Histoire/History

First try with infrared film . I have no idea of F/stop or time exposure use . Before shooting I read a lot of things on the net and it's not help me. Le 5 juin 1944 peu avant minuit, des forces alliées américaines sont parachutées au-dessus de Sainte-Mère-Église lors de l'opération Overlord. 15 000 hommes sont largués sur le village et ses environs, majoritairement issus de la 82e division aéroportée US (82nd Airborne) et de nombreux parachutistes de la 101e division aéroportée du fait d'erreurs de largage. La prise de contrôle de la ville, à 4h30, est dévolue à la 82e division aéroportée. Le soldat John Steele est devenu célèbre pour être resté accroché au clocher de l'église8. En 1962, la première pierre du musée des troupes aéroportées est posée." "The early landings, at about 0140 directly on the town, resulted in heavy casualties for the paratroopers. Some buildings in town were on fire that night, and they illuminated the sky, making easy targets of the descending men. Some were sucked into the fire. Many hanging from trees and utility poles were shot before they could cut loose. The German defenders were alerted.

A famous incident involved paratrooper John Steele of the 505th PIR, whose parachute caught on the spire of the town church, and could only observe the fighting going on below. He hung there limply for two hours, pretending to be dead, before the Germans took him prisoner. Steele later escaped from the Germans and rejoined his division when US troops of the 3rd Battalion, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment attacked the village, capturing thirty Germans and killing another eleven. The incident was portrayed in the movie The Longest Day by actor Red Buttons.

Later that morning, about 0500, a force led by Lt. Colonel Edward C. Krause of the 505th PIR took the town with little resistance. Apparently the German garrison was confused and had retired for the rest of the night. However, heavy German counterattacks began later in the day and into the next. The lightly armed troops held the town until reinforced by tanks from nearby Utah Beach in the afternoon of 7 June." source wikipedia

Photographer:
realrampage
Uploaded:
2011-08-01
Tags:
820 b&w church efke history infrared lomowalk long-exposure memorial paratrooper russian smena soldier summer
Camera:
Lomo Smena 8M (available in our shop)
Film:
Efke IR820 AURA
City:
Sainte-mere-eglise
Country/region:
France
Year:
2011
Time:
afternoon
Albums:
first try EFKE IR 820 AURA
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