Activities of U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. An M5 High Speed Tractor (HST) tows a field gun along a snow covered road. The vehicle skids on the road, and troops throw sand on the road to increase traction. American troops walk on the icy road, including a Browning 1919A4 machine gun crew.
Shows scenes of the Battle of the Bulge near Bastogne, Belgium with U.S. troops of the 101st Airborne Infantry during World War II. An officer seated at a desk and speaking about the invasion. U.S. Army soldiers on a battlefield in Bastogne. Troops move out of a mobilization area. Soldiers look at war equipment and material. The soldiers holding rifles and other equipment. The soldiers aboard trucks. A truck convoy passing on a street at night. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. The soldiers advancing across a field. Buildings in an area. A sign board reads 'Bastogne'. A snow covered area. Soldiers huddle in blankets sitting on snow covered ground. The soldiers firing rifles and bazooka at German positions. A machine gun emplacement in the snow. Frozen bodies of dead American soldiers are removed by U.S. Army soldiers. Bomb damaged buildings in the area. The soldiers firing machine guns and rifles. Smoke from explosions. Night time artillery barrage including rocket launchers firing toward enemy German positions.
A film depicts the Battle of the Bulge in the area of Bastogne, Belgium by U.S. troops during World War II. Belgian civilians are evacuated from an area. Civilians and soldiers in an area. Guns on a field. U.S. aircraft flying in formation to deliver supplies, ammunition, and food to U.S. Army forces including 101st Airborne Infantry soldiers fighting in the battle of the Bulge. Soldiers watching the airplanes through binoculars. Point of view shot from inside a glider hooked via a tow rope to an aircraft in flight, preparing to cut loose for glide to the ground. Aerial view of the target area. The airplanes in flight overhead. Supplies are being dropped via parachutes. View inside supply aircraft as troops push supplies out of doors. Gliders loaded with supplies and equipment landing in a snow covered area in time for Christmas 1944. Combat in the snow with a night artillery barrage by American soldiers firing at the Germans. U.S. soldiers using flame throwers at night directed at Germans. Dead bodies of German soldiers lying on the snow covered battlefield the next day. German prisoners of war standing under the guard of the U.S. soldiers, some of German prisoners found wearing civilian clothing or wearing pieces of U.S. uniforms. The 101st Airborne Infantry soldiers march in a victory celebration in town. A board reads: "Bastogne Bastion of the Battered Bastards of the 101st."
United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers in snow-covered forest near Foy, Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Soldiers setting up machine gun emplacements in open snow-covered field near a forest. A soldier passes a shell to another soldier in foxhole. The soldier in foxhole carefully place the shell. Another soldier emerges from the foxhole. Soldiers testing a machine gun. 101st Airborne troops ride a Jeep along snow-covered road.
United States Army 101st Airborne troops standing under snow-covered trees in forest near Foy, Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. A soldier with a field telephone in foxhole under the trees. Other soldiers surround him. Snow falling in the forest. Troops setting up telephone in the forest. Brig. Gerald J. Higgins, Deputy Division Commander of 101st Airborne talks to officers in the forest. One of the officers hold a map. Brigadier Higgins and officers study map together. Soldier puts down the phone and stands up in front of the officers.
United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers marching in double file along snow-covered road in Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Soldiers march on road between barbed wire fence and snow-covered trees. Soldiers’ boots are covered in snow as they move. Group of officers around field telephone in woods. Brigadier Gerald J Higgins, Deputy Division Commander of 101st Airborne talks to officers in the forest. Brigadier Higgins and officers study map together as snow falls on them.