HUNTINGTON -- An associate producer for Dog Green Productions is hoping Huntington natives and residents can help in the final editing process for a feature-length documentary called "Sacrifice," profiling the lives of five soldiers who died in Normandy.

One of the five soldiers whose life is explored is Elmer Norval Carter, who lived in Huntington until his deployment as a battalion surgeon for the 29th Infantry Division. He was killed on June 17, 1944, while trying to save a wounded soldier.

The producer, Adam Schein, is looking for footage of Huntington, either through pictures or film, from the 1930s and 1940s. He said it's important to know who the men featured in the documentary were so that visitors to a new Normandy center in France see where these men came from and what they left behind.

"How do you introduce people to the (Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France) who don't have relatives or loved ones buried there?" Schein said.

The visitors center, Schein said, has two short films about the five men. But only a full-length film could get their stories told.

"You can't get a sense of who they were as people without the full-length documentary," he said. "It's a very large story told through the eyes of a few people."

If you have any old film footage or photographs of life in Huntington during the 1930s and 1940s, contact Adam Schein at (646) 290-6931 or e-mail him at adam@doggreenproductions.com. You can also visit the project's Web site at www.normandy five.com.

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