101st Airborne, England, Holland (Market Garden), 09/16/1944

About this film

View of C-47s and gliders on air field flightline. Crew loads jeep and gun into glider. "TAKE ME BACK TO IOWA" written on glider. Glider closed and lowered to ground. Shot of another glider with "face paint." "Bob Dunn, South Carolina, Flak Bait, 'Herman' No Motor" written on side of glider. Shot of another glider with "OHIO, TRUMAN, POP ROSE" and "PIESKI'S WISCONSIN BADGERS" on it. Another glider has "HEAVEN CAN WAIT" and "HELEN" painted on its side. Shot of glider with "46 Wait For Me Heannie I Will Be Home" and "HITLER UNDERTAKERS UNDERGROUND, BALLOON BRIGADE" and "ALL 4F's" painted on it. Jeep towing a glider. Shot of glider with "WE DID IT BEFORE AND ?" and "STINKY IV" painted on it. Man climbs into truck. 3 men examine boxes. Long line of paratroopers (with all their gear) march onto airfield. Some march past a plane with AURORA DORA" painted on it. Long shot of men on field with planes. Group of paratroopers near plane with tail number 315678. Paratrooper addresses other paratroopers. Close up of man. Air crew enters a plane. Shot of C-47s in the air, from inside another plane. View of ground, from plane. Parachutes fall (view from air). Parachutes on ground. No National Arc…

Directors & creators

United States. Army

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. -- Army -- Airborne Division, 101st, Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944, World War II, Operation Market Garden, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front, Gliders (Aeronautics), Parachute Troops, Douglas DC-3 (Transport Plane), Airdrop, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American

View on archive.org ↗