XXX Corps and American troops rebuild the Son Bridge after it was blown. As a result, they are delayed on the way to Arnhem. From the movie "A Bridge Too Far"
I love the music when the tanks are pushing their advance. It makes it seem that they could make it to Arnhem bridge in time to save the British Paratroopers..
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-Hey, soldier! Get over here! -Yes, sir. -And pull up this rope! -Yes, sir. -Have you ever build a Bailey bridge before? -No, sir. -Neither do I.
It's always amused me, the American airborne officer stamping around telling the sappers how to do their job. I'm surprised no-one 'accidentally' nudged him into the river.
This scene is moral booster to me. Anytime i feel like giving up on something i focused on this scene. I named any tough achieved assignment "Bridge too far'
A "Bridge Too Far" to me is any complex project that multiple dependencies, involving multiple organizations, that has to finish be finished by a tight deadline with little room for any sort of delays.
A good side story to this is that the 101st captured the telephone exchange in the town and were able to talk to the engineers of XXX Corps directly without the problematic radios.They made radio contact and told them to find a telephone and call"SON 244".
Everytime I see this movie I always have that hope maybe they'll make it to Arhem after all......If a few things went the other way this operation would have changed the war.
A big error that continues to perpetrate the myth that XXX Corps were too slow occurs at the 4:18 mark, give or take a second. The US commander says that they are 36 hours behind schedule. They weren't. The delay in the bridge at Son was 14 hours, and most of this time was made up between Eindhoven and Grave. They were not 36 hours behind schedule until AFTER they worked with the 82nd AB to clear Nijmegen.
I agree, in fact it was the delay caused by the 82nd not capturing Nijmegen that caused the problem. What bugs me though is when they do take the bridge it was the Americans ( who had just slogged it across the river) who said they were not going further, not the tanks who needed the infantry help.
@@alexwatson5314 to be fair, the British tanks that had moved as far as Lent did have to stop. They never stopped for tea! That myths NEEDS to be put to bed once and for all!!! Unlike what is portrayed in the movie, they had expended almost all of their ammunition, had no accompanying infantry of their own, one tank was damaged (with a mix of British and American crew members, as some of the crew positions were filled by 82nd AB who had had some exposure to M4s). It was also well into the night at this stage. There was no way that four tanks with no infantry or ammunition are going to go headlong up a pitch-black, unknown road. Carrington was correct in making the call that they had to stay put.
@@sean640307 thank you for clearing correcting me. Do you know where I can read up on it further? I enjoy looking into the British divisions during WW2 and would greatly appreciate suggestions.
@@alexwatson5314 these are the books that I have in my own personal library. My sources on Market Garden are as follows: "A Bridge Too Far" (C Ryan), "It Never Snows in September" (R Kershaw), "Lost at Nijmegen" (R G Poullussen), "Battle for the Rhine 1944" (R Neillands), "German Armored Units in Arnhem September 1944" (M Zwarts), "Operation Market-Garden Then and Now" Vol 1 & 2 (Margry), "Arnhem 1944 - The Airborne Battle" (M Middlebrook), "Arnhem Air Reconaissance" (S Ritchie), "Arnhem Myth and Reality" (S Ritchie), "The Siegfried Line" (C MacDonald), "A Drop Too Many" (Frost), "Arnhem" (Urquhart), "Operation Market Garden" (J Buckley & P Preston-Hough), "Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945" (L Clark), "On to Berlin" (Gen. James Gavin), "A Bridge At Arnhem" (C Whiting) as well as having links to the operational orders for 82nd AB in general, and the 508th PIR (82nd AB) specifically. In addition, this is a link to the official US military history article on Market Garden... history.army.mil/books/70-7_19.htm You may find this link interesting, too.... marketgarden.com/2010/UK/statistics/statis1.html
@mpjrdldn On a semi-related note, there's my favorite line from the movie "Casablanca." It's from the scene where the German officer is telling Rick that Germany might someday invade America, to which Rick responds, "There are some neighborhoods in New York City I suggest you not invade."
American paratroopers were trained to fight with all weapons, including German weapons, too. When the 82nd captured the Nijmegen bridge and the British tankers refused to advance, the American Major, Julian Cook, that led the assault said if they were American troops in Arnhem, his troops would have forced the British tankers out of their tanks and would have attempted to relieve them.
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Move it! Come on, soldier! You’re not building a sandcastle, move it!
There was no delay at Son because of the building of the replacement Bailey bridge - it was done entirely during the hours of darkness when it was doctrine not to advance tanks in enemy territory, so the tanks would have laagered overnight somewhere in the 101st Airborne area anyway. There was a 15-mile gap between the 101st at Veghel and the 82nd at Grave. Elliot Gould's Colonel Bobby Stout was based on Colonel Robert Sink of the 506th PIR, and he had nothing to do with the bridging operation at Son - he was in Eindhoven with most of his regiment. Gould's "36 hours behind schedule" line is misleading - that delay occurred later at Nijmegen where the 82nd had not secured the undefended Waal bridge on the first day, a blunder not mentioned in the Hollywood film because it was made for the American market. Source: Bridging The Club Route - Guards Armoured Division’s Engineers During Operation Market Garden, John Sliz (2015, 2016)
There is a full version of A Bridge too far on youtube, in that one i think it is the original version, because the he says "Roll the fuckers." I think that when they put it on DVD they changed it to Roll it, fellas i dont know why.
@mpjrdldn I think I read that Allied troops felt the same way when American troops came over for WWI. Actually that reminds me of a great scene in "The Lost Battalion" where an American POW tells a German officer who he's facing, summarizing them as "big city gangsters."
Actually, if was not their fault that the Allies were defeated in Operation Market-Garden. The Germans sent in their best-trained fighting units, including the famous parachute regiment.
I love the music when the tanks are pushing their advance. It makes it seem that they could make it to Arnhem bridge in time to save the British Paratroopers..
-Hey, soldier! Get over here!
-Yes, sir.
-And pull up this rope!
-Yes, sir.
-Have you ever build a Bailey bridge before?
-No, sir.
-Neither do I.
It's always amused me, the American airborne officer stamping around telling the sappers how to do their job. I'm surprised no-one 'accidentally' nudged him into the river.
This scene is moral booster to me. Anytime i feel like giving up on something i focused on this scene.
I named any tough achieved assignment "Bridge too far'
A "Bridge Too Far" to me is any complex project that multiple dependencies, involving multiple organizations, that has to finish be finished by a tight deadline with little room for any sort of delays.
A good side story to this is that the 101st captured the telephone exchange in the town and were able to talk to the engineers of XXX Corps directly without the problematic radios.They made radio contact and told them to find a telephone and call"SON 244".
When you refer to Bailey crap I take it you mean that glorious, precision-made, British-built bridge which is the envy of the civilized world?
The LAV 25 has driven itself across a river to ask you a question about your lovely bridges.
Proud that I actually got to put a Bailey together in 12B training.
Probably my favourite scene in the entire movie. Catchy tune, great montage and some funny dialogue.
cool! this is one of my favorite scenes from this movie. bristish and american soldiers building a bridge together. the music is so awesome too
The pride of Combat Engineers building a bailey bridge as fast as you can.
“Roll The Fuckers!”
Everytime I see this movie I always have that hope maybe they'll make it to Arhem after all......If a few things went the other way this operation would have changed the war.
Same here 😔
Come on, boys! We're not doing this for fun!
Nö, for a movie!
A big error that continues to perpetrate the myth that XXX Corps were too slow occurs at the 4:18 mark, give or take a second. The US commander says that they are 36 hours behind schedule. They weren't. The delay in the bridge at Son was 14 hours, and most of this time was made up between Eindhoven and Grave. They were not 36 hours behind schedule until AFTER they worked with the 82nd AB to clear Nijmegen.
I agree, in fact it was the delay caused by the 82nd not capturing Nijmegen that caused the problem. What bugs me though is when they do take the bridge it was the Americans ( who had just slogged it across the river) who said they were not going further, not the tanks who needed the infantry help.
@@alexwatson5314 to be fair, the British tanks that had moved as far as Lent did have to stop. They never stopped for tea! That myths NEEDS to be put to bed once and for all!!! Unlike what is portrayed in the movie, they had expended almost all of their ammunition, had no accompanying infantry of their own, one tank was damaged (with a mix of British and American crew members, as some of the crew positions were filled by 82nd AB who had had some exposure to M4s). It was also well into the night at this stage. There was no way that four tanks with no infantry or ammunition are going to go headlong up a pitch-black, unknown road. Carrington was correct in making the call that they had to stay put.
@@sean640307 thank you for clearing correcting me. Do you know where I can read up on it further? I enjoy looking into the British divisions during WW2 and would greatly appreciate suggestions.
@@alexwatson5314 these are the books that I have in my own personal library.
My sources on Market Garden are as follows:
"A Bridge Too Far" (C Ryan),
"It Never Snows in September" (R Kershaw),
"Lost at Nijmegen" (R G Poullussen),
"Battle for the Rhine 1944" (R Neillands),
"German Armored Units in Arnhem September 1944" (M Zwarts),
"Operation Market-Garden Then and Now" Vol 1 & 2 (Margry),
"Arnhem 1944 - The Airborne Battle" (M Middlebrook),
"Arnhem Air Reconaissance" (S Ritchie),
"Arnhem Myth and Reality" (S Ritchie),
"The Siegfried Line" (C MacDonald),
"A Drop Too Many" (Frost),
"Arnhem" (Urquhart),
"Operation Market Garden" (J Buckley & P Preston-Hough),
"Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945" (L Clark),
"On to Berlin" (Gen. James Gavin),
"A Bridge At Arnhem" (C Whiting)
as well as having links to the operational orders for 82nd AB in general, and the 508th PIR (82nd AB) specifically.
In addition, this is a link to the official US military history article on Market Garden...
history.army.mil/books/70-7_19.htm
You may find this link interesting, too....
marketgarden.com/2010/UK/statistics/statis1.html
i love the traffic lights at the end, its like they said screw it leave it there
Right at the end - a red light ? 🙈
Always chokes me up watching the US paras waving at the British troops as they drive by
@mpjrdldn On a semi-related note, there's my favorite line from the movie "Casablanca." It's from the scene where the German officer is telling Rick that Germany might someday invade America, to which Rick responds, "There are some neighborhoods in New York City I suggest you not invade."
American paratroopers were trained to fight with all weapons, including German weapons, too. When the 82nd captured the Nijmegen bridge and the British tankers refused to advance, the American Major, Julian Cook, that led the assault said if they were American troops in Arnhem, his troops would have forced the British tankers out of their tanks and would have attempted to relieve them.
Move it! Come on, soldier! You’re not building a sandcastle, move it!
The music in this scene gets me pumpin, ya know like "powerhouse"
There was no delay at Son because of the building of the replacement Bailey bridge - it was done entirely during the hours of darkness when it was doctrine not to advance tanks in enemy territory, so the tanks would have laagered overnight somewhere in the 101st Airborne area anyway. There was a 15-mile gap between the 101st at Veghel and the 82nd at Grave.
Elliot Gould's Colonel Bobby Stout was based on Colonel Robert Sink of the 506th PIR, and he had nothing to do with the bridging operation at Son - he was in Eindhoven with most of his regiment. Gould's "36 hours behind schedule" line is misleading - that delay occurred later at Nijmegen where the 82nd had not secured the undefended Waal bridge on the first day, a blunder not mentioned in the Hollywood film because it was made for the American market.
Source:
Bridging The Club Route - Guards Armoured Division’s Engineers During Operation Market Garden, John Sliz (2015, 2016)
probably my favourite part of the film :)
This motivates me to do work.
I was 10 years late.
Come on, soldier! Pound it! Pound it! We've got a schedule to meet!
In the book " Having fought hard to secure their objectives, the men of the 101st stood up and cheered as the mighty mass of 30th Corps swept by..."
'Have you ever been liberated'? 'I've been divorced twice, does that count?' 'Yes, that counts'.
@mamonycabron "Right c'mon, all aboard!" / "Let's get movin' again!"
Best movie
There is a full version of A Bridge too far on youtube, in that one i think it is the original version, because the he says "Roll the fuckers." I think that when they put it on DVD they changed it to Roll it, fellas i dont know why.
never build a goddam baily bridge before?
Are you winning Son?
Come on! Push!
@mpjrdldn I think I read that Allied troops felt the same way when American troops came over for WWI.
Actually that reminds me of a great scene in "The Lost Battalion" where an American POW tells a German officer who he's facing, summarizing them as "big city gangsters."
Clear the way! Clear! Clear! Clear!
the full version is on the the suggestions thing to the right of the video
the time is 1.45.40 i think
*ROLL IT, FELLAS!!!*
@mamonycabron "Roll it, fellas!"
Alright, come on! All aboard!
Reminds me of in Predator when they get topless and build the traps
@mamonycabron Roll it fellas
It's a quote from the Simpsons when Fat Homer tried to get into the movie theatre, but there wasn't a seat big enough for him.
Actually, if was not their fault that the Allies were defeated in Operation Market-Garden. The Germans sent in their best-trained fighting units, including the famous parachute regiment.
You mean the remnants of two fallschiemjager regiments that were badly mauled in Normandy?
Colonel Sink is the father of Ross in the TV show Friends
4:45 General Maxwell Taylor
Nice to see comradery between us yanks and the brits. Usually always bickering at each other over nonsense.
What's the name of the American general in this scene?
General Maxwell Taylor
I spelt 'British' wrong. Damn >.
How bf5 should of looked like when building lol
Unfortunatewly, the movie don't show german's POW who were taken to build the bridge.