Rare Color Footage of D-Day, Narrated by Cameraman Who Was There
Rare color footage shot June 1944 by documentary filmmaker Jack Lieb, who worked for newsreel company News of the Day and shot the D-Day landings. Lieb worked in a group of journalists together with Ernest Hemingway, Bob Landry, Robert Capa and others. Jack Lieb shot a lot footage of his colleagues.
The film “D-Day To Germany” was shot from June to November 1944 by the cinematographer Jack Lieb, who was working as war correspondent for the newsreel News of the Day. Twenty-five years later, Lieb recorded spoken narration. Lieb shot silent color footage of the “Operation Overlord” with his own 16mm camera. His commentary create a unique, personal recollection of that momentous time. He had used a 35mm black and white camera to film war coverage for the newsreels and his 16mm home movie camera to shoot color film to show to his family back home. After the war, Lieb edited the color footage.
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June 15, 2024 @ 12:05 pm
Very interesting = but a shame that the sound disappears at about 30 minutes.
March 17, 2020 @ 4:32 pm
Very interesting to hear and see the story of a very important day. It really makes one realize what our armed
forces went through for our Freedom on D-Day in June 1944.
March 1, 2019 @ 6:28 am
Wonderful footage of a time so many people have forgotten about. In mid 70’s my family and I walked on Omaha Beach. Tried to visualize what it must have been like at that time. Impossible, of course. Very humbling experience.
February 28, 2019 @ 10:22 am
Some amazing color footage. Many Thanks