The Ghost Army
2013 · 68 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 650 VOTES · DIR. Rick Beyer
Overview
During World War II, a hand-picked group of American GI's undertook a bizarre mission: create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience. The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used inflatable rubber tanks, sound trucks, and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy again and again, often right along the front lines. Many of the men picked to carry out these dangerous deception missions were artists. Some went on to become famous, including fashion designer Bill Blass. In their spare time, they painted and sketched their way across Europe, creating a unique and moving visual record of their war. Their secret mission was kept hushed up for nearly 50 years after the war's end.
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00:00:12 After nine months of bitter fighting
00:03:13 an extra edge when they came face to face
00:05:29 The Army drew heavily
00:08:00 And I think we probably were.
00:10:43 But that M4 tank, that was a beauty.
00:13:10 the music had to be described...
00:15:26 at how good the Germans were at this.
00:17:48 A week after the invasion of D-Day
00:20:00 I did a sketch of a German helmet
00:22:26 its first large-scale deceptions using visual and radio only.
00:24:35 Sometimes they used actual patches
00:27:17 These were some of the first sketches I did...
00:30:04 We did a lot of ride-through with two guys in the back
00:32:57 For one wonderful week, they would savor the pleasures
00:35:14 they could have broken through easily.
00:37:35 Between missions, some of the artists in the unit
00:40:12 In the early morning hours of December 16
00:42:16 "We're getting out of here.
00:44:23 Belgium, France and Germany.
00:46:56 would lead one wing of the attack.
00:49:13 and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
00:51:30 working for dozens of magazines.
00:53:35 in ways that we wanted them to react?
25:19:04 the city of Paris was liberated