Overlord DVD

Release Year: 1975

Runtime: 83 min

Director: Stuart Cooper

Cast: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell

Studios: Joswend

During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

Special Features:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer

supervised and approved by director Stuart Cooper

Audio commentary

featuring Cooper and actor Brian Stirner

Mining the Archive

a new video featuring Imperial War Museum film archivists detailing the war footage used in the film

Capa Influences Cooper

a new photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa

A Test of Violence (1969)

Cooper’s short film about Spanish artist Juan Genovés

Cameramen at War

the British Ministry of Information’s 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen

Germany Calling

a 1941 British Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord

Journals from two D-day soldiers

read by Brian Stirner

Theatrical trailer

PLUS

A new essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imperial War Museum, and excerpts from the Overlord novelization, by Cooper and Christopher Hudson

Technical Specifications:

• Monaural
• 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio
• Black & White