Mining the Archive
Overlord • 23m
In this 2007 piece, Imperial War Museum film archivists Roger Smither and Anne Fleming discuss Stuart Cooper’s use of archival war footage to tell the story of the buildup to D-day in OVERLORD. Also included is additional footage shot on D-day by service cameramen.
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Capa Influences Cooper
Legendary photographer Robert Capa shot 106 images on Omaha Beach on D-day, only a handful of which survive. These blurry photos have a surreal quality that succinctly conveys the chaos and confusion of the day. In this 2007 photo essay, which includes most of the famous images, director Stuart C...
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Cameramen at War
Produced by the British Ministry of Information in 1943, this film is a tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen and features some of the most dramatic footage shot during the war.
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Germany Calling
For OVERLORD’s cinema scene, Stuart Cooper used clips from 1941’s GERMANY CALLING, a propaganda film that cut shots from TRIUMPH OF THE WILL to the tune “The Lambeth Walk,” to ridicule the Nazis. The British Ministry of Information released it to newsreel companies without credits or acknowledgme...
