john houston camera man in the battle of san prieto. >>> a bit later, remembering perhaps the best sale man america had. oscar winning director frank capel. >>> tonight on a second look world war ii combat films and the men who made them. when the troops went ashore on d day in 1944 so did a platoon of combat film photographers organized by hollywood director george stevens and they faced the exact same deadly dangers as the soldiers around them. ktvu's bob mackenzie described that bloody landing especially at omaha beach. >> reporter: for the men who climbed into lsts and scts the long wait was over. >> we have a misty rain on and off. rain all over the place. you're getting wet. >> reporter: frantic german defenders tried to alert berlin. >> as the battery comes along closest to you. you see it walking on. you try to move out of the the way as as soon as you can. because they're over you, going, going. and about that time, a wave turned it over. and there was just a bloody mess. that was my first experience of it. just along the way. i seen corpses put in caskets. >> on most beaches the casualties were light. but at omaha beach somethi