PARATROOPERS OF THE 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PREPARE FOR TAKE- OFF [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PARATROOPERS OF THE 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PREPARE FOR TAKE- OFF [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 160-5
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Men serving with the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment chat among themselves, exchange jokes and have their last cigarette before donning their parachute packs as C-47 Dakotas belonging to the 9th US Troop Carrier Command start their engines in preparation for the flight from Grantham, Lincolnshire, to drop zones west of Arnhem in southern Holland.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Lewis, C M (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Parachute Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Parachute Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Airborne, 1 (regiment/service) AP.A & Allied Airborne Corps 1 (regiment/service) United States Army Air Force, 9th Troop Carrier Command (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, United States - transport: Douglas C-47 Dakota (object name) operations, British military - preparation (object name) society, British military - sustenance: cigarettes (object name) Operation Market 1944, Operation Market Garden 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 88 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Note: The 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment was virtually annihilated during its attempts to break into Arnhem to join up with Lieutenant-Colonel Frost's 2nd Battalion at the bridge on the Rhine. The 1st Battalion's commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Dobie managed to escape from captivity. See with A70 160-1 and 6, 166-2, 168-1 and 2 and 169-5 and 6 and refer to footage relating to Operation "Garden". Remarks: Best seen with items listed above. Documentation/associated material: read 'A Bridge Too Far' by Cornelius Ryan, 'Arnhem : A Case Study' by Maurice Tugwell and 'British Airborne Troops' by Barry Gregory.
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