Jack Lieb Collection. 1944 - 1969. Motion Picture Films Relating to the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) and Commemorative Visits After the War

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Jack Lieb Collection. 1944 - 1969. Motion Picture Films Relating to the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) and Commemorative Visits After the War

1944-1969

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/95633

This series consists of donated color footage shot by Jack H. Lieb, a war correspondent in Europe, photographing newsreels for "News of the Day" under the auspices of the Allied newsreel pool. The films cover the invasion of Normandy in 1944 and of D-Day commemorations five, and twenty-five years later. The series includes the film "D-Day to Germany," showing preparations for the Normandy invasion, the English Channel crossing, the landing at Utah Beach, the liberation of Paris, and the military's entry into Aachen, Germany. Also included are "Outtakes of 'D-Day to Germany,'" which includes scenes of the Atlantic Ocean and Channel crossings, London, French towns, Dwight D. Eisenhower in Abilene, Victory Over Japan Day (VJ-Day) celebrations in Chicago, and General Charles DeGaulle as he visited Chicago. The finished film and its outtakes also include footage of some of the important correspondents of the war, including Ernie Pyle, Larry LeSuer, Ernest Hemingway, George Stevens, Jack Thompson, and others. Lastly the series contains the films "Beach Head Revisited: D-Day Plus Five Years" showing Harry Truman and Eisenhower in France in 1949; and "Twenty-Five Years After D-Day," showing President Richard Nixon and war correspondents as they toured Normandy, and cities in Belgium and Holland.

7 film reels

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 6514069

National Archives at College Park

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