LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

D-Day 50th anniversary

Genre

News report; Special

TX Date

6 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:05:15

Description

Max Cotton looks back at Operation Overlord on the 50 year anniversary of the D-Day landings today. Includes BBC recordings from the time with John Snagge describing the operations as they happened; reporter Michael Standing speaking from a warship looking towards the beaches of Normandy with noise of gunfire and explosions; Richard Dimbleby reports at lunchtime on D-Day; unnamed soldier (or a reading?) on casualties. Archive cuts are copyright of the BBC.

Contributors

John Snagge; BBC; Max Cotton; Richard Dimbleby; Michael Standing

Keywords

Armed forces; Second World War (1939-1945); Military operations; Operation Overlord (1944); Wars (events); War casualties; Anniversaries; Normandy

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