Storm Front in Mayo

Movie ★ 7.5/10 2019 53 min Released HD · 4K
Documentary History TV Movie

Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Flavin, a young girl who works at a post office, used as a weather station, in Blacksod, in County Mayo, the westernmost promontory of Europe, far from the many lands devastated by the iron storms of World War II.

Rating
7.5/10
4 votes
Runtime
53 min
Theatrical cut
Released
2019
Released
Language
EN
Storm Front in Mayo
Director
Gerry Gregg
Writers
Gerry Gregg
Studio
New Decade TV and Film, ARTE GEIE, RTÉ

Cast

Eva Sweeney
Eva Sweeney
Young Maureen Flavin Sweeney
 Colin Wright
Colin Wright
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
 Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
Captain James Stagg
 John Downes
John Downes
Met Éireann Telephone Operator
 Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor
Self - Historian
 Robert Gerwarth
Robert Gerwarth
Self - Historian
 Susan Eisenhower
Susan Eisenhower
Self - Eisenhower's Granddaughter
 Joseph Skelly
Joseph Skelly
Self - Historian
 Richard G. Trefry
Richard G. Trefry
Self - Retired US Army Lt. General
 Maureen Flavin Sweeney
Maureen Flavin Sweeney
Self - Weather Observer (1944)
 Gerald Fleming
Gerald Fleming
Self - Meteorologist
 David McCullagh
David McCullagh
Self - Journalist
 Catherine Ross
Catherine Ross
Self - British Met Office Archivist
 Jeremy Green
Jeremy Green
Self - British Military Police Colonel

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