National Content: Germany

Normandy Invasion: Omaha Beach

SourceNational Archives, Washington, D.C.
Event referred toD-Day
Technological characteristicsMovie in .moc format - 0.30 min - 1.4mb
Description of the sourceA U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on the hard landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Contextualisation of the sourceAuthentic movie from the D-Day
Interpretation of the sourceThe invasion through the eyes o U.S. reporter - describing the problems and difficulties
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