France - Celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Normandy D-Day Landings were beamed across the world on 6 June. With The Queen, Tony Blair, President Bush, President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder lining up alongside the veterans, the main remembrance ceremony took the form of a multi-national event on the cliff top at Arromanches, with military aircraft performing fly-pasts, veterans marching past the heads of state and the Royal Navy staging an off-shore show and parachute drop.

All this action was captured on two giant screens supplied by CT Screenco. Contracted by the Ministry of Defense, the company sited two of their waterproof displays a modular 18sq.m 25mm LED screen accompanying their 10sq.m 25mm mobile mast on the Normandy beach, just yards from the English Channel. The screens took feeds direct from the BBC trucks, enabling veterans to follow the ceremony and service clearly.

With its profile in music festivals and parties, CT Screenco is a past-master at rigging its giant displays on beaches - but rarely will an event have been as poignant as this.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)


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