The Longest Day - Harbour

[@darthstarkiller1912]

This movie deserved its Oscar for Best Cinematography. That is one of the longest moving single shots I've seen! It's that overwhelming.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

the longest single shot shootout scene is from Hard Boiled the longest fight scene is from Ong-Bak but for this movie, everything is very magnificent for its time. oh, those explosions and blanks firing. awesome stuff

[@blank557]

Agreed. What a inspired camera choice!

[@jorgearielortiz8327]

Increible hno!

[@danmang923]

I agree especially for year ot came put

[@William.TRG.]

1917

[@plymouth5714]

This was my favourite scene in the whole film too! This part was based largely on the true events of D-Day - with one 'slight' error - the part where the Free French Commando Lt. ran back under heavy fire for tank support actually happened, he eventually got back to Sword beach and commandeered a British Sherman DD (amphibious) tank. The only problem with this scene however is the Casino building with the AT gun in the basement which the tank eventually destroys. In actual fact the Germans had already destroyed the Casino, they bulldozed it to make way for a series of bunkers with both AT guns and MGs all interconnected by underground tunnels, (part of the Atlantic Wall system). It was the first of these bunkers that held up the Free French until the tank arrived and blew it apart with some well directed HE rounds. The French Commandos were then able to get into the tunnel system and fight their way from bunker to bunker eventually capturing the entire complex by nightfall.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

An even better story!

[@jasonray9823]

Nice.viva LA France

[@Conn30Mtenor]

@@TheGroundedAviator IKR?

[@TheGroundedAviator]

@@Conn30Mtenor Just impossible to compress into an already long film.

[@peejee1963]

This shot is not even taken in Quistreham, its taken in Port-en-Bessin......

[@EckkoVoid]

The Ouistreham battle sequence in the movie is probably the best war sequence that will ever be made. Watched this over and over again when I was a kid. No matter how many times I watch this, it still gives me Goosebumps. Especially this harbor sequence.

[@zacharyzier314]

“You’ve been fighting everywhere for four years, Abyssinia, Libya, Egypt, Crete. But this time you will be fighting on French soil...in our fields...in our villages...under the eyes of our people.” What a scene to follow such a speech. The invasion was something truly special for those Free French troops who took part on June 6, 1944.

[@eloisagasparini4449]

La France eternelle est fini ! Les muculmans detruit !

[@gaetantreib4163]

@@eloisagasparini4449 ta fumer meuf? Pourquoi tu cause de musulmans?

[@harrystrachan7267]

The choreography, the timing.... The sheer artistry and majesty of this tracking shot surely is unrivalled in cinema.

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

Yer joking.... right? 😂

[@TheWaynos73]

I love the bit where you see the Nuns walking through the battle to treat the wounded completely protected by their faith in God snd totally unphased by the chaos surrounding them. Fantastic moment.

[@kingkermit7323]

Where is that scene ?

[@TheWaynos73]

During the Casino battle sequence

[@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce]

@@TheWaynos73 So not at all in this video? You made it sound like it was in THIS video. Your comment was a huge waste of time.

[@richspinaci8293]

I thought the same thing. Brave women indeed

[@TheWaynos73]

@@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce God you’re a stone cold wanker. 😂 stop stealing my fking oxygen you toad. 🤡 Clown shoes wearing fktard.

[@DwightKoh93]

The cinematography was awesome for it's time!

[@fds7476]

What do you mean, for it's time?

[@bertvdlast]

FD S. This was made without use of CGI. If they’d shoot this scene today all the explosions etc. would be put in later with digital imagery. Here it was all done live!

[@aquamarine4603]

it still is man

[@victorrivera5597]

1v

[@burnbobquist8999]

Many movies from the past have a much better cinematopraphy i mean just look at the searchers or this piece of art. Amazing just amazing.

[@Bulldozer9103]

Easily one of the best battle scenes ever filmed

[@johncombs2990]

This was actually filmed in the nearby village of Port-en-Bessin. If you visit it today or Google ground it you can recognize some of the same buildings in the film. Of course, other buildings have been replaced or modernized over the years.

[@chowd.a.d.8309]

When I visited Port-en -Bessin I did the same running dash as the starting scene, all the tourist taught I was mad.

[@vinniemoran7362]

Kickass piece of directing and production. The number of assistant directors told to co-ordinate with all the actors and yell "action" at the right time as the camera moves along.... it's just mind-boggling. This is as much a logistical masterpiece as it is an artistic one!

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

This was my fave scene of the action, the overheard panorama really gave it some proper perspective with the bullets chasing them as they ran around the buildings, superb cinematography and not easy to get right with demolition charges going off either.

[@philbenza6380]

Incredible scene from an incredible film

[@sjlgames2410]

RIP all those french men how lost there life on that harbour

[@mazirsoufik258]

177 french commandos ...24 make it at the end of the 6th june.( according with wiki ) .

[@hagamapama]

@@mazirsoufik258 they were freeing their homeland. i doubt a single man in the unit wished he were somewhere else

[@willdaberby7908]

When ball's size belongs to astronomy.

[@thomasrevidon693]

@@mazirsoufik258 Hmm, seems like those numbers are false. I just came back from a long week end at sword beach, where I read a lot about those guys on museums out there. They lost 25% of their men at the end of the 6th, including 10 KIA and the rest wounded. They then got 10 more KIA the following days

[@crispinjulius5032]

Just absolutely LOVED this scene growing up. I know they’re actors but I always assigned life stories to the heroes getting killed. Like the poor guy who first runs over the canal bridge and is shot. His name was Lt. Lucien Faure, and he studied at the University of Bordeaux, majoring in engineering. He and has fiancé Esme (20) were to be married once the war ended. He was 22.

[@bobby33x97]

One of the greatest scenes in movie-making history!

[@jasonray9823]

Yep.

[@Thekennel177]

Possibly the best battle scenes of any movie. Very complex to choreograph and shoot.

[@whowantsabighug]

Haven't seen this film but i saw this scene years ago and it stuck with me, it's just an amazingly well shot and choreographed piece of action cinema.

[@luisorellana9194]

When I was a kid I used to pick one of the soldiers and follow him through the battle!! Also in other battle scenes like the landings or the pegasus bridge. Awesome film!

[@TonyMichaels166]

As a kid? Hahaha I do that NOW and I’m in my 30s 😂

[@Raguleader]

I like how the scene starts focused on a sign advertising the casino, which turns out to be the commandos' objective in the battle.

[@frankgayraud3051]

Un des plus beaux plans en continu du cinéma.1'45 en continu, sans interruption avec un réglage parfait des explosions

[@gottliebchu644]

About 25 years ago I got to meet vets of Utah & Omaha, and then in Nice I met an R25 taxi driver who was a French commando in 1961 & was in Longest Day.

[@markramey1886]

My favorite scene! I love how the camera starts with a closeup of the French commander and then pans out to an aerial shot.

[@MrAllapichai]

One of the best war movies I have ever seen.

[@gartwilliams3347]

The first minute forty eight seconds… one continuous shot, one take!

[@Mike91337]

I first saw this movie when I was 7. I would wake up every saturday and watch both vhs tapes start to finish. I always felt bad for the guy that couldnt quite make it across the little bridge.

[@superlive98]

The amazing complexity of the KIA/FX choreography is still without peer.

[@hpa2005]

This is hands down in the top five of movie long takes.

[@FRANKTHRING1]

Battle sequence "designed" by Elmo Williams and directed by Englishman, Ken Annakin (best known for his comedy films like "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines) who did the English scenes in "The Longest Day". All the director`s on the movie had a go at this tricky sequence but according to Annakin his was the one used in the film. Perhaps the finest action sequence, with that incredibly long tracking shot, in any war film.

[@UniversalHeat]

Great stuff. Easily one of the best scenes of the 1960's

[@markpasse9691]

Unbelievable scene. I believe the greatest battle scene ever filmed.

[@troy9477]

Excellent scene. Fabulous cinematography. The crane shot reinforces the scale of the attack.

[@jimomaha7809]

That was no crane shot. It was filmed from a helicopter. This scene was filmed several times but non was really good. Then British director Ken Annakin took over this scene it was filmed in one go.

[@jeromebosch4057]

@@jimomaha7809 Could you tell me your source? I'm really interested in this kind of stuff...Thank you very much!

[@jimomaha7809]

@@jeromebosch4057 It is from an article that appeard in the magazine After the battle.Do not know at this moment what number. This magazine has several articles about ww2 movies

[@garrison6863]

Best scene in the film and there are a lot of good scenes in this movie. Beautifully done single shot

[@Maria7162]

I didn´t rememeber this scene,I saw the movie a long time ago;it´s good to see this again,I like it very much.

[@dd4x4]

If you look on google street view at Port En Bessin you will see the writing still on that hotel that says "Bazar De Ouistreham" from when they filmed this.

[@Hypermarlin]

Wow yes that's interesting to see

[@timparker2985]

Looking now, Jan 2020, the "Bazar De" is very faded and "Ouistreham" has been overpainted with the name of Port en Bessin. Not unreasonable I guess.

[@blockmasterscott]

That camera work was just amazing.

[@Mogget01]

Can you even begin to imagine what those soldiers were experiencing?

[@Hagfilms]

It sure is - a classic war film - superbly made

[@StromboliKicks]

this scene is A M A Z I N G!

[@frankjr6892]

Il like the scene, the sound of the shots and cannons. It's an amazing film.

[@Mike12522]

Hagfilms Honest Reviews - Correction. While there might have been a few crane or long wire shots elsewhere in this movie, there are none in these scenes. The elevated and aerial shots in this scene were filmed from an Alouette helicopter shooting about eight minutes of film, which was later edited down.

[@patrickbodenham6879]

Imagine how incredible this would be if they remastered the sound design

[@basslinedan2]

Had the same thought myself. Maybe a few tracer visual effects too, provided they looked realistic.

[@morpheusatloppers]

A pretty amazing shot, in the days before steadicam.

[@stevencarrier2466]

Capitaine de Corvette Philippe Kieffer et 177 French Fusiliers Marins Commandos.

[@meraout7219]

Commandant Philippe Kieffer

[@brettlloyd4446]

When movies were great and used live action sequences.

[@logofilm8644]

I really glad that this was actually filmed in France, Zanuck did the right thing. Good movie.

[@mitrooper]

"Scenes like this really put the CGI in Spielberg's Private Ryan to shame" LoL, there's hardly any CGI in Saving Private Ryan, almost everything was shot practically, remember, it was 1998, some years before every damn movie company started to use CGI for even the most basic special effect. Band of Brothers, the excellent mini series from 2001, was mostly made by the same people behind Saving Private Ryan and it shows, again almost everything was shot practically, with some CGI used sparingly and effectively. The Pacific on the other hand uses lots of CGI, especially for explosions, bullet impacts and blood effects, which gives the series a computer game look, all sense of realism is lost. Give Spielberg and company some respect, in my opinion, Saving Private Ryan truly showed how terrible and harrowing war can be...it was truly a groundbreaking movie, so was the Longest Day, for it's time.

[@YDDES]

Most of the ships and a lot of other stuff at Omaha beach in "Saving Private Ryan" were CGI, but almost nothig later on. The town was built at a former British airfield.

[@fuckingpippaman]

mitrooper From a technical, and cinematography (editing, directing,colour,sets and effects) Saving Private Ryan was truly great. Yet just the premise of the movie made it look cheap to me and i could never get into it. Even if i heard there's some thruth behind it, it just look silly and so imho its still a bad movie.

[@VRichardsn]

fuckingpippaman You know... that is what I think of it aswell. I have just finished watching "The Longest Day" (literally 15 minutes ago) for the first time, and the scenes felt much more... plausible. Even the "weird" ones, like enemies crossing in the middle of the night not noticing (and that stuff happened, as told by the Ryan´s book) Also, the way the historical characters are handled is very nice, specially the German ones (even more so because they are almost never given development in other films). It has downsides, too. Some ridiculous deaths, all manner of technical inaccuracies, some really tedious monologues between characters... For me, Saving Private Ryan felt more like a drama with a WW II background, not a true WW II movie (Omaha beach scene notwithstanding) How great would it be if we could combine the positive aspects of both films into a single one... today.

[@z-rex6068]

Exactly. Spielberg is a master filmmaker. One of the best ever. Can't believe people would say rubbish like that.

[@russellcox5129]

Z-REX I am not saying Spielberg. Did a lousy Job but unlike the longest day. It gave a small picture of a beach landing. Not the scope of the whole allied invasion , ship board or Air borne from all directions . Unlike the later film Dunkirk.

[@threeone6012]

Wow how did they get that opening shot? Amazingly well done for 50 years ago.

[@nickmitsialis]

Yeah, insane shot! I marvel how they did that in ONE take. Shot by Ken Annakin (best known for That Battle of the Bulge Movie from the 1960s & The Disney version of 'Swiss Family Robinson'-how's that for variety?); the real interesting thing is that this battle didn't really take place-I think.

[@asch7906]

Helicopter shot

[@72mossy]

It was filmed in Port en Bessin, hasn't changed much since then, layout of the town is basically the same, was there today

[@marceloaranibar8802]

Is it just me or the Sten sounds just like it does in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault?

[@tutts999]

One amazing shot .

[@andrewstephen2359]

I love this scene. I notice this year that many newd outlets are not mentioning that France lamded troops also.

[@aguynamedscott11]

Saving Private Ryan really should have had a drone shot of the beach.

[@nighthawkdutchchameleon9815]

Great scene

[@personnelente]

Remarkable scene.

[@jennifersman7990]

Unreal, the only other film I can remember with a sustained single camera shot like that was Goodfellas, when Ray Liotta leads his date into the nightclub through the kitchen

[@hound3000]

This is one my favourite scenes of this film. How people die in this film is a bit ridiculous though.

[@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce]

Why is it ridiculous? What is the ideal way for a soldier to die in a war scene? Explain to us in your own brilliant way how the actors should have portrayed dying soldiers.

[@mariedevoux3011]

certainement un des films qui m'a le plus "marquée" j'avais 17 ans quand il est sorti - je suis allée le voir avec maman qui elle, avait vécu au jour le jour les évènements ... j'ai pu ainsi tout apprendre par quelqu'un qui l'avait vu ... et cela change tout .. mais je pense qu'à l'heure actuelle, il serait bon - alors que nous allons commémorer le 80e anniversaire - de le re-diffuser à la télé... pour les jeunes qui ne l'ont pas vu et dont peu ont encore des grands-parents pour leur en parler - peut-être un salutaire rappel ...

[@TonyMichaels166]

My grandfather was a WW2 vet and *hated* war movies. He refused to watch/talk about it in any way. You are lucky to have a mother who enjoyed telling you about it! 🙂

[@frenchjeeper83]

Go french commando marine. Kieffer and his men

[@camembertdalembert6323]

this scene makes my crying everytime I see it.

[@bluemarshall6180]

Nice Camera Shot and there where no Drones that duringTime.

[@NordicJarl27]

Feels like I'm watching a men of war assault squad cinematic. I got to watch this movie.

[@hagamapama]

it's worth it

[@raymondyee2008]

A very good scene and those men from "Commando Kieffer" did what they had to do on that day. On another note, Leon Gautier has voiced out against this D-Day "tourism project" and it is understandable why surviving veterans and descendants of those from "Commando Kieffer" are against this tourist idea.

[@asch7906]

Gautier died a few months ago. RIP.

[@williamshortfilm5818]

Those are the Free French Commandos.

[@whilryke]

William short Film Lead by Commander Kieffer

[@WgCdrLuddite]

Specifically 1 & 8 troops of No.10 (Inter-Allied) Commando.

[@bertvdlast]

William short Film. They were real heroes. Vive la France!

[@hectornavarro3332]

Amazing!!

[@gybb1868]

Sad to hear about this unit's recent losses.

[@bertvdlast]

Gybb. What do you mean?

[@twinsonic]

What are you talking about?

[@leosimon241]

@@twinsonic the current commando marine lost a soldier last year during the rescue of French, Korean and American hostages in Burkina Faso

[@Blogdorf]

Agree with comment about Spielberg's version. Spielberg''s version is too close. Even when he pulls the camera back it's too close. The old Soviet film Alexander Nevsky comes to mind, too. That film had vast, expansive scenes. It could be that it's not possible to shoot movies like this anymore. Kids today (2017) think movies made now are the greatest ever made. They don't know nothin'.

[@jimomaha7809]

Steven spielberg had to film on a movie set. That limits your capability for wide vieuws. This was filmed in a real town. And all the not removed "modern" items won't be recoqnised these days as not ww2. And in those days you would be able to get many real uniforms and weapons without to much trouble. These day nearly everything has to be made. So would be more exspensive and problematic to uniform and kit out all the extra's.

[@ogiecruz8063]

With an all star cast, they never make movies like these anymore

[@StilSobaki]

одна из самый крутых массовых сцен снятых человечеством! Сильно! Это были времена когда Оскар давали за искусство , а не за плотику!

[@thomasrobert9012]

I am looking to find out how they filmed the overhead aerial stuff.................

[@YDDES]

Darryl Zanuck, the producer, used his private helicopter.

[@asch7906]

Helicopter

[@Daniel24724]

YDDES Don't you think an helicopter would blow all the smoke from the scene ?

[@YDDES]

Daniel24724 No, just the nearest smoke. As also can be seen at the end of the areial sequence. I still have the printed program that was distributed at the movie theaters. There's a lot of information. For example that Zanuck used his private helicopter for this scene. Also, that this isn't the real Ouistreham, since that town had been to modern looking.

[@asch7906]

Indeed, the scene was filmed in Port-en-Bessin, not in the real Ouistreham.

[@emintey]

This was a great scene. However it appeared that the 20mm oerlikon on the roof was actually an allied weapon and not a German one, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@rutabagasteu]

Both the Allies and the Axis had 20mm. Oerlikon guns.

[@RubyBandUSA]

nowadays that would be done with a drone camera

[@bbbabrock]

This shot is awesome. It is my fav bit from t movie. Is it from a high ass crane or a copter?

[@Daniel24724]

This shot is a mystery. The beginning is too close from the houses to be shot from a copter. And after we can see there's no tracks on the ground to have a crane. Maybe a balloon ? And where are the SFX units ? This is almost a 360° travelling ! Awesome !

[@YDDES]

Daniel24724 "Too close to the houses"??? The camera is above some boats in a channel when the areial sequence begins. The SFX people can be in the buildings or anywhere, dressed as soldiers, when they trigger the explosions. I've seen helicopter shots on film, taken much closer to buildings and actors.

[@Daniel24724]

YDDES "camera is above some boats in a channel when the areial sequence begins" - Yes but when the camera pan back (at 01:10) we can see to take such a shoot at the beginning, the camera had to be just in front of the houses (those on opposite side of the channel) and lower of the main building. Dangerous for a copter, no ?

[@Daniel24724]

YDDES "The SFX people can be in the buildings or anywhere, dressed as soldiers, when they trigger the explosions."... Yes, but that implies a lot of people and if only one makes a mistake, the all scene is spoiled. So, I understand the trick, but the job is awesome ! ;)

[@YDDES]

Daniel24724 Yes, I agree the job was awsome and needed thorough planning. To me, it's quite obvious that the helicopter was above rooftop level of all houses.

[@pheenix42]

And then a bit later, the sisters of the local convent walking straight through the middle of the hornet's nest...

[@foysalahmed1936]

Movie name?

[@gobanito]

Saving Private Ryan. The scene that didn't make the cut. 😄

[@tdunphy13]

Damn these Frenchmen had guts charging directly into enemy fire RIP!

[@thibskywalker4450]

They were more than motivated to liberate their country

[@zhuangsaur227]

Wait is that a PaK 40 being used against the French commando troops? Aren't anti tank guns more geared to vehicles rather than infantry???

[@wavelesstime914]

is this port en bessin?

[@LagoRancoHelicopterTours]

Reminds me of a map on forgotten hope 2

[@jeffharbaugh8683]

I would use the boats to get to the far side.

[@victorgalvan1105]

And this is the birth of the famed Naval Unit The Number 4 Commandos Marine.

[@johnminehan1148]

Why would you try to take an objective like that in daylight and without a LOT of fire support?

[@SeanBodine]

They had tanks. You don't see them, because they showed up later in the battle.

[@johnminehan1148]

@@SeanBodine Maybe, but if I had to do this now, I'd do it at night with something to suppress the enemy while I got into my own direrct fire weapons range.

[@matthewgutierrez2142]

The Longest Day better than Saving Private Ryan

[@lawrencewright2816]

Actually, the largest French speaking unit to land on d day was Canadian Regiment de la Chaudiere. Fact.

[@pittsburghpirate58]

Lawrence Wright Vive Le France

[@gamestestproduction3379]

Yes but the other french FFL forces arrived by the south and the FFI forces were already on the territory

[@stevenpremmel4116]

No it wasn't.

[@lawrencewright2816]

@@gamestestproduction3379 I am talking about the troops that disembarked. The Chaudieres had more men than Kieffer’s group.

[@charlesderosas5577]

Imagine sam peckinpah directing this movie.

[@YDDES]

I've tried to find a photo of the REAL pre-war Casino in Ouistreham, but never had any success.

[@Daniel24724]

I think you'll never find a photo of the real Casino. I find this on IMDB : " In researching his contribution to the script, Romain Gary uncovered one of Cornelius Ryan's mistakes: the casino at Ouistreham had not existed on June 6, 1944. Since the casino set had already been built, however, the scene taking place there was filmed anyway. " Is it true ? So what was the real target of this battle ?

[@YDDES]

Daniel24724 Actually, I haven't even found the Casino in Ouistreham named in Cornelis Ryans book...

[@YDDES]

Daniel24724 I just found a source saying that the Casino at Oustrieham was a much smaller building than in the movie and that it already had been totally leveled by the Germans, who had installed a low bunker there instead. Also, no nuns, were involved in the real fightings, taking care of wounded solldiers.

[@Daniel24724]

YDDES Be happy, I find it ! static2.akpool.de/images/cards/27/272605.jpg In fact, the Casino at Oustrieham was totaly destroyed in 1942. The germans made their base at the same location. More pictures and details here (sorry it's in french) : commando-kieffer.com/forum/index.php?topic=7478.0

[@YDDES]

Daniel24724 Thanks! I haven't found those photos before.

[@JohnSmith-zf1lq]

How was this filmed?

[@mark223556]

It was filmed from a Helicopter at Port en Bessin in Normandy. I've just been there and you can still recognise almost everything

[@JohnSmith-zf1lq]

Amazing. I thought it may have been on a wire, but that'd make no sense

[@gary8306]

A rare piece of film, as it actually sees the French advancing, but then..........

[@Zephyr_Phoenix76]

People make fun of the French for surrendering..... But these men These men were French Soldiers

[@McRocket]

That WHOLE thing was a movie set? Jeez...amazing.

[@bertvdlast]

McRocket. No, it’s not a movie set. It was shot in Port en Bessin on Normandy.

[@geoffreybudge3027]

How did Monty Python put it ? Run away .

[@DarkPrinceNH5570]

4:39 AM 3/7/2014 I was thinking of Men of War Assault Squad 2 right now. Taking a break from playing it actually, still in beta. This is suppose to be the raid in Italy on Monte Cassino. Most WW2 movies just focus on the beach landings in northern France. They never show what was going on with those crossing the Mediterranean and going into Italy. I have no problem playing as the Italians to stop the allies from coming into the city. This is actually in Rome. I wasn't for sure where at in Italy.

[@PyjamaShark9]

This is an attack in Ouistreham, in Normandy. They're attacking a fortified casino, not Monte Cassino.

[@asch7906]

No Italians here, it's German occupied Normandy in France.

[@tommyatkins2527]

Deusirae79 actually there was captain bertarelli allo allo told me so lol😄

[@Conn30Mtenor]

No CGI.

[@crumdoggy]

Daryl Zanuck deserves credit for memorializing this brave attack by French forces. Too many in the UK and America make trivial jokes about the armed forces French in WW2. They faced the greatest army up to that point in history and lost. Only the English Channel and Royal Navy saves Britain . The British army was just as mauled yet people make these stupid jokes.

[@doug6500]

The British Army made up 10% of total Allied ground forces facing off against Germany in Belgium/France in 1940; the French Army made up 80%. It stands to reason that the greatest amount of blame for the defeat should fall on the French especially since it was the wholesale rout of the French 9th Army Corps just short of the Ardennes that unhinged the entire Allied salient and allowed Guderian's tank divisions to pour right through. How was the British Army with barely 10 Divisions supposed to counter 90 German Divisions that would have descended upon them had they not retreated? This isn't of course including the glaring fact that France is France and so the responsibility of the defence of France should fall on the French. N'est-ce pas? These are the facts. What I find utterly and reprehensibly appalling is that in France they/you(?) are seemingly taught that a British betrayal was almost exclusively the cause of the fall of their country. They of course completely disregard the fact that had Britain not successfully withdrawn its troops they'd probably have sued for peace with Hitler and France would simply be a German territory to this day. Speaking of the channel; Britain s tactical and strategic parameters were by necessity governed by having a strong navy to protect itself. It had won these tactical and strategic precedents through the blood and fire of successive naval victories in the previous 2 centuries. What if Britain had been a continental power? Who is to say that it would not have developed an equally impressive army? We will never know, it's all conjecture just as it is nonsense to berate Britain for SUCCESSFULLY looking after its own back.

[@Hagfilms]

@MrRbn61 i agree

[@steveweatherbe]

I loved this movie when it came out. But now i resent how Canadians were written out of the script.

[@geraldjohnson4013]

They're mentioned in the scene with Robert Ryan talking about British, French and Canadian paratroopers accompanying the American paratroopers on the D-Day drops.

[@deedeedaydee]

Great cinematography, but awful sound effects. It's like they only had 10 on tape to use.

[@TheWaynos73]

Well it was 1962.

[@richardpinemountbird4678]

Vive la France !! God save the Queen !! God bless America !!

[@fernandoflores4115]

INCREDIBLE DEUTSCHE RESISTANCE.

[@TheGodParticle]

Great scene but that german machine gun on the roof would have cut every one of them down in seconds

[@angloaust1575]

Only major french offensive on d.day the brits americans and canadians did the most!