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D-Day 360 | Full Episode

D-Day was a logistical effort on a scale never seen before or since. On the day itself, 3,000 planes dropped 23,000 airborne troops behind German lines.This film takes advantage of LiDAR technology to re-create the landscape and allow viewers to switch effortlessly between the macro and the micro, pulling back for the big picture and zooming in to a close-up of a single soldier on the battlefield.

D-Day 360 | Preview

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D-Day was a logistical effort on a scale never seen before or since. On the day itself, 3,000 planes dropped 23,000 airborne troops behind German lines, and 7,000 ships delivered around 20,000 military vehicles and 130,000 soldiers onto the beaches. This film takes advantage of LiDAR technology to re-create the landscape and allow viewers to switch effortlessly between the macro and the micro.

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  • D-Day 360 | Sneak Preview 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    D-Day 360 | Sneak Preview 1

    S1 E1 - 1m 51s

    D-Day 360 uses cutting-edge technology to tell the story of the most meticulously planned operation in military history. Honoring the 70th anniversary of the historic event, witness a new perspective with details never before available. D-Day 360 premiered Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 9pm. ET.

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    D-Day 360 | Sneak Preview 2

    S1 E1 - 2m

    On June 6, 1944, 3,000 planes dropped 23,000 airborne troops behind German lines, and 7,000 ships delivered around 20,000 military vehicles and 130,000 soldiers onto the beaches. Once on the shore, the troops had to negotiate two million mines buried in the sand, 46,000 fearsome beach obstacles and hundreds of miles of barbed wire.

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