Gratuitous WWII Movie Posting

I was watching The Longest Day again last night for the umpteenth time and something occurred to me: although this movie can't hold a candle to Saving Private Ryan in terms of the cinematography of war from what you might call the soldier's-eye view, those bird's-eye set pieces hold up quite well. I'm thinking of the strafing runs by the German and American fighters, respectively, and, in particular, of that long, panning shot of the French commandoes attacking the German-held casino. I've always considered this sequence to be a beautiful piece of film-making.