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D-Day landings in colour

News imageBBC D-Day landingsBBC

Digital colourist Marina Amaral has transformed a number of photographs taken during the D-Day landings by using digital techniques to add colour to the black and white pictures.

Here we present a small selection of her work.

News imageBBC British paratroops of the 6th Airborne DivisionBBC
British paratroops of the 6th Airborne Division aboard an aircraft en route to their drop site
News imageBBC Troops from the 101st AirborneBBC
Troops from the 101st Airborne with full packs and a bazooka, in a C-47 just before take-off from RAF Upottery Airfield en route to Normandy
News imageBBC US troops use a lifeline to rescue several menBBC
US troops use a lifeline to rescue several men from a landing craft sunk by enemy fire on D-Day
News imageBBC US landing craftBBC
US landing craft fly the stars and stripes as their troops wade ashore in Normandy after D-Day

All pictures subject to copyright, courtesy Marina Amaral.