They Fight with Cameras in Los Angeles

February 18, 2026 (1 month and 5 days away)
Documentary
Director
Daniel Allentuck, Nina Rosenblum
Writer
Daniel Allentuck
Actors
Max Samuels

A newly found cache of wartime letters unlocks a gripping first-person account of WWII through the eyes of a Jewish American soldier who held a camera, not a rifle, in history’s defining battles. U.S. Army Signal Corps combat cameraman Walter Rosenblum stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day, filmed the brutal Allied advance across France and Germany, weathered bitter winter campaigns, and was among the first Americans to document the liberation of Dachau. Alongside rarely seen photographs and rediscovered combat footage, his long-buried letters trace fear, camaraderie, moral resolve, and shock. Gracefully narrated by Liev Schreiber, this powerful act of bearing witness honors the unsung cameramen who risked their lives to create the indelible images that forever shaped the world’s understanding of war.

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RSVP from USC School of Cinematic Arts

Followed by a Q&A with Nina Rosenblum and Daniel Allentuck
Moderated by SCA Vice Dean Michael Renov and Vanessa R. Schwartz from VSRI

Introduction by Catherine E. Clark of the USC Shoah Foundation