Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: movie is filmed in style of docudrama, Fact2: events on sides of Allies anticipating reaction of Axis forces defending northern France, Fact3: film pays particular attention to decision by Eisenhower, Fact4: Longest Day chronicles most of important events surrounding D-Day from British glider missions, Fact5: Set-piece scenes include parachute drop
Output (English): The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama. Beginning in the days leading up to DDay, it concentrates on events on both sides of the channel, such as the Allies waiting for the break in the poor weather and anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. The film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of SHAEF, to go after reviewing the initial badweather reports as well as reports about the divisions within the German High Command as to where an invasion might happen or what the response to it should be. Numerous scenes document the early hours of June 6 when Allied airborne troops were sent in to take key locations inland from the beaches. The French resistance is also shown reacting to the news that an invasion has started. The Longest Day chronicles most of the important events surrounding DDay, from the British glider missions to secure Pegasus Bridge, the counterattacks launched by American paratroopers scattered around SainteMereEglise, the infiltration and sabotage work conducted by the French resistance and SOE agents to the response by the Wehrmacht to the invasion and the uncertainty of German commanders as to whether it was a feint in preparation for crossings at the Pas de Calais see Operation Fortitude, where the senior German staff had always assumed it would be. Setpiece scenes include the parachute drop into SainteMereEglise, the advance inshore from the Normandy beaches, the U.S. Ranger Assault Groups assault on the Pointe du Hoc, the attack on Ouistreham by Free French Forces and the strafing of the beaches by two lone Luftwaffe pilots. The film concludes with a montage showing various Allied units consolidating their beachheads before they advance inland to reach Germany by crossing France.