DVDs available
"Spirits of the sand"
A Heritage Lottery Fund financed project bringing together young people and the wartime generation who remember the American soldiers training in North Devon.
Students undertook field work on the Assault Training Centre surveying and exploring some of the wartime constructions as well as interviewing senior members of the local communities to record their memories. Student's research into the personal lives of some soldiers who trained in North Devon is presented on camera together with their pilgrimage to the soldier's graves in Normandy.
Lost archive film of the training and preparation for D-Day has been located and incorporated into this story of the existence of the U.S. Army Assault Training Centre.
Available at £7.00 each plus £1.50 p&p
Filming at the Assault Training Centre
Photos courtesy of Simon Smith
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"Americans in Normandy"
"Spirits of the sand - into Normandy" - The ATC's own film plus two supporting contemporary movie features 'D Day convoy' + 'Victory at sea' = 45 minutes showing troops trained in North Devon landing and strengthening the beachheads for the push inland.
"The fight for Normandy" - Three movie features showing the buid-up to D Day and the invasion itself. 'Airborne invasion' + 'D Day minus one' + 'Normandy invasion' = 90 minutes
"Breakout & pursuit" - Three movie features showing the American breakout from Normandy, their fighting across France to Paris and the 1st Infantry Division in WWII.
'Breakout & pursuit' + The French campaign' + '1st Infantry Division' = 57 minutes
These American wartime films have been researched, selected and compiled from archive sources including newsreels and combat footage.
Available at £8.00 each plus £1.50 p&p
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ORthe complete set of 3 for £22.00 plus £3.00 p&p
