this is deja vu news live from berlin remembering d.-day and the very hour allied forces landed in normandy to free europe 75 years ago alone scottish pipers standing at the exact spot at the exact time where all those years ago another 1 piper stood and played as british troops stormed the beaches dying around him a new monument to the british troops who landed at normandy has been inaugurated will be more events throughout the day. also coming up in other news the big auto

merger is off chrysler and france's renault will no longer become one company italian american firm blaming french politics for scuppering the deal which was announced less than 2 weeks ago. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the 75th anniversary of d.-day invasion that marked the beginning of the end of nazi rule in europe is being commemorated in france today this morning a memorial was dedicated to the british soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice that day french president manuel mccrone the british prime minister theresa may laying a wreath at the memorial to the british soldiers at normandy. they

both spoke about the lasting relations between the 2 countries promised it would continue into the future. it is incredible to be. looking out across species where one of the greatest battles for freedom this world has ever known took place and it is truly humbling to do so with the men who was that that day. of freedom to all of a difference and whatever it takes we will never surrender and whatever it takes we will always stand together because this youth all come on this and let's go live now to max often who is standing by for us and colleville serve in normandy max we've seen a memorial dedicated today for the british soldiers who were killed during the

invasion you're at the american cemetery what's happening where you are. well thanks brian i have a very interesting guest here as you can imagine there is a lot of military personnel here and i am with admiral schultz who is no other than the commandant of the u.s. coast guard so he knows a thing or 2 about naval operations 75 years later admiral what stands out to you militarily speaking about d.-day well mask good morning 1st off you know d.-day was obviously a historic day in the history of the world and here at normandy and a $155000.00 plus allied forces took to the beaches on june 6th 75 years ago operation overlord of the neptune was a maritime piece of that it was more than 2 years in the planning we had a coast guard and then involved in that it was a it was a seminal moment i think in the history of the world here so just that the planning and the amount of ships and people or something else you think is is outstanding in military history i think in military history you think about it was more than 4000

loss of life on that day of the allied forces. the omaha beach utah landing sure. gold the juno beach it was it was us it was brits it was canadians it was a pivotal day it was some of the bloodiest fighting in the history of the world and the losses were monumental but i think it was pivotal for the move through france here to go on and liberate europe at the start of that the key point that you think the amount of coordination that took place back then for example between the americans and the british is that something that's still possible or even further today and you know in the framework of nato i think it's absolutely still possible i think a lot of changes 75 words you think about the technological sophistication of the joint force united states joint forces you think about allied partners i think it's a it's a different type of war fighting say there's cyber war fighting there's you know hypersonic type weapons in development you think about over the horizon capabilities but it is at the core for all the armed services across the globe are

still men involved and today men and women in uniform and i think what we're here today is to recognize you know the sacrifice of those. yes 75 years ago today i had the privilege of meeting many there's 155 world war 2 veterans here 53 i think or so they were actually involved in the invasion here in normandy beach and their special breed their survivors but i think as i sat and chatted with them you know their recollection is of of loss shipmates i talk to one coast just as sort of wrap up the point frank the beatles gunner's mate 3rd class he made 15 trips and you know they can that 1st ship maybe 2 or 3 made the beach he spent most of his day in those other 15 ships shuttling bodies back so this is a very solemn moment here for the men that served in this conflict in this this this event that's why they're called the greatest generation of but what does it mean to you personally to be here today both for me personally i'm a 36 year coast guard i have the privilege of leading the united states coast guard and you know it's a solemn reminder of you know when you take an oath to support and defend the constitution of your country that's a solemn oath and here we are reminded of the sacrifice of of ally partners i know

tomorrow there's a ceremony like home recognizing german soldiers that were lost and for any of us that serve you know ultimately you will if we willingly serve to the point of giving your life for your country and today's a very solemn reminder that you know soldiers are know all about emotions but could you describe what your main emotions are being here today well for me it's my 1st time here in normandy so i think my emotion is it's very emotional it's very personal it's it's sort of has i can take in the beauty it's a beautiful day here but you know they delayed the invasion one day of supposed to be on june 5th the june 6 because of the weather and it was still pretty tough on the sex i think about what those men in certain situations be on cramped boats seasick for hours if not days waiting to land on normandy beach you know what was on their mind 171819 year olds for the most part and i just think about their courage their bravery the uncertainty as i have the privilege of leading the coast guard were about 42000 active duty members and i've read it think about you know what's on the men and women's minds a surfer me and it's just a reminder that it's

a solemn oath we all take and all thank you very much for talking to us and talk to you and with that back to berlin max thanks so much to you max often there are many thanks as well again to call shell's admiral the u.s. coast guard for coming in for us tonight thanks very much to both of you and we'll be back live in normandy in just about an hour's time that's when u.s. president donald trump will be joining french president manuel mccall had an american cemetery to remember the sacrifices made by american troops 75 years ago. let's preview on some of the other stories making the news this hour results from denmark's general election showing a win for left leaning parties the social democrats emerging as the biggest party with just over 25 percent of the vote denmark is set to become the 3rd nordic country within a year to elect a leftist government all in sweden and finland. and mexico authorities have arrested central american migrants traveling in

a new pair of ad down for the us in soldiers and police escorting hundreds of margins to a detention center after country's southern border erast coming as washington threatens to impose new tariffs on mexican imports in response to illegal immigration. now a planned merger between italian carmaker fiat and francis renault is not set to happen this after abruptly pulled out of negotiations by a french government which owns a 15 percent stake in renault for scuppering the deal contestation has reportedly included demands over jobs governance and factors a merger would have created one of the world's biggest car makers shares and dropping over 3 percent on that news. monica jones from d.w. business is here with more on that moniker good morning to you i think what happened here why did your chrysler pull out and so quickly so swiftly. remember we're talking about a $35000000000.00 possible that's

a lot of money even when you look at today's standards and paris holding as you say to 15 percent stake maybe they were just a little bit too you know upfront i mean the finance minister going on in there yesterday say yeah we wanted that merger to go ahead but you know on the x y z it conditions the headquarters in paris corporate governance job security and so forth it's all very well but if you're on the other side you say hold on we're talking with another company about a possible call thracian with the government so that's probably. that approach didn't go down well with the chrysler however maybe it's just a gamble maybe is it ok you know if if you want to play like this then let's just call it off maybe paris is going to tone it down a little bit and say it well we didn't mean it like that so let's let's keep talking now i don't gamble it's possible the talks could be continuing then this would have been the world's 3rd biggest automaker why the merger in the 1st place

well as you say it would have been the white house says there is a little you right now he had chrysler and renault i mean these are well known brands but they're sort of chill going along they're not really big players they do have their problems and like all the automakers big automator is they face a major major challenge because the industry shifts to electoral mobility there are strict emissions down the there is due to colleges like auto autonomous driving and there are a lot of players out there especially new ones like tesla even google who have an edge so in order to actually still get a piece of that market there is consolidation and chrysler and ran all that was the plan to consolidate to pool their resources in order to share all the investment in new technologies and hopefully give them an h ok if there's no edge by pooling resources where does this leave or no well right now at least renault sort of will this out of the u.s. market because french cars don't really have much market share in the united states

now joining forces with the cries that i would have opened up a new market position for them and right now for i know this is a really tough spot that's timing that will have problems still with the other partner nissen and the foreman isn't c.e.o. calos go on just yesterday both of them announced that they will file legal actions against go on for embezzling $11000000.00 euros basically money that he spent in appropriately on private flights and so forth and to tunnelling into a dodge based holding company so that renault is in the headlines but sadly for the wrong reasons and they don't story remain a part of a lot of the shots thanks for bringing us up to date monica. we have some sports now and the women's world cup gets underway on friday the final on july the 7th will take place in paris but instead in the all a city that has become central to the development of the women's game in france hosts are among the favorites to follow their male counterparts and lift the trophy

if they do so. a major role or. it's here that the world champions will be crowned but leon's park olympique is a stadium that's already seen its fair share of glory olympic leons women's team play some of its games here a science whose dominance in europe is near total they've won the last 13 french league titles and 4 champions league in a row so with the world cup coming to france leon was the natural choice to host the biggest game of all. is known in europe and around the world for this team olympique leonis it was obvious that the final would take place there. leon successors much to the backing of club president john michel he's provided the funds and supports that have allowed the club to bring in stars like ballon d'or when the hager bag and germany's jennifer. and leon players

also make up the spine of the french team including club captain when he. could be. in the stadium very well and wimmer on the pitch and see the fans jumping for us it's a boost. it's an additional motivation. for super montana tickets for the final sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale the level of support athletes received today is a far cry from the days when the vice president of the french football federation bridgette on reeky was playing football emotional condition it was when i wanted to join a team at age 5 they said they didn't take girls we didn't exist in football because i was. as for the local fans they have high expectations for the home world cup. i think they're doing everything to push women sports and football we expect a lot of the french team would all sit. for if they won their warm up games and i

think they win the world cup they have huge potential. difficulties so we'll know fall somewhere in france our teams often play good championships good tournaments when they're at home i think it's in the bag. and for bridgette henrique as success for the french team would mean much more than just a trophy. because i want the title would feel like the end of our journey to get recognition. front face plenty of tough opposition in the bid to win the world cup on home soil but if they do manage to lift the trophy they couldn't be a better place for them to do it the. we have this item of breaking news coming in here in germany a court has just sentenced one of the most prolific serial killers in the world to life in prison a former male nurse kneels her goal has been to the victims of killing easy 5 people patients while on duty over prosecutors say he deliberately induced cardiac

arrest in the patients so he could then try to resuscitate them thereby impressing his colleagues that many of those interventions failed the patients died bringing more about that verdict and go to a reporter of the court house later in the day. we're live in normandy at the top of the hour i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us. finest bird photos guide for germany's booming i love berlin. 15 inches 50 stories and 15 very personal tips all burmans very best features. book now planet for live coverage of the max series every week on d w.

what secrets lie behind these moments. find out in an immersive experience and explore a fascinating cultural heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 360 get t.f. out. there's. 1 june 6 1404 american canadian and british cameraman and photographers landed on the beaches of normandy alongside the 150000 men from the allied forces around 20 of

these reporters soldiers were british and when asked by the services of the armies of film the parts of the operation overlord ever covered by the british troops between restrain them and are among the 3 sections that were named juno sword and gold an armed barely protected their battle will be a battle of images that will serve the allied propaganda and will become part of history. love their reporting. first difficult scenes of avalon jokes and that of troops making their final preparations before the attack scene was taken a few hours before general eisenhower i was going to get another one told us that the 2nd from 10 open.

that the outbreak of the 2nd road will in britain there was not a single may cameraman. well all newsreel filming was done by newsreel companies it took some time until the leaders of they armed forces in britain could be persuaded that there were advantages to allowing cameras to record events for reasons of morale propaganda at home but also very important lay propaganda abroad the army film unit was created in november 1940 the people recruited to become a cameraman well all men who had some form of military service the belief was held very strongly that to be a good cameraman you had 1st to be

a good soldier and the soldier could be trained to use a camera the cameraman was sent to pinewood studios for a tweak training. so this is the divide camera used by the cameraman at normandy you either wind the camera. like this you why the clock what mechanism. you feel there is a governor which means if you can go roughly the right speed that you can go off of . so obviously it requires some skill by the cameraman to get a regular motion to make sure the film goes past the lens at the correct speed. when sergeant grant was coming in on the landing craft tank he noticed to the left

of him that there was a landing craft that coming in that we got hit by shell was in flame because he had he'd been trained upon which to keep this eye open he noticed this action off the side and he moved across and filmed the landing craft in flames. so what they were trying to do was have a very simple shot selection which had a narrative within it so you have 3 shots which is the 1st shot as an establishing shot establishing shot as a wide shot and then you have a mid shot and then you have a closeup for interest and that automatically clip creates a very simple narrative and they were told always to think in story time on d.-day we have on troops well armed with all the latest weapons with rations for 2 days and a little french money not mr moore they went on with the spirit of victory and already the brilliant success of their work in the opening phase of the battle is well known. the other thing is the amount of film they had at normandy they had 10 rows of 100 feet of film which is about 10 minutes or so maybe

a little bit more about 12 minutes of film they didn't know when they were going to get more film that enough they could be shot by the end of the day so see they had to be very careful about what they would shoot that to be very judicious very sensible they didn't have hours of videotape that they could just shoot whatever they liked so they always were thinking what should i shoot what was the most important thing for me to record here or so they had to consider how the film would be used so this is one of the reasons perhaps that cameraman didn't shoot scenes of dead british soldiers or wounded or very badly wounded british soldiers because they suspected it wouldn't be used by the news or in the back casualty is going landings we've been telling well less than had been expected in a while when it received 1st aid on the beaches themselves and many of us with the echoing to. the sound of the noise it was a case of getting hit right at the beginning of the battle for the beaches and then home again to recover.

the 1st cameraman to land was joe shows who came ashore at 745. and within 15 minutes others were coming. in grant landed with the command. the incident it. leslie after us. then sergeant christy. landed with the glider troops. others were deployed to cover juno and derek knight was based on one of the large landing craft and came ashore later quite a few who came ashore after the 1st way.

jimmy map took the best known british photographs of the d.-day landings. and one of them was described by american forces at the time as the best image of d.-day. the thing about georgia law that struck me was that he he seemed to have an instinctive feel for how to maneuver around a battlefield he looked like the most unlikely person that you would find in a combat zone and he wore glasses. he wasn't

a very beefy person but he knew how to get himself to where he needed to be to take the photograph and he managed to do it with minimum of fuss. a 40 a day the photographers couldn't get too far out of contact with the beaches themselves because they had to get their films back to britain and the pressure was on to get that film back quickly. oh. and they had to keep notes of who what where and when. and so they want just photographers they were also a form of journalist once that data all came back with the photographs themselves censorship was applied now that meant that the water and audiences didn't necessarily get all the facts the 1st photographer had noted down and it also meant

that the interpretation of that photograph might not be fast enough to talk for himself that originate and not ascribe to it. as a curator one of the things i'm required to do is to assess the significance of a photograph. first of all whether it is what it claims to be and then whether it as how far it goes in actually giving a true representation of the event that it claims to represent. we are on our way to see peter norris one of the very few veteran photographers softly on the film for traffic you look. to so service in the

fronts of $944.00. so if he says how did the super icons work well this is a pre-war. it was a very good shabbos. you came into the war with professional training with a trade that is now a robinson's burstall pretty sure yeah i was well heeled the war office when. i was. yes and i was working on a scale route prisoners of war right i was in the. moral 1st i'll get muscle tone for transform ourselves in the army field to write unfinished occupied wood so i didn't get the coffee on. but about 4 months off to run his

and when you came to france can you remember where you came ashore so there are more you kid who came ashore at our launches and what was the scene like when you 1st landed. a lot of. the poetry the. unsellable. sometimes roll them over on the stick sizing. i must say that you know i was so interested in the 1st graphic because there were some people who just shot pictures like bang bang bang to try and compose everyone to. george to talk reasserts. and these these pictures just.

in. deceives papers and that's. actually happening there and then. oh i did shoot. job and. the only picture of a. what's. up but otherwise it was always action photography. i joined about one year after the unit was formed it was former 941 for training cameramen i was the 1st. after looking mylar britta see what's coming next.

job is called sound camera operator because the sound is photographic so the machine is called a camera not a recorder. our job was to record it and you never knew what sound we were going to what was going to come next and nothing was rehearsed we just went and shot whatever was available not all that material was shipped back to pinewood studios and it's the job of the sound editor who's on the production to align the picture with the sound it's not the job of the sound recordist as such so they had quite a job sorting out material we recorded over 100000 feet of sound effects the system was that we'd go to battle headquarters in the morning to find out whether there's likely to be any fighting and then we will a map of europe or

a large scale map will go down to where we could see some of our troops mingle amongst them and see what was happening asked them what they were going to do that day and make some recordings in appropriate fashion. and peter hand for job at the time he was a sound mixer before the war he was a very keen amateur photographer and that was his main interest so having been trained in sound and having a great knowledge photography of the very useful person for the film unit. 6 of june i was a time when studios locked in a field to kill a film i was working on at the time but we were up frustrated because we couldn't do much about this. peter hanford's was over on d.-day one of the 1st to land on may be choosers.