The True Glory 1945: Reel-7

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R7:00:00:11:00

Map of the plans for Operation Market Garden in Southeast Holland in WWII. This Allied airborne offensive was to flank the German Siegfried line and shorten WW2 by several months. The U.S. 101st Airborne Division would drop and take bridges at Eindhoven, the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division would drop and take bridges at Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne with the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade would drop and secure the bridges at Arnhem and Oosterbeek over the Rhine River.

R7:00:00:38:00

British 1st Airborne Paratroopers in Douglas C-47 R.A.F. Dakota C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Brief image of Parachutist Badge on uniform as British jump master starts to stand up. Allied parachute canopies filling the sky. Paratroopers landing near the Dutch of Arnhem and moving out.

R7:00:01:31:21

LS of Allied plane in steep dive, crashes in fireball in Operation Market Garden in WW2 (WWII).

R7:00:01:47:22

American 101st Airborne troops land by gliders near Eindhoven, Holland and dig-in. Combat action at the Waal River bridge at Nijmegen, Holland. British troops trying to reach trapped British forces at Arnhem.

R7:00:02:19:06

Battle at Arnhem Netherlands. Sign reads Arnhem 17. British 1st Airborne soldiers trapped in German occupied territory at Arnhem in Operation Market Garden. Scenes of supplies airdropped to trapped British 1st Airborne solders at Arnhem, LS brief image of Allied C-47 supply plane crashes and explodes near Arnhem. Various scenes of the trapped British soldiers.

Historic Note: A night-time evacuation, Operation Berlin, evacuated 2400 men and effectively ended Operation Market Garden.

R7:00:03:07:03

Map showing location of Allied Forces and Germany Forces after failure to secure the bridge at Arnhem over the Nederrijn River (Dutch part of the Rhine River). Unable to advance further the Allied stabilised their front line south of Arnhem and turned their attention to eliminating the German positions along the Scheldt estuary leading to the seaport of Antwerp.

R7:00:03:20:12

The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations by the Canadian First Army consisting of Canadian, British and Polish formations to open up the port of Antwerp so that it could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe. Scenes of the large dock cranes and silent docks at Antwerp.

R7:00:03:46:08

Soldiers of the Canadian 1st Army assault forces land on the Scheldt Islands. Furious fighting by the Canadian 1st Army and Poles to clear the south bank of the river and the Royal Navy, Marines and Norwegians attacking Westkapelle. Mine sweeping of the Scheldt. Scenes of the first ship into Antwerp Harbor. Trucks are loaded at Antwerp and roll toward the front. Night scenes of artillery fire on the Allied front lines.

R7:00:05:20:03

American troops arriving on the west bank of the Moselle for 24-hours of rest with hot meals, clean clothes, hot shower, clean shave, away from war. Then back across the Moselle River to their foxholes.

R7:00:06:35:17

Winter weather strikes Allied positions from the Low Countries to the Vosges Mountains near the French-German border. Scenes of the Allied soldiers dug-in along the front lines in WWII in the winter of 1944 with voice over of comments from the soldiers.