The story of one 20-year-old's journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity. Interweaved with archival war footage.
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet monochrome digital optical mixed video file DVD video
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975 Special features: Audio commentary featuring Cooper and actor Brian Stirner ; "Mining the archive": a new video featuring Imperial War Museum film archivists detailing the war footage used in the film ; "Capa influences Cooper": a new photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa ; "A test of violence" (1969): Cooper's short film about Spanish artist Juan Genové s; "Cameramen at war": the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen ; "Germany calling": a 1941 British Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord ; Journals from two D-day soldiers, read by Brian Stirner ; theatrical trailer ; plus, a new essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imperial War Museum, and excerpts from the Overlord novelization, by Cooper and Christopher Hudson Photographer, John Alcott ; editor, Jonathan Gili ; music composer, Paul Glass Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner DVD ; widescreen presentation For private home use only
