Research documentThe Second World War, considered by most to be the most dangerous war and according to statistics (with a death toll estimated at 70 million) it was. Because of this, and the United States' participation in the Great War, a profusion of films has been produced since then. While some of these films possess excellent studio detail, they lack historical significance. One film in particular I want to talk about is the Oscar nominated film "Saving Private Ryan" directed by Steven Spielberg. Does this movie depict war as it is in real life? Does the plot follow historical events as they actually happened? The film Saving Private Ryan begins with the main protagonist Ryan (now an elderly man) walking through the World War II memorial cemetery with his family. He stops in front of a certain grave and bursts into tears. The scene then changes to a flashback to the invasion of Normandy and shows the Allies landing on the beach of Normandy and beginning the attack on the Axis forces. The scene then cuts to Captain John Miller as he maneuvers through the war zone. He witnesses the death of many of his fellow soldiers, while trying to take cover he drags one of his soldiers to safety only to find that he has been hit by a mortar and has only half his body. After making it to safety, Miller gathers what's left of his platoon and continues to advance. After completing the mission, a soldier looks at the beach and comments "What a view". The camera then shows an S. Ryan's backpack. Miller then reports to his commanding officers of a mission that left half his squad dead and is given a new assignment, to find Private James F. Ryan, the last of 4 brothers all of whom were killed in the war. They struggle to find... half of the paper..., in the film it is shown that the soldiers have their helmets unfastened, a real soldier would never be caught with his helmet unfastened during the war because this could be very dangerous and could cause injury and even death at times. During battle the unfastened helmet could fall, leaving the soldier's head exposed. In retrospect, this movie is still a movie, it's not meant to follow how the war actually went and how exactly the combat was conducted, what if it was similar? Yes, this film had traits that didn't exist at the time and made combat similar to that of real soldiers the norm for war films. A series of events followed, but nothing can be proven with certainty as the mission Captain Miller completed was not real. The invasion of Normandy was experienced in this film with a vivid understanding of what it would be like to take part in any kind of war