Re: OF TOPIC WAS Re: [Epic]Insiginia

From: Sauron Moridor <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:25:52 -0500

Sauron1 writes; If this string must go on; The please read this;

    In 1944 the American army sent a very famous Director to land with the
American troops to provide newsreel footage of the War in Europe for both
Home propaganda and Historical footage. He had a very good friend at
EastmanKodax that supplied him with COLOUR 16mm film and camera years before
they became available. This man took shots of his own,unofficially and
unbeknown to US Intelligence.( Who would have confiscated them) The
developed film was sent home, and after the WAR assembled into the larger
rolls.

    There are candid shots of military and political leaders chatting before
"posed" publicity/propaganda shots. There are shots of ordinary soldiers
Alive,wounded and dead on both sides. There are even remarkable shots of
German troops evacuating Paris at least two days before the arrival of the
allies.

    Near the end of the last reel there is a series of shots of an
unofficial, unauthorised visit to a just overrun concentration camp. The
captured German guards are seen standing in front of a deep trench they just
dug,under the watchful eyes of a group of GI's and an American AA half-track
mounting a quad 50 Cal AA. As the jeep carrying two officers derives away
out of the camp, the camera is jerked around as the holder is startled by
the AA firing at the lined up guards, who are driven into the trench by the
impact of 50Cal at short range. A hand clamps over the lens and the films
end.

    Part of this film was shown only once on American PBS.The man was George
Stevens and I have had the privilege to have been shown the entire contence
of the nine 16mm cans of film. There are only two copies. Some pictures
appear in Victory in Europe published by Little Brown Library of Congress
catalogue No. 85-50176 look for yourself.


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