General Information:
Title: Saving Private Ryan: The True Story
Aired On Channel: FiVE
Airing Date: 14/02/2012
Source: PDTV
Resolution: 624 x 352
Aspect Ratio: WS 1.773
Frame rate: 25 FPS
Video Codec: XviD
Audio: MP3 @ 128kbps VBR 48KHz
Size: 350 MB
Link: http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail.asp?id=116024858
DESCRiPTiON
In 1998, cinema-goers flocked to see Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan
which featured arguably the most realistic and harrowing depiction of the D
Day landings ever captured on celluloid - then went on to tell the tale of a
small unit on a mission to rescue a single soldier whose brothers had all been
killed in action. This documentary tests the historical accuracy of the
opening battle scene, talking to one of the first men to make it off Omaha
Beach on D-Day and testing the science behind some of the bullet and mortar
shots. It also reveals the background to the US military's 1944 sole survivor
policy, which inspired the movie
