France Looks Back To D Day (1964)

France. Title in French reads Cinq Plages Tranquilles. MS. Small block of stone on beach with markings on it, one says Omaha Beach place of Dday landing in Normandy. MS. Signpost Place of Landing on beach. CU. Sign Omaha Beach, pan to show empty beach today. CU. Signpost Avenue de la Liberation. Various shots of some of the small towns along that stretch of coast. Interviews with bookshop owner, waitress and museum warden. They all comment on the amount of tourists that still visit the places. Various shots of small boy seated on large gun looking out over sea. GV. Panning shot of beach. Various flashback library shots of invasion fleet coming in. MS. Three nuns walking across dunes. Various flashback shots of German soldiers manning Siegfried Line, running along corridors and firing large guns. Various flashback shots of the allied troops wading ashore from DUKW s (landing crafts). Various shots of the children running along beach and playing invasion. Various flashback shots of troops runni