Montgomery At West Point (1946)
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- West Point Army Academy, New York & Washington D. C., United States of America (USA).
Close up shot of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (Monty) speaking into mike - poor sound quality. Monty, General Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) and General Omar Bradley in front of mike. Monty continues talking - poor sound quality. Plane landing at airfield. Monty leaving plane and the three are surrounded by dignitaries and press.
Monty arriving to White House in car. Several shots of Monty with American President Harry Truman posing on the steps of the White House. More shots of the two men chatting, press taking photographs, they shake hands several times. Press around White House interviewing the two men. Monty and the President talking to press and walking into house.
Various shots of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery inspecting a guard of honour of West Point cadets, who are in full dress uniform on the airfield. CU. Montgomery standing on the steps of West Point addressing the cadets - natural sound. He is saying that this is his first visit to USA and since he is a soldier it is his honour to be at West Point and address the cadets.
Lavender & Combined.
Information found in the old record - Cuts of 46/75. Natural sound - poor quality.
FILM ID:2345.05
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Today marks the 80th anniversary of Monty's tide-turning victory over Rommel's Afrika Corps at El Alamein, in the North African desert, a little to the west of Cairo, Egypt. Fascinating battle, would love to visit the ground over which it was fought. Despite its being derided by some historians as a foregone conclusion, that is, a British victory, it was a stunning victory nonetheless, thanks to Monty's thorough preparation & intelligent, perceptive generalship. I concur with Churchill's evaluation---"El Alamein may not have marked the beginning of the end of WW2 but it DID signify the end of the beginning." This is great postwar film-footage of 3 military giants of the 20th-century---sadly, mostly unknown today by the younger generations.
Ashame that the audio was so bad on this piece but it's an interesting one, nevertheless.
I have the utmost respect, admiration, and affection for Field Marshal Montgomery.
Very valuable film 🎥 🎞
Great commander .
At last his name Will live forever
OH! And by the way, Truman was an Artillery Officer in WW1. He wore glasses & couid not see well. He snuck into the optometrist's office and memorized the eye chart to pass the vision exam. Truman hated both Patton & General Mc Arthur, who he fired in the Korean War. (1950-53) Douglas Mc Arthur was a battlefield general in WW1 and Patton was on Pershing's staff & a tank unit commander at the battle of St. Michiel, where he was badly wounded. Truman was a haberdasher (hat maker) before the war.
The quality of the noise is horrible
Who previewed this film before they put it on UA-cam? Bad job guys.
Harry Trueman was a tank commander in WW1 I think.
this is a real question did the USA have tanks in ww1
@@terrysmith9362 yes they did towards the ending stage
No, he was in the artillery.
@@Ra111den. The French supplied the Americans with tanks , Renault tanks which was by ww2 standards an armoured car .
Harry Truman commanded an artillery unit. Only the British had tanks during the Great War.
Wrong. The French had too
Terrible sound quality
Eisenhower thought Montgomery was a psychopath.
Monty said of Ike 'nice man, no general'
Terry Smith : Agreed. Eisenhower was a politician.
@@terrysmith9362 Operation Market-garden. Nuff said.
@@alecfoster5542 Oh God read some bloody history ie Charles B McDonald . An American soldier historian . Just google his name and Market Garden and educatr yourself. Dont rely on Hollywood
@@terrysmith9362 Spare me the lecture. I don't rely on Hollywood and I will match my historical knowledge against yours or anyone else's. Thanks for the tip on Chas McDonald. I'll check him out. I always welcome other points of view. In the meantime you can look at Rick Atkinson and Stephen Ambrose, if you have not done so already.
1:44 - embarrassing.
Monty took the center-stage, no room for Truman
Truman almost pulled a Joe Biden there.
Joseph Stalin was not along. ?
Montgomery was a bigger hindrance to the allied war effort than the Germans