DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

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Look at that baby in action! ;D

DVX at ceremony in British cemetary
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DVX at Arromanche
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DVX at Parade (You can see the Veterans marching in the background)
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(At site overlooking Omaha Beach) Map of Omaha Beach landings
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Man, what a ride! (This baby works 60 years after the war!)
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Veteran explaining how the Wehrmacht was picking off our boys all too easily from an MG42 nest on Omaha Beach
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Pegasus Bridge, captured by British paratroops, and secured for Allied crossing, more info at: http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/0671671561-excerpt.asp
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Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

Nice shots! You'll have to make a short vid. for us to watch! :)
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

So if these grabs are OF the dvx... did you have 2 dvx's there? Or were these from a still cam? Look great btw. I'm a WWII fanatic
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

I will keep you guys posted about the doc. ;D Yeah, those were taken with a Powershot A80, but reduced to 700x500 for the net. Great little camera.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

[quote author=Rush link=board=Offtopic;num=1088197325;start=0#0 date=06/25/04 at 14:02:05]Veteran explaining how the Wehrmacht was picking off our boys all too easily from an MG42 nest on Omaha Beach
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That veteran wouldn't be David Hackworth would it? If so, then you had the pleasure of talking to one of the most decorated soldiers in America. He was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

Man, do I envy you!

When I was stationed in Germany, I've always wanted to visit Normandy, but never had a chance to get around to doing it. At the time, Desert Storm came up and took me to a different fight instead.

Last year, I and a fellow ROK Major escorted Australian veterans to the DMZ for the 50th Anniversary of the cessation of the Korean War (technically we are still in an armistice with north Korea - Trivia FYI the "n" in north Korea is never capitalized because it is not recognized as a valid nation by the UN).

Anyway, what a great experience it was. The Aussies were great and I was sad to see them go. I know you must have had a blast.

Congrats Rush!

Ranger

PS: One day, in the immediate future, I'll be on the lookout for a DVX. EVS is on the top of my vendor list. Does EVS ship to APO addresses?
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

Hi Ranger!

I honestly can't remember right now if that was the man, but I will have to check with the producer. Although I interviewed many people, the producer kept all the field release forms, and thus the names. I must admit, that was the most incredible trip of my life, and I have to say, the most memorable. I seriously encourage anyone who is even remotely interested in the subject to try and go there anytime. It is best to go off-season (for financial reasons mostly), like I did 2 years ago. I scraped together all the money I had, bought a ticket, and just went. I stayed in a very small motel in Paris, and had just enough money for a train ticket to Normandy, then had to "rough it" on 1.5 sandwiches a day until I got back to the states. I was flat broke, but I had 600 digital photographs, and it was fantastic to be on Omaha Beach all by myself.

But I must admit, going to a big celebration like this definitely had its perks. Seeing all the genuine armor, jeeps, and weapons, streets flooded with people dressed like young American, Canadian, and British soldiers, really puts you in the period.

We were working such long hours, under such intense mental concentration to shoot for the editors, that I didn't even think about the experience at the time. Some nights, I would stay up at the hotel with my Audio Engineer Nelson and talk about it, and we would try to come to terms with the stories these men were telling us. The audio engineer is actually a GREAT director in the normal run of things, and I DP for him, but we only needed an audio engineer on this gig and he hopped on board for the experience. Some of the stories would be so intense I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about them until fatigue finally set in. The men truly gave us a slice of their reality back then. The most incredible part of it was that, I had only read and seen movies about D-Day until then. But to have a man who was really there, tell me in accurate, precise detail what happened, act it out, and "point" and tell me right where it happened "right there, over that hill"...well... you can just see it right through his eyes...Truly... His eyes glaze in a certain unique way, and you lose yourself in his stare. All you can see and hear is gunfire, chaos, flashes. I walked everywhere with these men, ate with them, drank with them, and felt exactly what they described. I had been waiting for that for 15 years.

What a stunning memory...

PS: My next stop is the DMZ I hope. I have just got to see these guys staring each other down (They still do that, right?)

Oh, the business part: we don't normally ship to APO's because they only take US Postal Service, but I will gladly walk it down to the post office for you.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

Thanks for the grabs Rush. I have a deep appreciation and interest in World War 2. The sacrifices made by this generation for the entire world is too great to put into words. My 2 grandpas were in Europe and Africa and what tales they tell.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

Anytime John, and I will try and post more. Wow, you and Taylor both had parents/grandparents in that theater. The things you find out...
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

Hey Rush, great grabs !! Can't wait to see some footage... :D

I can relate to your experience... Both my grandparents on my father's side were surgeons, and they were killed by the Nazis a few months apart in 1943-44, because they were caught helping the Resistance. My grandfather posthumously got the Legion of Honor for that, before they started giving it away to actors and athletes... Anyway, with both his parents dead, my father decided to enter the fight but the Resistance wouldn't take him in as a combatant as he was barely 17. They knew his story and I guess they thought he might do something stupid in his desire to avenge his parents' death.

Anyway, he went on to join the US Army which was, in the Fall of '44, moving through eastern France towards Germany. All my family on my father's side is from Scotland, so he spoke English fluently and was allowed to join as a private, having lied about his age like so many did.

One day, he received a German bullet in the shoulder and was bleeding badly. His life was saved by an American soldier who carried him back to the lines on his shoulders. He was awarded an American decoration for that wound (can't remember which), but the amusing, anecdotal part of the story is that he was later told the name of the soldier who had saved him, for he wanted to thank him, although he never managed to find him again and was promptly sent back home to an aunt and uncle's. That soldier's name didn't mean anything to him at the time, except he had saved his life, but later he discovered that he was indeed quite well known : his name was Ernest Hemingway.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

That veteran is not David Hackworth. "Hack" was in CT bad-mouthing Pres. Bush on Air America during that time.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

Doggone it, Monglane, and you didn't tell me that story while I was right there? Man, I would have picked your brain for an hour... I guess that's why you didn't tell me then, I would have kept you standing there until darkness fell. ;) Woweeeeeeeee ! What a story. Incredible.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

[quote author=dat5150 link=board=Offtopic;num=1088197325;start=0#12 date=06/29/04 at 16:15:39]That veteran is not David Hackworth.  "Hack" was in CT bad-mouthing Pres. Bush on Air America during that time.[/quote]
Ah.
 
Re: DVX in Action at 60th Anniv D-Day in Normandy

[quote author=Monglane link=board=Offtopic;num=1088197325;start=0#10 date=06/29/04 at 02:19:51]Hey Rush, great grabs !! Can't wait to see some footage...  :D

I can relate to your experience... Both my grandparents on my father's side were surgeons, and they were killed by the Nazis a few months apart in 1943-44, because they were caught helping the Resistance. My grandfather posthumously got the Legion of Honor for that, before they started giving it away to actors and athletes... Anyway, with both his parents dead, my father decided to enter the fight but the Resistance wouldn't take him in as a combatant as he was barely 17. They knew his story and I guess they thought he might do something stupid in his desire to avenge his parents' death.

Anyway, he went on to join the US Army which was, in the Fall of '44, moving through eastern France towards Germany. All my family on my father's side is from Scotland, so he spoke English fluently and was allowed to join as a private, having lied about his age like so many did.

One day, he received a German bullet in the shoulder and was bleeding badly. His life was saved by an American soldier who carried him back to the lines on his shoulders. He was awarded an American decoration for that wound (can't remember which), but the amusing, anecdotal part of the story is that he was later told the name of the soldier who had saved him, for he wanted to thank him, although he never managed to find him again and was promptly sent back home to an aunt and uncle's. That soldier's name didn't mean anything to him at the time, except he had saved his life, but later he discovered that he was indeed quite well known : his name was Ernest Hemingway.[/quote]


Wow! What a great story! Write this into a movie NOW! The decoration for being wounded in combat is the Purple Heart.
 
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