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Originally Posted by John McGillivray
Be careful with your interpretation of that film. The Germans edited together film clips from different locations and time periods to make that film.
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Once you have stripped all the Newsreels for Normandy you know this is spades. For instance they use the exact same clip of a KV tank being attacked in no less than 4 different newsreels from 'Normandy'. I am fairly confident the scenes with the German Paras in the hedges were all shot the same day and then used as fillers in at least 6 newsreeels.
I know all the pitfalls. My one golden rule is if it was shown in Newsreel 4 that aired on June 28 then there is no dispute it was filmed before June 28. Thus anything in Newsreel 719 shown on June 16 was shot between June 6-16 in theory but in practical terms June 6-10th.
If a Sherman is shown knocked out in my film then there is no possibility is was knocked out 'at a later date'.