THE 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION IN ACTION ON THE NEDER RIJN WEST OF ARNHEM [Allocated Title]
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- Title: THE 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION IN ACTION ON THE NEDER RIJN WEST OF ARNHEM [Allocated Title]
- Film Number: A70 168-2
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- Summary:
- Description: On September 17th, American Dakotas drop the 1st Parachute Brigade over Renkum Heath. Paratroopers regroup and unload a container carrying carrying sten-guns and Bren ammunition. The name 'Sinderhoeve'is inscribed on the side of a Dutch cottage. Stirlings drop supplies; glider pilots recover a pannier containing 6-pounder ammunition. Next day, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment troops take cover from snipers on the main Utrecht-Arnhem road. The battalion continues its advance towards Oosterbeek and Arnhem. On September 19th, Stirlings drop supplies. Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS prisoners, including teenagers and middle-aged men, are assembled on the Hartenstein Hotel's tennis court. Dutch underground workers arrive at the hotel. Major-General Urquhart, 1st Airborne Division's commander, confers with his chief of staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Mackenzie, on the Hotel Terrace. A Glider Regiment officer chats to the Dutchmen. 1st Light Regiment gunners enter Oosterbeek with their 17-pounder gun and tractor. A Para Sergeant lights a cigarette for a Luftwaffe girl telephonist. The 10th Parachute Battalion is seen in action near the Hartenstein on the division's north-east perimeter. Dakotas drop more supplies. A 1st Borderers three-inch mortar team fires several rounds.
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- Colour: B&W
- Digitised: Yes
- Object_Number: A70 168-2
- Sound: Silent
- 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: Urquhart, Robert Elliott 'Roy' (person) AP.A & Airborne Corps 1 (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Airlanding, 1 (regiment/service) British Army, Border Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Parachute, 1 (regiment/service) British Army, Bde, Parachute, 4 (regiment/service) British Army, Div, Airborne, 1 (regiment/service) British Army, Glider Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Parachute Regiment, 10th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Netherlands Army & PAN [Dutch resistance] (regiment/service) United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service)
- Keywords: aircraft, British - combat: Short Stirling (object name) aircraft, United States - transport: Douglas C-47 Dakota (object name) combat, Allied - airborne attack (object name) combat, Allied - mortar bombardment (object name) operations, British military - routine: digging in (object name) intelligence, military, Allied - briefing (object name) prisoners of war, German - reception (object name) signs, military and civilian (object name) society, Allied military - friendship: fraternisation (object name) supplies, Allied, movement [fa] - misc: para-drop (object name) transport, British military - prime mover: Morris Quad 4x4 tractor (object name) weapons, British - gun [AT]: 6 pounder (object name) weapons, British - gun [AT]: 17 pounder (object name) weapons, British - mortar: 3 inch (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: Sten gun (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: Vickers medium machine gun (object name) Operation Garden 1944, Operation Market Garden 1944, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Netherlands & Oosterbeek (geography)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 365 ft; Running time: 4 mins
- HD Media:Yes
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