were still like that, lol?!
@@drivinsouth651 Amen brother! Maybe one day. God bless you!
Real people are humble
Ooh how wonderful you are
I could watch this kind of stuff for hours. 10/10
Same brother
Totally agree.
me too !!!!
Me too! I love these.
Yaffa i watch it all day daily instead of television rubbish
My grandfather only talked about the war 1 time. He was at Utah beach. He was U.S. Army 28th infantry division 112th infantry regiment. He was at the Battle of the bulge also. Where the 1st breakthrough from Germany happened, it was in his area. They lost 75% of their division to KIA and wounded. He was one of the lucky ones to come back alive but was wounded by a shell that exploded above him causing him to lose hearing in his right ear. Toughest generation right there!
Kudos to him. You should be proud.
the toughest ones are the dead ones, because only them have seen the end of the war. i want to thank your grandfather for being part of the people that freed europe from the nazis. unfortunately we couldnt even learn from this very catastrophic event and reproduce the errors from which we should have learned in the past. still your grandfathers and the others sacrifice are not in vain - is what i want to believe.
I've watched this 3 times now over past few years, this footage is an absolute priceless piece of history, made even more so by the narration by Mr. Lieb, wish more people would watch this.
Me tooo!!!
Very interesting video. I love the calm commentary and absence of hyperbole that we're now accustomed to in the media. Thank you.
Yeah I like the part where the media did not have a agenda.
yea! so refreshingly matter of fact
I agree. It makes it far more interesting.
Of course they're calm, no one is getting an arm shot off or being burned alive from their political shit film.
Sea Teacher you are a total arse.
This footage is absolutely priceless.
NEVER YOU ESPANIN
Red Army save you. We Russians lost millions of lives. Brits and USA don't know what is war on their land.
@@miheyev you are so right.. the USA doesn't but England did get bombed
@@miheyev You did well and suffered much but we gave you all the equipment. Please say thank you.
@@mediosinformativosdelsuryn6134 im?0
77 years ago , my father was there . he never ever talked about it his brother was there too but he was killed while assaulting a pillbox. I am now 69 and I do not think I would have had as much courage. My father was so young he was allways so kind to everyone, I never knew he was a true hero until he died.Even when he was dying he was still smiling and told me not to worry.
A warm salute for ur father
Wow! Deep respect for all of those soldiers, back then, fighting for freedom, mostly, for other nations freedom!....I'm not an american, but an eastern european and I am fascinated by the sacrifice that generation had to make!
In the 80', by a quiet morning of May I visited the American cemetery of Saint-James, in the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel erea. It was not planned since we discovered it by chance at a detour of a small road on the way back visiting farmers friends for a long week-end. Beyond the touchable illustration of your lessons in history you learned during your education, my family and I were overwhelmed by the quietness of the surroundings, the songs of small birds and the sheerness of the air. We looked closely at several of the crosses. So, so young were these men, only a few years older than I was at the time, and I could relate to them as if they would have been my classroom comrades. I saw my parents having been young at the time of the events, usually very stoic, with hidden tears.
The Usa policy was to search for their family and re-patriate as much fallen soldiers as possible to their motherland. Those who were there were either without known family or by their family's choice.
Beyond the usual clichés vehicled by movies, newspapers, books, there were so many tangible things lived by people on the ground in this erea. A younger friend of ours had become an orphan at the age of not one year old in the bombing of Rouen, she lost both her parents and her four young sisters. A friend had to hide for months in farms in order not to be caught by the germans, some farmers were arrested and hung as an example for the others... and Guy Mocquet who was fussilled in a breton stone-pit at the age of 16 yo... so many personal stories... So, when people complain nowadays for nothing ...
I am happy that my parents and their friends talked a bit about it when it was still time.
edit : I discovered recently that your father's and my parents'generation is called in english "the great generation". It is for a reason. And combattants rarely talked about their deeds or their heroism. It seems as if it is untransmissible, also too raw, people won't understand or won't be interested in. Some things need to be left sleeping. That's what the deported have said at their return. They tried to tell but people were not interested and they were welcomed with a polite silent or dismissal.
Our ancients began to talk with the generation of their grandchildren, times having changed and evolved.
Salute to your father's memory!
Thank you for sharing, this is precious.
@Martin Jones wars are rarely an enjoyement.
@Martin Jones Most probably!
I am so thankful and appreciative of the fact that this first person narrative was recorded and posted here! Accurate first person narratives and film/video are critical to our knowledge and better understanding of historical events. Thank you to the individuals who took the time and effort to create, produce and post this important video!
i actually feel blessed to have stumbled upon like this legit tiny piece of extremely well preserved history
Jack Leib: "These were shot in moments of relaxation... the idea was to bring back footage of friends who are not with us anymore." Jack Leib was first and foremost a gentleman. Oh, the horrors of war he witnessed. Yet, he kept his voice low and respectful as he recounted with as much restraint and dignity as possible, the most positive moments in the worst of times.
This is the first time I can hear the voice of one of this heros that documented war.
The footage at Saint Michel with Hemingway smiling in his plenitude was a bonus.
But the calm voice talking smoothly to the audience in the fate of so many, is paradoxically, striking
This was incredible, profound, and sad. One of the best recounts in a narrative perspective of someone who experienced WW2 firsthand I've personally ever seen. The ending was perfect, and something the world needs to remember right now.
This might be the most high quality footage I've seen from this time period. Incredible
I don't know what it is about this era...it's like...mythical, you can just think about it forever...just amazing
It's one of those eras that has a mystique about it, although it's kind of odd we think of things that way, considering how we'd feel if millions of people were being killed in a war today.
it was a turning point in our history changed the life on the planet quite a bit
My farther was evacuated from London to a village where he was beaten daily and starved. He received no education what so ever. When his dad came home he was a complete stranger to him. My mother grew up in Birmingham England and didn't fare much better. Her father was very traumatised by his time in Italy. This in turn affected my upbringing but I very much respect both of my parents for the effort they made to improve both their's and their children's standard of life after such a bad start. The effects of WW2 still have repercussions on families today.ç
Thank you very much for this perspective, I never thought how pervasive and lingering is the aftermath of WW2.
absolutely. thank you for sharing. it was incredible to read
Who and why was your father gettin mistreated?
@@justinhealey2408 I don't know what village he was evacuated to. He told me that when they arrived they were taken to the village hall where the locals check them over like cattle. He said that his older sister was offered a home but no one wanted him and his cousin because they were small. Eventually they walked them down the street shouting will anybody take these in. The local kids who he told me were well fed and older beat them up most days. The people who took them in made them sleep in a barn and gave them scraps. He can remember living off mainly bacon rind. Not everyone was pulling together during the war. However my mother-in-law had a completely different experience and the older couple who took her and her sister in wanted to adopt them.
@@lordlucan66oh wow ok i understand, that really shows how awful all the aspects of that war were...thats terrible..im glad they had each other for company, hope it helped..thank you for the insight
I've watched this a few times and have shown it to my family. We have relatives that served on D-Day. Thank you for this video.
I'm sure Jack didn't realize how priceless this footage would be for future generations.. very important one of a kind world history footage
Absolutely agree. In historical terms it feels as important as tbd hostody of the Enigma code
That's why it's important to never forget them people let it be a lesson to us all we have it now with the unkrane people so it is a big eye opener we will watch Putin and see which way he takes this war hopefully it will end soon ❤️ god bless yous all in Ukraine people
I love how humane and compassioned he is narrating this, avoiding glorifying war as opposed to too many young war fans these days who have never lived one and ofc have no idea what really is like.
They probably think a Purple Heart is awarded for suffering thumb blisters by playing too many video games.
Speak for your self at least I want to know my history it's happening all over again and yous are to tick to see it even a blind man could see this I hope it never happens here or were all doomed yous take care
Utterly spell-binding footage.
Thank you so very much to all involved creating/restoring/uploading this time-witness footage and narration.
Exceptional.
I can't believe I am saying this, but I am surprised this video only has 2.6 million views. I would expect alot more. It will get there. This video and genuine narration is invaluable. Thanks for the video.
No more fake documentairies of National Geographic or even worse, Discovery. THIS is the right stuff, these are authentic pictures of what
really happened, thanks a lot!
Unfortunately he was mistaken about the "101st Airborne" being loaded onto boats. They were land based and were stationed at the bases they lifted off from. They were not in this part of the operation.
These film's are all fake too... Sorry...
Propaganda ...
You do realize not all of history happened during the time of photography right? So I suppose any documentary pre-camera is fake? I just don't get the point you're trying to make.
You're wrong.. I have photographs of the Battle Of Waterloo. It includes pictures of Napoleon yelling at small children.
8:29 The puppy life preserver was absolutely adorable. 🥰
I just hope that they didn't take it with them to the front or into a war zone or even on the boat ride to Normandy....; why subject an "adorable" innocent animal to the brutality of human conflict...?
@@danielcoetzee5793 I think they're goal wasnt to get shot, and idk if u were born yesterday but this is war and animals like that die all the time bc humans care first for their basic needs (like survival) other than if some animal is ok or not.
Who's gonna take care of the puppy, if they left him behind?
@@danielcoetzee5793 all humans are selfish
God this is heartbreaking. To think this was the world our grandparents grew up in. In many respects, we have no idea how lucky we are. It wasn't victory or patriotism or excitement for most people - it was death and suffering and absolute horror.
well said!
Post WWII, Europeans went from 26% of the global population to 8% very lucky....
I wonder if our grandparents, seeing what today's world has become, would consider us as lucky as you say we are...
...so was Korea, Vietnam, Central America, Iraq, Afghanistan....etc....etc....war is good for business apprently.
Grandparents & parents.
absolutely mind blowing footage. Such a unique historical record and just beautifully narrated by Mr Leib. level-headed, undramatic, no gushing music and so much the more powerful for that.
This is a completely new perspective, down to earth and high quality. Now, I can almost say I was there.
Now I know what my 18 year old soldier father did in vivid living color. I feel like I was there with him......
To look at all of these beautiful, brave souls... I am forever grateful.
Luckily a war like that will never be fought again
Forever grateful for the Hate speech laws we have now.
@@mewkatlol I hope you are right.
Exactly...God Bless 'em all! fr Canada
Eloquently put, Alicia.
its absolutely incredible being able to view history like this. I'm just speechless
22:35 The footage of these two planes colliding mid air and crashing is terrifying
yeah it really is - no altitude nor chance to get out, horrifying. Simple mistake in early days of manual aviation
INCREDIBLE this type of first hand knowledge and insight is so valuable. Thank you so much for this upload!!!!
This was really interesting and good, thank you for sharing.
Also from the prospective of the enemy of that time.
My father was stationed in Caen during the German occupation of France at that time just 19 years old Lt. of the Wehrmacht. He was moved to the area of Bitburg the same evening of D-Day. Later he was in the Ardennes (battle of the bulge) where he surrendered to the US military between Bastogne and Marche (both Belgium). When he became prisoner, his first thought was 'you will never get that cheap to America again'.
For me it was good to see some of the locations of his stations and the time he was there.
He was then later shipped as POW to the US (Mississippi) - were he had to pluck cotton and make 'fishing nets' (they were of course not used for fishing - but told so, as POW's were not allowed to be used to produce equipment for the army by convention).
Anyway, there he took the role as interface and speaker for the POW's as he was fluent in English (not typical for Germans of the time). He had fond memories of its time as a POW in the US and particularly the farmer he and his camerads had to work for. After the war he became a Gold/Silver smith and later on a Teacher for English. He unfortunately passed in 2012 and I am sure it would have revived memories good as well as bad ones to see this documentation.
Interesting enough, my daughter now lives in Aachen just beside the Station Rothe-Erde and in the street the pictures were taken of the reserve soldiers sitting with the Captain that was later KIA that day.
Thank you again for sharing this interesting documentation.
wow, incredible to read that. thank you for sharing
My father-in-law is 95 and he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. We live in Miss. The Greatest Generation.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Do you know where your father was interred as a POW in the US? We had a camp here in East Texas & German was taught in our high school so the folks could speak to soldiers in their language. From what I understand from people who were here during that time, the POWs were grateful to be out of the war & enjoyed working in forests cutting trees. Not one tried to escape & several came back & married women here.
@@sogay23 he started out in Camp Shelby (close to Hattiesburg) shortly after he was moved to one of the branch camps.
Stunning footage that I have watched many times now. The film itself is priceless. With the narration by a cameraman who was there, it becomes an historical treasure beyond any price.
Priceless......for a thousand reasons, clarity, editing, color, narration, but to see happy smiling faces....first time ever.
Brilliant in every way. You've given a gift to the world.
Finally I don't have the feeling like I'm watching a rambo movie, like most WW2 docs nowadays. Cheers!
yeah, saving private Ryan made it seem a lot more dramatic than what i see in this video
Depends on the beach and the area. There are stacks of graves over there which vehemently dispute your assertion. While interesting, the vast majority of correspondents were not where the lead was flying.
Brandon Whitehead very good point.
Most World War 2 docs give a false representation of German soldiers. I have looked after many WW2 vets and the ones that were captured and spent time as POWs and every single one of them said the German soldier was on par with British soldiers for being polite and good-natured.
@@TheHypernaught unless you're," inferior"
This is a great document to watch!
All in color no less!
Jack Lieb was eloquent in his narration!
NEVER
I would imagine this is some of the first color footage ever made.
He certainly held my attention. I wonder how many hours of film he actually had. I would love to see all of it. Utterly fascinating.
@@brucecaldwell6701 yea never
@@mediosinformativosdelsuryn6134 Para siempre eres payaso
Great commentary, and footage. No matter how many times you see a film like this, you'll never understand how important D Day was.
Thank you for sharing! My Dad, a CPO WW2, returned to live a full life but died from Asbestosis he received while in the USN. Others died later from injuries they received in combat. We all will die when our time is up as did many of your friends in the pictures you showed. Ron PTL USA
These films are beautiful and haunting.
The terrifying aspects of war are occasionally muted with gorgeous moments of solitude, reflection and the celebration of everyday life.
Thank you so much for posting this gem.
We are very fortunate to have color film of historic events as well as the characters such as Hemingway, and Ernie Pyle, and George Stevens
this seems more like recolored but its all magic XD
its not recoloured...
@@WarwickkkT101 It is colour cameras weren't invented till the 50s
Films were shot in color as early as 1907!
@@6bblbird104 No they weren't. They were shot and black & white and then coloured by hand.
Truly an amazing film, so well narrated too by Mr Jack Lieb. Thank you sincerely for the upload
It's quite emotional seeing all these brave men, and to think many hadn't had the chance to return back home is quite sad. Lest we forget.
This is the first time I've ever seen a movie like this about WW2 with a soldier in the background talking about it. About what's happening, the soldiers he knew, the ones that died. It was incredible to watch and listen. Made me think of my father who went through hell fighting in WW2 in the Polish army. Thank you for uploading this movie.
i wonder how many of the men looking back at you into the camera died on D-Day. Much respect to all of them
Most people on this film are dead anyway due to age and not from the war.
Coati Miller too many
I had the same thoughts.
less than the English/USAmerican war hero movies like D-day or Saving private Ryan would show you. Men under fire do not walk as if they are going out for dinner!
@A Tangerine Half? It wasn't nearly that much. By the afternoon on D-Day, you could have a cup of tea on the beach. There were thousands of casualties, but this was the beginning of the end of Germany.
What a wonderful presentation; astonishing to see this very clear footage with such well informed commentary. Thank you so much.
Priceless footage. I've never seen anything like this before. Thank you for sharing it.
I'm 4 minutes into this.
I'm a war documentary snob.
This is outstanding.
Post war generation like us really need films like this to understand more about the bone and flesh and life sacrifice these people had made and contributed to the peace we have now! I am just over 60 and have never experience any war. After watching this, suddenly I find that how fortunate we are to live to this age without war! They paid the tremendous price and we are enjoying the results bought! No words could describe the gratitudes we have to them!
Hk Lau Never a truer word spoken, here here. I am similar age my father served in the Pacific.
sure pal , you know
To make Europe the terrible sinking ship it is today. The perfect example for the downfall of a civilization. No identity left.
Pretty sad these men gave their lives for nothing. The Allies fought the wrong enemy.
Hk Lau, I too never learned anything in my history classes about World War II. they're just glossed over the real tragedies behind the war. I never really understood about the Holocaust until I seen Schindler's List. and about the invasion of Normandy, I never even new anything about that until I seen the movie Saving Private Ryan. now I understand why my uncle's would never talk about what happened over there.
i use to know an old aussie lady who was originally from England...she told me that her brother was a guard on a secret location where hitler actually flew in too in England to try and negotiate a peace...i think she said it happened about 3 times...but in her words she described churchill as a war monger...was an interesting word of mouth story
This is amazing documentation, thank you for uploading. The narration of someone that was there is so valuable.
What a collection. This documentary is truly the very best I have seen of the 2nd world war. Thank you so much dear.
I didn't expect to see Hemingway in these films. Wow.
Amazing footage and narration, thank you for sharing.
Me either
His book "For Whom The Bell Tolls" was around this time in 1940
Me too, he looks very relaxed 👍
How about EDWARD G.ROBINSON.Double WOW!👍👍👍
Legendary correspondent Ernie Pyle too.
@@vernwallen4246 Tela’s nephew as well. Triple WOW
Amazing to hear first hand commentary. My dear old Neighbour, Norman Hicks, told me something of what went on during his service too. I was involved for a while with a Caravan Park in north Cornwall which had been a former WW2 Airbase, strange things happened there, including once, me seeing airmen walking towards the sunset. Unsettling stuff for someone who was only 15 !
The hotel in Mont St Michel (24:00) is still open and you can get the omelettes he mentions made to the same recipe today.
same recipe? u mean 3 eggs, chopped chives and salt & pepper xD making omelets is all about technique..
Oh? are these good omelets?
I guess I'll have to go and sample these omelettes one day.
This is the closest to time travel I've ever been. So hauntingly beautiful.
I just amazed by the quality of these footage, this is a true time travel
I kinda wonder what these journalist would think of the journalism that is going on today...
They'd clearlyrecognize the way the current government is trying to control the news and spread its propaganda.
@@ronaldcammarata3422 By that you mean the democrats right? Because the Republicans have one right leaning cables news while the rest are all left leaning.
@@kenkarish826 What do you mean the rest? There are only three mainstream that I can think of. One is right wing one is left wing and the other is just incompetent. The radio is pretty much dominated by Christians with NPR if you need to sleep or Rush Limbaugh if you prefer diet crazy instead of regular crazy like InfoWars.
@@ronaldcammarata3422 I don't think our government has any more power than we the people. Seems like corporations run the show. It's interesting that a "Christian nation" can hold the notion of "money is the root of all evil" at the same time as holding up billionaire corporations as some kinda golden calf. We make great pets.
@Donald Trump Not in my state, but I will say they seem a little more non partisan than cable.
Took me a while to get to this film. Heartwarming. Inspiring to live and cherish life so fragile.
Thank you for this...a great piece of history filmed and narrated beautifully showing the sadness of war.
Amazing how clean everything looks. I thought the buildings of Paris would be black with decades of soot build-up.
I guess the Germans did a little cleaning before they left Paris.
Just because they're french doesn't mean they don't wash the buildings too sometimes Lindy.
Lindybeige! Glad to see you've watched this.
Thought to myself what a strange comment... Then realised it was Lindybeige.
@@Ellis01234567890 👊🏼😂
The "automatic camera" in the landing craft captures the moment that A Company, The North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick, Canada, goes ashore. My Uncle Douglas, my Mum's youngest brother, landed with the Canadian Scottish Regiment of Victoria, British Columbia in the second wave! "Lest we forget... "
Victoria is my hometown!
How can you tell?
It's a very well documented piece of footage taken on Juno Beach. legionmagazine.com/en/2010/04/the-riddle-of-the-d-day-footage/
My Father was with North Shore regiment as well and came in on a later wave.
Did he also murder surrendered German soldiers? Just to start a series of war crimes, later on blamed on German soldiers alone. Canadian and US troops started this barbarism.
Remarkable footage , the narration from an actual eye witness really brings it home, Thanks for posting
Absolute gold. Beautiful filming. And great memories for you and your guys.
Unbelieveably good footage and personal commentary from the man who took the film and was there , amazing historical archive , thanks for this upload.
Wow, Total respect my friend,,, I'm honored to watch this,,, Just seeing our boys fight for me to write this Comment just now,, I'm humbled,,,, Rip "Lest We Forget" God Bless, xx
It was most interesting to hear from someone who was actually involved in the invasion and to see the men who liberated France. They were brave lads in great spirit before the action. This is a valuable archive containing images of heroes
First time to see film with correspondent giving this voice over - very important film -thank you for sharing with us
Absolutely beautiful footage, with Jack Lieb's very pleasant narration, offering a unique view of the war - certainly one I had never seen before.
And Ernest Hemingway suddenly popping up sure was a nice surprise!
A wonderfully understated and timely piece. It's good to see the incidental and random footage preserved. you can really feel the effect of the liberation in Paris in a human sense, a feeling that seems sort of alien today, in our present climate. Thanks for posting!
Such beautiful and sensitive narration by Jack Lieb. Thank you...this was very emotional to watch, very emotional indeed!
Thank you so much for this. So important to be shown.
WW2 Film Buff here! Thank you very much for sharing these videos. I have watch many on the War and yours are best of all I've seen. Great English narrating . Thanks again and God Bless
yes Another World War II film buff here. I've seen this footage in many other places Dash many people have copied it. It's real interesting to see where it came from, and to hear the commentary from the fellow that actually filmed it. What a score.
And, also to thank my lucky stars that I never had to go to war. I had to do some suck things in life, but never anything like that.
Same. Except to 'god bless' crap.
Gd this brings tears to my eyes...seeing the Notre dame graduate...only to find out he perished shortly thereafter...and knowing many of those boys didn’t make it home...seeing the grown men play with that puppy to bring a sense of comfort and normalcy for them...my grandfather was injured at Iwo Jima and made it home, but I didn’t get much time with him as he died of cancer when I was 8 years old....the whole world at war and brave young men with a sense of patriotism and duty...
It's sad, but I can't imagine the present generation (with the exception of a few brave souls) defending the country today. They need safe spaces when someone hurts their feelings. The young men in the video grew up during the Depression and were sent into a very unsafe space - Omaha Beach on D-Day.
@@dm-gq5uj Every Nation has invaded the USA our people breed with all those foreign races how do you defend or fix something like that?
@@Krawn_ You don't. We are all mongrels. There are no "pure" races. And so what? The discredited "science" of eugenics is clung to by people who have no other source of pride so they flatter themselves that their own DNA is somehow superior.
Incredible footage in both quality and content with tons of "behind the scenes" looks into the war in Europe with amazing commentary plus cameos by several legendary correspondents including Ernie Pyle and Ernest Hemingway...what a priceless piece of history.
Excellent footage and a great narrator, everything was well done and also thank you for your services.
Priceless footage. More valuable than any Da Vinci painting. Imagine people who will be around in 2000 years time. They will know exactly how people looked and acted 2000 years ago. Mind blowing.
Highly questionable we will be around for 2000 years seeing how pathetic humanity is right now, Capitalism is sucking the very planet dry of resources, the warmongering Liberals in power hailing for nuclear genocide and pathetic population that are blind folded about the horrors that awaits them if nothing is done.
Fantastic and incredible footage with wonderful narration. Thank you, Mr. Lieb.
Having the narraration to this footage is amazing. It brings it to life in a way that you can't get without the added context. Beautiful. And his memory recall, what his mind decided to remember in so much detail, is just as interesting.
This is the first time I have eer ween any commentary by the photographer of any WW2 films! Freaking awesome. Any more???
Incredible footage. I am constantly in awe of this generation of men who served. We have nothing to complain about.
We should maybe complain that fascists have taken over the entire globe now... I think they fought for something.
@@myblacklab7 Complain if you will, but it's far more effective to get up off a whiny backside and do something productive.
@@jbdbean242 You say... in an unnecessarily insulting UA-cam comment.
Thanks for the advice - maybe I'll take it, since I can see that you're not using it.
@@myblacklab7 We're facing a whole different kind of war now, one nobody expects, so it's way more effective and devastating. Psychological warfare takes longer, but is vastly more potent, and has turned our country - and civilization -against itself. No need for the enemy to do anything, other than plant ideas in the minds of the young, that are bearing their pernicious fruit already. And of course no one believes it, similar to how no one believed the stories of death camps in WWII until they saw them.
It's all "conspiracy theory" to those on whom it's being waged.
@@jameseverett4976 I'm glad you see it. I agree with you, and it's very troubling to see my fellow Americans embrace things like censorship and lockdowns.
Hopefully it's a battle that we will win, although it's a tough row to hoe. Truth and justice has prevailed sometimes in the past, so it is possible that it will again in the future, and I know what side I'm on.
Bless you for uploading this, this is rad.
Wow, thanks for posting this unique and exceptional footage !
I didn't know cameras could be this clear. Also, most of shots and angles are very good, even better than some of our documentaries in the modern world.
Wonderful. Such great footage and so nice to hear the cameraman himself giving the narration.
Some of the most profesional film camera work ive seen topped of with a grade narration . Just amazing and gives a feeling of being there also . Thank you 10 out of 10.....
Incredible color and clarity and great to have the explanation of the scenes. I believe at 6:32 the unit embarking the landing craft are 327th glider infantry, at least that's what the card suit "clubs" symbol on their helmets signify..but they could have been attached to the 101st somehow..who knows. But this is one of the best historical film documentaries I've ever seen.
I had the same thoughts. I swore they came out of another village in England via plane drop
Its amazing how everything looks in color. I went to London once and it looks pretty similar in some aspects. The red double-deckers, Big Ben. also, all the people look like someone you could have met on the street. It's hard to believe looking at the video that that baby may now be dead or in their late 70s. Everything looks so modern and more normal. We owe a lot to Jack Lieb
Absolutely fascinating. I thought that I had seen all the old footage, but most of this film I had never seen before. I loved the clips of daily life during the war and Jacks commentary was excellent. Sure do miss the people of the WWII generation.
This is pure gold! A true delight to see this previously unseen footage of WW2 for myself!
This is the best quality footage of that time i have ever seen. It is of amazingly high quality. Color photography was still very new!
Good narration too. Interesting to hear all those familiar town names.
The 101st airborne div. liberated my own hometown.
Thanks for posting this!
What a gem! This is one of the best clear footage prior to D-Day and after, with authentic accounts from someone who was present during those events.
This is fantastic. The internet age has made great rarities like this easy to see.
Thanks for posting this!
This is much appreciated, as I had thought before the only color footage was done by the director George Stevens. The narration was an excellent addition to the film footage.
This is fantastic. Thank you so much for posting.
i dont even know what to say, i think the only adjective that really describes this film is "true", because thats what it is - no judgement, no drama, no rambo, only the truth and a very well delivered message
Really? It's glossed up nicely for an American audience, like most of the direct coverage of the war. It's implicit in basically everything he says that "America did all the work", which is absolute bullshit and an insult to the majority of the forces that took part in the war in western Europe. It's representative of the "American truth", but not of pure objective reality
@@tommeakin1732 If it hadn't been for America the war in western Europe would have been over. There wouldn't have been a D-Day without America and without America Britain would have been starved into submission.
@@tommeakin1732 what a stupid comment. The British newsreels were full of British exploits. Why shouldn't an American film show the American side?
Thank you for your service Sir!! My great uncle served in WW2 as well and I used to love listening to him tell his stories. This video is amazing thank you so much for sharing! God Bless You!
Absolutely amazing, thank you sir. Alot was at stake during these times and risking your life to bring this history to life shows true patriotism without measure. God bless you. 🙏🏽
I am a huge WW2 documentary fan, but I haven't seen this one before. What an excellent piece of work.