The Longest Day (3/3) Movie CLIP - The Assault on Pointe du Hoc (1962) HD 

Your father is a hero

Thank you for sharing this story. Your Father’s service can never be forgotten.

Life isn’t a movie. I don’t believe you

At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember them Lest we forget 🌺

@@MM-qi5mkit can feel similar, the sounds, the general feel of it.

Not to mention that at least a few people on set were probably actually there for it.

Why do people feel the need to comment on how old a movie is? Smh if something's good it's good period.

Did you know they even had germany take france for the movie

It was an epic war film for 1962 with the cream of both American and British entertainment of the day appearing in the film, even popstars like Paul Anka playing roles rather the same as harry styles appearing in Dunkirk now. The tracking shot over the fight at casino still holds up as some of the best war film cinematography I've ever seen so it's a shame the film doesn't get referenced much these days.

@@anthonygarcia8749 Because it’s impressive

Fun fact: The actor who plays Major Howard, the commander of the British glider troops who capture the bridge over the Orne River, was actually part of the real operation. His seat on the glider was only a few feet away from the real Major Howard.

Including my grandfather in the 5th Rangers. Got a Bronze Star out of the battle.

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PF!?

"Well hell keep moving, we,re sitting ducks out here!!"

Cod 2!!!!!

@@dagwood6703 Taylor and I will look for the guns from there!

It's amazing that they survived this experience and were then willing to portray it on film. Thanks for that. It makes this movie even more meaningful

Back when ww2 vets were young!

a chicken nugget that wants to die dumbass

I'm sure many of them were happy to do it since they want the world to remember the sacrifice of their brothers, but imagine how awkward that casting call had to have been. "Looking for Dday vets to relive the worst day of their lives. Free tissues and whiskey for if you start crying on set!"

@@Cyrillic_108 it was the days of Wooden guns and steel men

German resistance to the Ranger assault was actually worse >after< the Rangers had taken the cliff top, when the Germans launched several vicious counterattacks...

@@looneyburgmusic Indeed. From seeing how deep the fortifications ran into the country side, its no wonder they received much heavier resistance after they took the cliffs. They had massive logistics networks and bunkers for miles behind the coastline. Still, taking those cliffs would have been terrifying.

I was there a little over a month ago and was just wondering the same thing. Those man were made different indeed!

I took my wife and son there American Cemetery, Omaha Beach & Ponte du Hoc. Took my shoes off & walked into the waves @ Omaha. Profound.

Same I visited normandy and it's just insane knowing what happened there on the beaches and surrounding towns. I hope you went to the us and german graveyard also. The german one is just empty with not many visitors and it's just surreal

Yeah. That part with no MGs in those pillboxes. It’s like Jerry was expecting the Rangers.

Yeh I always felt sorry for that soldier having to carry the weight of that massive gi but I'm sure that's what happened in real life and they did it without complaint to support their mates.

Alex Postma Indeed. I've been there twice last time last year. Truely a remarkable achievement.

In addition to the steep cliff face, German firepower, etc., they didn't count on the added weight of sea water on the ropes so many of them fell well short of their target.

I too was awe struck in 2009, when I was able to go to Point Du Hoc, during my mid deployment leave. I am a Paratrooper, and also earned my CIB (Combat Infantryman's Badge), yet I am awed by the Courage of those MEN who performed those noble deeds 75 years ago today. Whomever they were, Infantrymen, Engineer, Sailors, or service personnel, just crossing those fire swept beaches was a Heroic Act! Clad just in a wool uniform, not the High Technology Body Armor, and other gear the American people provided me...

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Same, been there, also same thought about the craters , huge asf

I agree

Lol

Impossible

But wow this was a good movie

Saving private Ryan was pretty accurate in their depiction of D-Day, to the point where they had to set up an extra phone line to deal with the veterans suffering from PTSD and helping them cope after watching it

I would imagine there were many soldiers that lost or discarded their weapons through this chaos and picked up whatever they could. That actually makes it more believable in my mind rather than less.

Amen

I didn’t think about it that way good point

Actually everybody in this film uses the M1 Carbine, It's my favorite WW2 era weapon but however in reality these were only used in small numbers during the D Day invasion, Most guys who landed in Normandy would've been using more Garands and Tommy Guns.

Fr they litterally used German and Americans Veterans soldiers that survive on D-Day

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@Federal Bureau of Investigation it was a stolen comment

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Do you still have an older silver plastic TV to play it on? I envy you, there.

He got fractured legs but hes gonna heal and live.And if he wants he can return to combat.Bts the worst way to end your war isnt to get killed or getting fractured legs.Its losing your limbs,getting your skin deformed at the face and surviving it all.

@@hevyc8353 yep, i'd rather die honorably

@Gazzara5 is right skip

He didnt fracture his legs it isnt that high

@Robo Redneck not at all, quick death and off to valhalla, forgot the movie name but its about a WW2 vet that lost hearing, sight, deformed face and lost his arms and legs, only way he knew it was day and night was because he could feel the sun on the part of his body that could still feel

Wow!

PapaZoulou considering free french forces are in this movie it's understandable.

I seriously doubt that...

Is there any Proof for that ?

So if France had 100 TV's and they normally all watched TV, 100 watching this would blow up the network? Got to love men and their emotional thinking.

How many men were involved in the climb? I am sure it must have been at least several dozen.

@@juanmonge8 225

Because they shot back, and the Germans couldn't hit them all, sheer numbers meant somebody would be getting to the top of that cliff no matter what.

I watched it again, too. This time I noticed a few teen music stars in it--Fabian, Paul Anka, Tommy Sands. At first I thought they were put in the film to attract younger audiences. Then, I remembered how young many of those who were casualties were in this invasion. Made total sense to me after that.

@@VtRD Watching the longest day was a tradition of mine as a child, I would watch it every 6th of June.

And not remembering the poor Whermacht and Luftwaffe on that day too? Go to hell, and never rise to the overworld a single time you monster.

@@hughjanus2192 The most werent germans

Rudy R good times

The first Wilhem scream was in 1951 this was 1962.

Would probably be insensitive to put it in a war movie in my view

I am writing on behalf of my wife - her father, SSG Mike Sharik, was in Easy Company, 2d Ranger Battalion and climbed those cliffs. Tough job - but to a man, members of 2d Ranger said they'd trade a week of being at Pointe Du Hoc to avoid one single day at Hill 400, in the Hurtgen Forest - Dec 7-8, 1944 - that was their "Longest Day" - ordered to take a hill that 3 separate divisions attempted to take - and they were ordered to hold it "at all costs" for 24 hours until reinforcements arrived. The Combat Command Reserve Brigade of the 5th Armored Division (3000 men with tanks) was practically annihilated by the ferocity of the German counter-attack when it attempted to take hill immediately before the 2d Ranger were assigned the task. Google "Mike Sharik Hill 400" and you'll get several articles and books which detail the action - several of them mention my father-in-law (even a German version mentions him). There are two videos - one was a History channel summary of the battle from Dog Company's perspective, which mentions my wife's father twice - and the other was an A&E series which covers the battle in a broader overview. There are two books which detail the Hill 400 action - one is "Beyond Valor - Suicide Missions of World War II" and "Dog Company" which chronicles Company-D, which led nearly every major action the Allies took in France, and who the author of the book says "they were everywhere" claiming that this small group of men positively affected more battles than any other company in the U.S Army. Indeed, 2d Ranger Battalion NEVER FAILED to achieve the objectives assigned to them - and those objectives were usually the "impossible missions" - such as Pointe Du Hoc, the Port of Brest, and Hill 400. The Rangers stormed the hill with 125 men and took it - my father-in-law led the D-Company charge up Hill 400 (he had been transferred into Dog Company as a section leader from Easy Company right before the battle); they then held it against five major counter-attacks over a 40-hour period in an attempt to take it back. They did their duty - at great cost. Only about a dozen men from Dog Company survived the action - fewer survived from Fox Company. The 2d Ranger Battalion was shattered by that battle and was disbanded shortly thereafter - all to take and hold a hill that once turned over to the 8th Infantry Division was lost 14-days later. Wehrmacht Field Marshall Walter Model said the artillery barrage dumped on the Rangers (and the Germans, too) was not surpassed by anything he had seen on the Russian Front. The Rangers said it was far more brutal than the barrage on D-Day - that's saying something. My Father-in Law, wounded three times in WWII, stayed in the Army after the war and made it his career. Colleagues who served with him in New Mexico (the Manhattan Project), Germany, and Turkey, mentioned what a fine soldier he was, but commented that they were not aware of his bravery in combat. This is typical of the countless heroes of "The Greatest Generation" who never spoke of their experiences - partially because they felt they did nothing deserving recognition - they just did their duty, and partially because of the painful memories of losing so many of their buddies in combat. He stayed silent and his sons and daughters did not know of, nor see until they buried him - his Presidential Unit Citation (Pointe-Du-Hoc), his French Croix-De-Guerre (Hill 400), two Bronze Star and three Purple Heart medals, along with a chest-full of others. That's just how "The Greatest Generation" rolled - Duty, Honor, Sacrifice and Silence - no self-aggrandizement. As it should be. To my Father-in-Law, the Rangers, and all of the men and women who were genuine heroes, not what we erroneously call "heroes" today - but selfless, brave and determined people who answered the call of their country and didn't whine about it, and did not expect to be treated as special for having done so - THANK YOU for showing us the best of what we can be as Americans.

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I thought at the time in my 13 year old mind that it was the most realistic game at the time : D

Fr they litterally used German and Americans Veterans soldiers that survive on D-Day

Not necessarily. Pre-firearm warfare was nowhere near as bloody as the movies would have you believe. As odd as it may seem, being stabbed with a sword or spear, or being punctured with an arrow was often not as destructive as being hit by a rifle round (and certainly not as terrible as being near an explosion). When bullets enter the body, they often tumble, fragment, or expand, shredding internal organs and creating internal cavities much larger than the entry wound. A sharp implement, on the other hand, would often create clean cuts that, bar a direct hit to a vital organ or blood vessel, can be dressed and healed fairly easily. The worst part of combat was for centuries the risk of infection. Furthermore, the slow, organized, and at times even tedious pace of pre-firearm warfare meant that soldiers often did not suffer the same intensity of mental trauma that accompanies twentieth century warfare.

No sword or spear ever came close to the barbarity of hittng human beings with napalm or mustard gas.

Haha Buffalo Springfield

His grandfather lmao

Not only that they were conscripted to fight in that army on pain of death they did nothing wrong.

Yes! Yes! With Neeson doing Sean Connery's part!

There were more then 2 fighters out on D Day launched by the Germans , incredibly low numbers of bombers such as a Ju88 flying near Omaha was shot down , they didn’t even have 150 planes operational

Sweeping the Krauts from the skies was one of the highest priorities of the air campaing of 1944.

kevin texter s

there were no guns there, as with most of the defensive features they were fantasy

@@JohnSmith-zv8km They had been recently moved, the Rangers found them later that day and destroyed them

just for money.

Get a soul.

Since King Philip's War (1675-1678). 340 years and still doing the impossible.

According to Leonard Lomell, a Ranger who was there that day, no one said that. It was all Hollywood. Lomell and another Ranger went looking for the guns because they had to complete their mission. They located the guns in a stand of fruit trees. Lomell and the other Ranger used thermite grenades to disable the guns. Hollywood should have told that story in the film rather than making a statement about the Vietnam War, which is what that bogus line was about.

@@user-vl8qw8hp1g My Bad, I Know, War is Hell.

What about the Canadians they had a huge role also

Michael Fuchs Different battle, different sets, different budget, actors and means of production. Don’t try to see this as a one up.

@@johnsmith1119 Indeed. Really different.

I have been in war and experienced fighting scenes with all noises , explosions , blood and deaths. Blieve me that "Saving private Ryan " is the best among war films in showing war scenes .

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Rangers was something else,, badass warrior

That's what they did and they were trained to do it in as short a time as possible.