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keywords: wwii, european theater, battle of the bulge, bastogne belgium, general antony mcauliffe, nuts!, supply airdrop

Synopsis: Bastogne Belgium becames a critical Allied choke point during the Battle of the Bulge Adolf Hitler's hail mary to split the Allied armies in half and push them back to the sea where the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne put up a heroic and successful defense during a bitterly cold front after being encircled by the German Army...(read more)

  • Date: 1944-1945
  • Duration: 00:08:25
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Belgium
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Combat In Bastogne

The Battle of Bastogne, part of the larger Ardennes Offensive or Battle of the Bulge. Encircled and trapped by the German Army the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium fight to survive in the frigid cold winter weather.

Shot List:

00:00:14;22

Low aerial view of Bastogne. Low flying C-47 transport planes drop supplies by parachute to the encircled 101st Airborne Division. American troops gather the supplies. Parachutes descending with planes in BG. CU views of a crashed C-47 with "J8" painted on fuselage behind the cockpit indicating this C-47 J8 was an aircraft of the 92nd Squadron, 50th Troop Carrier Wing. Image of a snow covered tank.

00:01:09;05

LS of snow covered field, soldiers in snow covered foxholes and trenches under cloudy skies. Tanks on a snow covered field firing (HE) high explosive shells (rounds), view of HE rounds from tanks exploding in target area.

00:01:55;02

Close-up of soldier in foxhole talking on a field radio. U.S. soldiers firing rifles and machine gun from foxholes. Two captured German soldiers with hands raised followed by U.S. soldier. A cold, wounded soldier laying in a foxhole, wounded soldier carried on litter. Captured German soldiers being questioned by U.S. Army Officer.

00:03:39;02

CU, U.S. Army Officer looking through binoculars toward enemy lines. CU of U.S. tank; tank commander looking through binoculars, tank crewman manning 50 cal machine gun. Two American soldiers in machine gun nest. Smoking disabled U.S. tank after tank strikes land mine. Wounded tank crewmen carried on litters. U.S. Soldiers advance along snow covered road in forest area of Belgium.

00:05:02;00

Body of dead American soldier, rifle upright in snow. Soldiers digging graves to bury dead soldiers; bodies of dead U.S. soldiers. Wreckage of destroyed vehicles on snow covered road in Belgium.

00:05:47;20

General J. Lawton Collins and General Antony McAuliffe confer in front of building sign that reads "Bastogne". General McAuliffe is famous for the one-word reply of "Nuts!" he gave to a German surrender ultimatum during the seige. Heroes of the siege of Bastogne are decorated; medals awarded to soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division. Shows a jeep with crude, jerry-rigged Red Cross sign on top.

00:06:59;16

Winter weather scenes WWII. Tracked vehicle towing a field artillery gun slips and slides along an icy road; CU, vehicle tracks spinning on ice. Soldiers sanding an ice covered (icy) road. Tracked mounted troop carrier moves along icy road. Two lines of American troops advancing (march) along snow covered road in Belgium.