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August 19, 2022

How Accurate is Saving Private Ryan? – WW2 D-Day Special

Filed under: France, Germany, History, Media, Military, USA, WW2 — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

World War Two
Published 16 Aug 2022

How accurate is that famous beach scene in Saving Private Ryan? Is it true to the history or just another Hollywood story? Seeing as we’re about to start the filming for our massive D-Day project, we figured we’d break it down, shot by shot.

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