U.S. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, preparing to depart for rest at Camp Mourmelon, France, following Operation Market Garden, in World War 2. They assemble near the Waal River at Nijmegen, Holland and are seen boarding open army trucks. Some children watch. The troopers are in obvious good spirits. View from a boat of some trucks driving away. The narrow dirt road seems to be on some sort of earthen dike. Troopers pack themselves into a truck, the tail gate is closed, and they drive away. More paratroopers board canvas covered troop trucks
British Royal Marines in Holland during World War II. Burning and rubbled buildings and houses in an area. British Marines advance. German prisoners at work under British guard, and wounded being carried on stretchers. A German prisoner acting as a litter bearer with three British Marines. Medics bandaging a wounded British soldier with a wounded upper leg. The Germans, under armed British guard, carry salvage material.
Construction of roads in Holland during World War 2, by U.S. Army engineers. Swampy mud blocks the traffic. Soldiers shoveling mud. Trucks and equipment stuck in mud, with wheels spinning. United States soldiers move the mud with rolling equipment. Soldier in a jeep crosses the muddy area. U.S. army engineers work with rolling equipment. They stand on the rolling equipment to push the mud out of the way. Soldiers try to pull a jeep out of the mud. Engineers cut down trees and fit wood logs to make corduroy road. Vehicles pass over the bridge. Traffic restored and trucks and armor including tanks continue their advance toward Germany. Close-up view of U.S. Army soldiers smoking cigarettes, cooking their K-rations over a wood fire, and then eating. One soldier takes a bite of food and shakes his head conveying that it does not taste good.
As film begins, it shows three American paratroopers with a map, kneeling in a farm field, in Holland, during world War 2. They are consulting two local women kneeling beside them, who point it two directions. They all look up, aware of the camera. A Waco CG-4 glider is in the background, with its front hatch opened. Several paratroopers stand near it. Momentary glimpse of several troopers walking across the field toward their glider. Scene jumps back to the troopers and women, and then back, again, to troopers walking toward the glider. A local man ducks under the camera as it records the troopers crossing the field. Closer view of troopers gathered around the glider (its front hatch is closed), along with several local people, including the three women seen earlier. Soon, local people, including many youth gather around a trooper in a jeep that got stuck in a ditch. They try to free it. Several troopers ride in a horse-drawn cart. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers is seen inflight overhead. Scene shifts back to troopers in the horse-drawn cart. Local youth with bicycles stand watching them. Remainder of the film shows various views of supplies and equipment being dropped by parachutes from the B-24s.
Flails being used on United States tanks in Holland during World War II. Scottish troops operate Sherman M-4 tanks equipped with flails. The tanks set off detonation charges. A revolving flail on an M-4 Tank.
Flails being used on United States tanks in Holland during World War II. Scottish troops operate Sherman M-4 tanks equipped with flails. A revolving flail on an M-4 tank. A U.S. Sherman tank with a flail comes down a slope and moves on an open field.
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