Americans on D-Day - Battle Tour Film of Normandy Coming in April

Photo by Mike Forster for WW2-Refelections

65th Anniversary of D-Day Reflected In New Tour

Film of The Americans On D-Day Released in April

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WW2-Reflections, a division of Labyrinth Media & Publishing Ltd.

of Dublin, Ireland is looking For a theater in Hollywood and

elsewhere to premiere film free to all American Legions in USA 

“I grew up in the early 1950’s, and I have always been fascinated

by the second World War,” said Ellwood von Seibold, battlefield guide of Americans

on D-Day S, the first battlefield tour film of WW2-Reflections, a division of Labyrinth

Media & Publishing Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. Labyrinth specializes in WW2 battlefield

tour DVDs for the U.S. market. "The Americans on D-Day" coincides with the 65th

anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy invasion.“D-Day became a focus point of

my interest, and I decided to live a dream and move to France and take people all

around these areas,” explained Seibold. “And the producer and director of

WW2-Reflections said ‘why don’t we put one of your tours on film in Normandy.”



Seibold noted that WW2-Reflections had assembled a remarkable and accurate

collection of soldier’s testimony, stories and witnesses who survived one of

America’s most bloody battles in war history. Siebold, donning American and

sometimes German uniforms, hops into an early model Army Jeep much like

General George Patton rode in as he walks you visually shows and tells you

what brave soliders endured.







The film uses smart graphics and extensive use of veterans' recollections, as well as invaluable assistance from Dale Dye, a retired U.S. Marine captain who founded Warriors, Inc. – which specializes in training actors for war-themed

film and television productions. Dye was in France researching an upcoming

film project and worked with Siebold on historical accuracy.



"We are thrilled that he has supported this tour film," Producer Richard Lanni said.



"The Americans On D-Day provides an exciting insight into one of the most pivotal

events of the 20th century,” said Captain Dye. “I'm really proud to have a hand in this

effort to provide a foxhole-level view of what happened in Normandy on June 6, 1944."



"I've seen a lot of tour videos that purport to give viewers an insight into what gallant

Americans endured and accomplished on D-Day, but this one really hits the mark.

The Americans On D-Day provides a stirring, GI-level look at one of the most momentous

battles of World War II," explained Dye.



On the trailer for the tour film Dye said, “I am a big fan of Normandy Tour Guide and

Historian   Ellwood von Seibold, who takes you for a ride in his 1943 Dodge Command

Jeep for the D-Day landings in the real time, you’ll see the uniforms they wore and the

weapons they used.”



"If you can't afford a trip to tour the battlefields of Normandy, just get a copy of The

Americans On D-Day and you'll get a stirring look at events that changed the course

of World War II in Europe. Ellwood von Seibold knows his history and how to present

it to people in an exciting, understandable fashion.  The insights and revelations in this

work are extremely valuable to everyone interested in military history."



"We wanted to show a snapshot of that 'Day of Days' through the individual soldier's eye,"

Lanni said. "Ellwood, who is an incredible 62-year-old, who put on all the different uniforms,

allowed he to be suspended on a rope ladder over a cliff, ran out of the freezing water on

Omaha Beach at 6.30 a.m., crawled through hedgerows and shinned up trees."



The production shot its first interviews in 2007 with Howard Manoian, a veteran of the

U.S. Army 82nd Airborne who landed in Normandy on D-Day and returned many years

later to live in the country that he helped liberate.



"With the addition of archive footage and stills we have turned this interview into a short

biographical documentary under the title of 'A Soldier's Journey,' which we also hope to

launch for the 65th anniversary, " Lanni said.



(Clips available at ww2-reflections.com)

(EPK at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJIjD-MaRJw&feature=channel_page)



Manoian was recently named a recipient of the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by

the French government. He will be presented with the award in June at St. Mere Eglise,

where U.S. paratroopers suffered heavy losses during the Normandy invasion.



[Editor’s note: EPK’s are available to credentialed media, which includes the 45 minute

film, a trailer, the making of the film, uniforms of the day and WW2 machine guns and

other weapons used in Normandy. There are some gripping interviews with military

officers who were charge on land and sea. There are also still images of the area

and on the scene production photographed by Mike Forst.



Please call for interviews or a press kit. Some of the EPK is posted Online, too.



For more about the schedule events for the film contact: MAYO Communications,

Aida Mayo or George Mc Quade call, or email: Publicity@mayocommunications.com

or visit: www.mayocommunications.com.

Hear  Ellwood von Seibold on the radio show, which will be played again on the 65th Anniversary: www.ricksteves.com/radio 



Rick Steves tours Supports The Americans on D-Day
I am pleased to recommend this film (The Americans on D-Day) <http://americansondday.blogspot.com/> to anyone interested in learning more about the pivotal role that American forces played in the liberation of Normandy. I have great respect for the presenter’s knowledge and have been fortunate to have witnessed his explanations of the events surrounding the D-Day Landings, and have been moved by his passion for the subject. I trust Ellwood von Seibold to guide our group tours to the D-Day beaches and I highly recommend his tours to individual travelers in our guide books.
 
Catptain Dale Dye : comments on “The Americans On D-Day” WW2-Reflections are delighted to announce that celebrated actor and military advisor, Day. Captain Dale Dye gives the thumbs up to the ‘The Americans on D-Day“I’ve seen a lot of tour videos that purport to give viewers an insight into what gallant Americans endured and accomplished on D-Day, but this one really hits the mark. The Americans On D-Day provides a stirring, GI-level look at one of the most momentous battles of World War II.”
WW2reflections. appoint Mayo for PR: Mayo of Los Angeles California have been appointed to handle publicity for The Americans on D-Day,which will go on sale in April 2009. www.mayocommunications.com/
Captain Dale Dye of Warriors inc supports The Americans on D-Day: www.warriorsinc.com
 

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