Does The Beach Scene In The Movie Saving Private Ryan

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Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of sources This Investigation will be based on the question “To what extent does the beach scene in the movie Saving Private Ryan accurately portray the invasion of Normandy?” This will be an investigation set during the period of the invasion of Normandy in World War II. One of the two sources I will be evaluating in this IA will be the movie “Saving Private Ryan” Directed by Stephen Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. The second source I will be using is an article by Toby Haggith called D-Day Filming: For Real. A Comparison of 'Truth' and 'Reality' in "Saving Private Ryan" and Combat Film by the British Army's Film and Photographic Unit. The first source I will be evaluating is the movie: Saving …show more content…

The operation included French, Britain, Canadian and US forces to storm 5 different beach heads, Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword and Juno in Northern France . The invasion of Normandy is one of the most important and famous operations during the second world war. In the movie Saving Private Ryan the first 25 minutes of the movie portrays events of D-day, during the invasion of Normandy. The movie was able to show the Americans storming through Omaha beach while on constant fire from the Germans. Despite of this the American troops was able to by past the constant fire and take over the German fortification and eventually take over Omaha beach. The beach scene of Saving Private Ryan includes many aspects that was Historically correct and was praised for by many movie lovers and even veterans sat frozen at the movie theater from the sheer realism and recalling the terrors of the invasion. Despite of this there are also some parts of the scene where it was not historically accurate and was not correctly portrayed. …show more content…

In the actual invasion of Normandy there was no captain named captain John Miller and there was no private Ryan, all the characters in the movies were fictional. However, the character private Ryan was actually inspired by a real parachuter during the invasion of Normandy, named Fedrick Fritz Niland. Fedrick was part of 101st Airborne division which Private Ryan was also apart off. Similar to Private Ryan Fedrick Fritz Niland was a son of four and when the army received the news that all three brothers were killed in action, Fedrick Niland was pulled out and brought back home. Unlike Private Ryan, Fedrick Fritz Niland was not able to resist from coming home even though he too wanted to stay and keep on fighting in the

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