The Longest Day (1962) - Sword Beach

The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, during World War II.

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[WARORK93]

I looked up this vid just because of the headlines about that poor guys death :(

Hats off to Millin, do not mourn for him for he served his country with pride and defiance in his heart!

God bless you and your pipes ya ballsy Scot!

[Hereticalable]

"The sooner you get off the beach the sooner they'll stop this blasted shelling...it's very bad for the dog"

And this is why Britain has won most of it's wars...we are completely insane!

[rowanmark21]

My dad was there too.He is 87 and still alive.He has always been here for me.there is nothing like the old school.They are the ones who teach us everything about life,death and the beyond.

[lynbrae]

my father landed on sword beach he was in the medical corp said it was hell , he passed away on the 8th April 2009 aged 86 thanks dad and all the other men for giving us a free country we are so proud of everyone of you. ( originally from wales now living in australia)

[mrmemanme]

And that is how to take a beach, use james bond, some bagpipes and a guy with a dog...none of that tom hanks crap.

[trackend]

@theliberator1 My father was an RN landing craft ABS on Gold/Arromanch and Juno of his flottila of 10 landing craft 5 went skywards so dont believe all you read, although a few months later he was in the Walchren Islands invasion on the approches to Antwerp which for him was a lot worse than D-Day with 70% casualties and the poor old infantry slaughtered on the dyke tops

[MrStig691]

@theliberator1 Completely wrong. All the divisions faced had elements of foreign and conscript troops. Omaha, Gold and Juno beach were particularly strongly defended. Utah was in fact lightly defended.

[theliberator1]

@Agarlicabreadacheese sword gold and juno beaches were lightly held compared to Omaha and Utah. there was no shingle, no cliffs, only sand dunes a few trenches and a 4 metre seawall. the "tobruks" where the german artillery and machine guns were were often 1000m apart, with only a single trench in between.

most of the soldier defending the british beaches were polish or russian, surrendering willingly to their allied nation.

so really this scene is fairly accurate.

[wrestlingjunkie2]

My pop-pop was in this movie he was in vietnam when they filmed it

[Abricialio]

Still one of the BEST war films made in that 1962 year..

[KingsofSparta]

is it me or do the british casually walk on the beach at 1:19

[KingsofSparta]

FORGET OMAHA. THIS WAS BRITISH GLORY