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May 2025
45m 35s

Saturday Matinee: War Movie Theatre

Airship | Noiser | Wondery
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On today’s Saturday Matinee, we dust off our VHS tape to rewatch the 1962 D-Day mega-epic "The Longest Day". Its star-studded cast cements this film as a classic war movie, but how historically accurate is it?


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