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Red Devil paratroopers of British 1st Airborne Division, drop into Holland to outflank the German Siegfried Line in World War II
At start, the film shows a formation of American C-47 transport aircraft with paratroopers starting to jump from them during World War 2. Viewed moments later from the ground, the sky is filled with trooper' open chutes, descending. An animated map shows Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. It shows location of the Allied paratroopers drop in Holland, intended to spearhead a drive around the Main River into Germany. The map then shows German forces encircling the paratroopers and the Second British Army heading North to the rescue. Next, a huge number of American Soldiers are seen assembled out of doors in England. Closeup of General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking in a microphone to the assembly. Closeups of soldiers including some who are American Army Air Corps pilots, and other aircrew members, mostly Lieutenants. Senior Paratrooper officers stand at attention in front of formation of troopers with American flag beside them.(Narrator says these were the men who made up the "lost division," heroes who fought alone for seven terrible days.) General Eisenhower makes his way between close ranks of the paratroopers. He is followed by Brigadier General and a Colonel. Lieutenant General Lewis H Bereton also makes his way through the ranks. Scene shifts to a base in England where many British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa gliders are seen with paratroopers heading across the airfield to board. American C-47 aircraft are seen in the background. All aircraft are painted with D-Day stripes. Several British and American paratroop officers review a map together. At a tent camp, A military policeman and two U.S. paratroopers checking their weapons and ammunition. Some troopers sharpen their knives. A trooper is issued Dutch and German money. A British and and American trooper in camouflaged helmets, pose before a glider with a huge British roundel on its side. British paratroopers boarding a Horsa glider, named "Gertie." A Horsa glider moving as it is towed by a British Whitley twin-engine bomber. View from side of runway as the bomber takes off with its towed glider behind. (Narrator comments: "Destination, Holland.") Formations of tow planes and gliders in flight. View of pilot in cockpit of a Whitley bomber. Formations of fighter aircraft in flight overhead. View from inside an aircraft as paratroopers exit through a side door. Sky filled with paratroopers in chutes descending. (Note: This Allied thrust into Holland to launch a drive around the German Siegfried Line was known as the Allied joint American-British "Operation Market Garden," which took place 17 to 25 September 1944, the 7 days referred to by the film Narrator. )
Allied Army paratroopers land at Arnhem Netherlands and advance inwards fighting with enemy during World War II.
United States Army and British Army airlifts paratroopers from England to the border of Holland during World War II. British and American transport airplanes and gliders land near Arnhem Holland (Netherlands). Soldiers, tanks and guns supplies offloaded and soldiers begin fighting with the enemy. Soldiers of Dutch Army aid the Allied forces. Allied soldiers rescue injured soldiers and advance towards enemy lines. Allied soldiers meet with Dutch Resistance or Dutch Underground Army members wearing identifying armbands. Group of German Army prisoners is seen including many young boy soldiers. Allied landing draws attention of German units allowing U.S. Army units to cross border into Germany. American soldiers near a bridge and crossing into Germany. They pass near railroad station at Roetgen Germany. Nazi German prisoners use horse carts and bicycle transport while being led away under Allied guard.
Dutch troops fire guns and march forward to stop a Nazi German invasion in Holland (WW2)
The first image is the Rijksmuseum (Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A uniformed armed Dutch soldier stands guard in front of a building, in World War II. Uniformed Dutch troops carrying luggage and belongings, fill the platform at a train station. Next several, smoking cigarettes, are seen looking out a train window. An open truck transports several troops carrying rifles, along a street. Military vehicles carry troops and equipment across a bridge. A single stack working commercial ship leaves a port. Another ship named "Sumatra" (with two funnels) is tied up at a dock. View from below of two sailors installing a heavy machine deck gun. Sailors raising a torpedo from a barge. Dutch soldiers in battle gear occupy a sand-bagged coastal position, manning a tripod-mounted gun. A coastal artillery gun is seen in a rotating turret. Soldier manning a large searchlight. More coastal defense guns. A soldier with a machine gun in front of a windmill. Soldiers moving along a heavily sand-bagged trench. Lone soldier, with a rifle, occupying a trench.
Bertha Hertogh receives a warm welcome in Holland as she returns from Singapore.
Maria Bertha Hertogh (also known as Nadra binte Ma'arof) arrives at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands after she was kidnapped at 5 and later married to a Muslim in Singapore. 13-year-old Bertha Hertogh returns from Singapore to Amsterdam, Netherlands. She along with her mother Adeline Hunter got off a plane. Bertha being greeted by her father Adrianus Petrus Hertogh. A large crowd gather to welcome her after a great turmoil in Singapore. A sign at a doorway reads 'Welkom’. People wave to Bertha.
Geography, people and way of life of Netherlands immediately before World War 2.
Excerpt from "The Netherlands -- A Country Claimed from the Sea." Map of Europe outlines the Netherlands including North and South Holland. Windmill near a water canal. Dutch man and children in native costumes. A busy city street. Dutch men, women, and teenagers on bicycles along with various cars and road traffic passing by. Vehicular traffic. View of a canal. A large steam ship passes under a canal bridge and after passing under, it erects its main smoke stack that had been pulled down or retracted to clear under the bridge.
People gather to take a guided tour during the opening of Madurodam in the Netherlands.
People gather for the spring opening of Madurodam, a miniature park located in Scheveningen district of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The village is also described as the 'Lilliput of the lowlands in Holland' by the narrator. Two children observe moving miniature cars on the model road in Madurodam (George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ Den Haag, Netherlands). Small model houses in the small-scale surroundings, visited by people gathered for the opening. The crowd watches as a tall actor playing as 'Gulliver' awakes from his slumber. Gulliver gives children a tour of Madurodam. People observe a bridge amidst the model village as a train passes over it.
