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Normandy Works to Preserve D-Day Memories

Residents of Normandy, France, old enough to remember the 1944 invasion are being encouraged to come forward and share their memories. As the 60th anniversary of D-Day in June approaches, towns and villages across the region are holding meetings in an effort to record the testimony of those who lived through the Nazi occupation and the liberation. Alasdair Sandford reports.

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