The longest day

Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979 (Added Author). Annakin, Ken (Added Author). Marton, Andrew, 1904- (Added Author). Wicki, Bernhard, 1919- (Added Author). Wayne, John, 1907-1979 (Added Author). Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (Added Author). Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (Added Author). Connery, Sean (Added Author). Mitchum, Robert (Added Author). Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (Added Author). Ryan, Cornelius. Longest day, June 6,1944 (Added Author). Darryl F. Zanuck Productions (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Red Buttons, Richard Beymer, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer. (Cast).

Summary: Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 178 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: [Widescreen version].
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. D-Day 50th Anniversary digitally mastered original black and white version of the motion picture, including the original Movietone News announcement of the invasion and the original movie trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Participant or Performer Note:	John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Red Buttons, Richard Beymer, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer.
Language Note:	English (5.0 surround, Dolby surround) or French (Dolby surround) language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English or Spanish ; closed captioned.