The Longest Day

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#21

One of my favourite bits of the film is where the plane (Me 108 IIRC?) flies along just above the beach whilst the invasion is going on.

Remember, this was in the days before CGI, so all those tanks (including a CHURCHILL carpet layer I recall) and blokes were really there.

I always have a little chuckle at the bit where the German sentry scans the sea where there is nothing. A moment later, he looks back to see the invasion fleet. My grandad loved that bit for some reason.

#22

At the time there had never been a movie of this scope about D-Day. When you think that Private Ryan is the next one that comes to mind and it only delved into a tiny corner of the assault it shows how it takes decades to revisit a good subject and do it well.