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The Longest Day eventually became the box office hit Fox needed, with $30.5 million [citation needed] in worldwide theatrical rentals on a $7.5 million budget. [1] It was the highest-grossing black-and-white movie at the time. Zanuck's production company (DFZ Productions) received 50% of the profits, and by 1964 had received over $5.8 million. [26]
The Longest Day is a 1959 book by Cornelius Ryan telling the story of D-Day, the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy.It details the coup de main operation by gliderborne troops, which captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges (Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge) before the main assault on the Normandy beaches.
An octavo page, oriented a quarter turn from the full sheet, would have height 240 mm (9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)— 1 ⁄ 2 in × 19 —and width 160 mm (6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in)— 1 ⁄ 4 in × 25. The sizes of books of the same format will differ in proportion to the full sheets used to print them.
The Longest Yarn is an artwork commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, which took place in 1944. [1] It consists of a number of dioramas created in knitted and crocheted wool. Each diorama represents a scene from the 1962 movie The Longest Day. [1] There are 80 dioramas - echoing the 80 years that have passed since the ...
The Longest Day, a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill "The Longest Day" (Land of the Lost), an episode of the 1974 series Land of the Lost; Longest Day, a 1998 novel by Michael Collier set in the Doctor Who universe. "The Longest Day", a song by Iron Maiden from A Matter of Life and Death (2006) The Longest Day, 1984 album by the Del Fuegos
Then this could be the best day of the year for you and your fellow sunlight seekers. The summer solstice is Thursday, June 20. It’s the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere.
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While the first day of speeches was notably long — nearly every speech that day flagrantly fouled the strongly recommended 15-minute time limit — it eventually evened out on track with last ...