:29:05
From the procurement of vessels
to the actual landings.
:29:08
Gentlemen, 4,000 ships and boats...
:29:11
battleships, destroyers,
landing crafts, spit kits...
:29:14
excursion steamers,
channel boats, private yachts...
:29:18
tugs, tubs and Chinese junks.
:29:21
4,000 vessels.
:29:24
The greatest armada
ever assembled by man...
:29:26
is going to cross that channel.
:29:28
They're going to have to do it at night...
:29:30
across one of the nastiest waters
in the world...
:29:32
the English Channel.
:29:33
Every inch of that channel
is mined in the bargain.
:29:38
It'll be the most incredible
naval achievement in history.
:29:42
If Hitler could have done it,
he'd have had the world in his pocket...
:29:46
and it's the Navy that's the essence
of victory in this invasion.
:29:51
- I want a movie that makes that clear.
- Sir...
:29:53
I especially want a movie
that shows the Navy demolition units...
:29:56
who are going to be
the first men on those beaches.
:30:00
Casualties...
:30:02
are estimated at 50%
in the first assault waves.
:30:06
A lot of brave men are going to die
on D-day, gentlemen...
:30:10
and I want a movie that shows...
:30:11
the first brave man to die
on those beaches was a sailor.
:30:16
If that's a Roger Charlton,
I'll be there directly.
:30:18
Yes, sir.
:30:21
Adm. Jessup's office.
:30:24
Yes, sir. He'll be there directly.
Thank you, sir.
:30:26
Now, here's what I want done.
:30:28
I want a photography team assigned
to the demolition engineers...
:30:31
to record their activities on film
right up to the beaches.
:30:36
I'm leaving this in your hands, Bus.
I consider it urgent.
:30:39
There are six photography teams
assigned to the first assault wave.
:30:42
I don't care about other photography
teams. I want one of my own...
:30:46
to record the heroism
of those Navy engineers.
:30:49
I want this film made, Commander.
:30:51
You get some photographers' mates
and start making it.
:30:53
Aye, aye, sir.
:30:57
Any questions?
:30:59
No, sir.