Synopsis: Generous doses of newsreel footage highlight this British wartime drama. Tom (Brian Stirner) is a typical 18-year-old Briton who goes into military service early in 1944. The film follows the protagonist through the rigors of training and the shock of his first battle. Tom is killed on D-Day--hence the film's title, an allusion to "Operation Overlord."
Audio commentary featuring director Stuart Cooper and actor Brian Stirner
Mining the Archive, a new video featuring Imperial War Museum film archivists detailing the war footage used in the film
Capa Influences Cooper, A new photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa
A Test Of Violence (1969), Cooper's short film about Spanish artist Juan Genoves.
Cameramen at War, the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen
Germany Calling, a 1941 British Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord
Journals from two D-day soldiers, read by Brian Stirner
Theatrical trailer
PLUS: A new essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imperial War Museum, and excerpts from the Overlord novelization, by Cooper and Christopher Hudson
A short history of the Imperial War Museum
Excerpts from the Overlord novelization, by Cooper and Christopher Hudson
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