Saving Private Ryan opening sequence

The first thing we hear is non-digetic, French horns. This sets the militant theme already, because of the brass band playing. The credits read, "Saving Private Ryan". The credits fade out and a american flag blowing in the wind fade in, with digetic sound of the flag moving. Its a very patriotic symbol. the first thing we see is a tracking shot, as it pans up from the mans feet to his back as he walks along a path. We then see the behind him, which reveals that he's being followed by a group of people, which look like a family. The clothes are 90's clothes, very pastel colors and high jeans. Theres a high angle shot that goes into a medium shot of the main character as he sees the american flag. He looks very emotional, and overwhelmed by it. The next shot reveals the French flag, this might seem confusing for most people as they're watching the film, but it becomes apparent where they are with a beautiful tracking shot across the white gravestones as the main character walks towards them. They are in Avranches, visiting the american graves from D-Day. This is a cemetery dedicated to the people who lost their lives during world WW2. It has 9000 american graves in its own private section. I was fortunate enough to visit these graves a few years ago, the whole place looks exactly like it does in the film.
The soundtrack swells to a climax. This happens as theres an overhead jib shot, showing the vast quantity of gravestones. This is where the mains character breaks down. There is then a slow zoom, that goes into a extream close up of the main character, where a match on action occurs. The match on action goes from the old character his younger version, of him in the war. In essence, the story begins at the end, and flash's back.