"The Normandy Adventure" -Reflections of Field Marshal Montgomery

An audio clip from a filmed interview of the made-for-TV feature "Montgomery Speaks His Mind". Interviewing Bernard Law Montgomery at his home in England are, journalist and military historian Edward R Murrow and Charles Collingwood. The film first aired to a US audience 28 April 1959 and the issues discussed range from pivotal events of WW11 to the post-war role of the United States.

Montgomery's uninhibited retrospective on the battle strategy deployed by his operational commander, D Eisenhower, has long been considered controversial. Even today, many would prefer that personal commentary on such matters be confined to already published works of autobiography. Fortunately, for 21st century seekers of truth and insight, it appears that studio engineers of the day copied the film soundtrack onto tape.

On a purely technical level, the item here is the product of painstaking digital refurbishment of an ageing analogue tape. If you know of any film print (or later years telecine or video-tape transcription) of this program that might be suitable for transcription for historical research purposes, please contact me via youtube or my website.

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