A Bridge Too Far (1977) ♡ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING!

[@Centane]

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[@mz3912]

the hotel is now a museum pretty good one too

[@ScarriorIII]

Wahai, Mohammad!

[@nothernmonkey8612]

May I suggest reacting to TO HELL AND BACK a true story about Audie Murphy. He was the most decorated American soldier of WW2 after the war he became a Hollywood movie star and made 44 movie's. One of them being TO HELL AND BACK so he play's himself in his own life story. Sadly Audie passed away in a plane crash REACH FOR THE SKY is about Douglas Bader a RAF pilot who was a double amputee he lost both legs in a crash before the war had started but became a LEGEND

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

Generally considered to be among the most historically accurate war films, some others are DAS BOOT (1981), the director's cut of TORA, TORA, TORA (1970) and THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969). The Oscar-winning PATTON (1970) is also good but it's more of a biopic. : )

[@JG-fv9bv]

You should definitely react to "Jeremy Clarkson What It Takes To Win A Victoria Cross Documnetary" .... it tells the actual story of this battle , the men that fought it and about the Victoria Cross

[@schnubbel76]

The cast is sick, the most famous and best actors of that time if not all times.

[@dukeemzworth3005]

Only 'The Longest Day' comes anywhere close.

[@McPh1741]

So awesome you are watching this. One of the last big production movies, no CGI, no green screens. Like the war movie "Waterloo", everything is really on screen.

[@douglasspencer745]

And I believe at least one Paratrooper died in the film, when his Shute didn’t open.

[@countgeekula9143]

I love this movie. The cast is insane and the scale and size of the production never ceases to amaze. No cgi back then just real people, equipment, sets and locations. Immense.

[@noneofyourbusiness9489]

The music being so cheerful mostly was deliberate. The composer actually fought in the battle, It's supposed to show how optimistic everyone was that Market Garden would end the war, and how those hopes were crushed,

[@hoosieryank6731]

He was in a Sherman in Western Europe. It got hit; not everyone made it out. He deliberately made the music as a tribute to them.

[@douglascampbell9809]

There is a new bridge named De Oversteek in Nijmegen.
The bridge incorporates 48 pairs of street lights, one for each American soldier who died in the crossing.
Every sunset the pairs of lights on the bridge illuminate at the pace of a slow march from the South bank to the North.
The same direction the soldiers frantically paddled in canvas dinghies
Since Oct. 19, 2014, a Dutch veteran has walked across the bridge, starting at a memorial on the south bank ending on the opposite bank.
When the Dutch military veterans started the Sunset March, a veteran would walk alone across the bridge at first.
Word spread and locals would join the lone marcher.
People from all over the world learned about this and contacted the organizers of the march, asking if they could walk in silence alongside the veteran.

[@dukeemzworth3005]

The Arnhem bridge over the Lower Rhine river is now called the John Frost Bridge, named after Lt.Colonel (later Major General) John Dutton Frost (played by Anthony Hopkins).

[@Niinsa62]

The Red Devils at Arnhem. Iconic. I read that when one of the British paratroopers was captured by the Germans, when the fighting was over, one German soldier told him "I have fought in towns before, and it is a very difficult kind of fighting. I can see that you British paratroopers are very skilled fighters in this kind of environment. I am impressed". And the British paratrooper answered truthfully, "We've never done this kind of fighting before. Wait until we get the hang of it!"

[@adarael]

"We haven't the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry!"
'What?!'
"We'd like to, but we can't accept your surrender! Was there anything else?"

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

Lt. Col. Frost was a legend.

[@nigelbevan8449]

Almost similar to a Monty Python sketch.

[@swunt10]

@@GeraldH-ln4dv The quote is made up....

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

@@swunt10 Excuse me? Which quote? I didn't quote anyone. Go away troll.

[@petersvillage7447]

@@nigelbevan8449 And yet also worthy of the Spartans...

[@rschroev]

You might remember this operation, Market Garden, from Band of Brothers. Episode 4 "Replacements" depicted Easy Company jumping in Holland, passing through Eindhoven (with people celebatring the liberation prematurely with all the orange flags), Bull getting shot and finding himself behind enemy lines but finding a way back. Episode 5 "Crossroads" told some of the aftermath, with Easy Company saving a number of British troops who were stranded on the wrong side of the river.

[@dernwine]

The people of Eindhoven didn't prematurely celebrate their liberation, Eindhoven remained in allied hands.

[@rschroev]

@@dernwine Then that's one of the points where Band of Brothers is not completely true to history (in the series, Winters says "They're bombing Eindhoven" some time after the celebrations).

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Episode 4 of Band of Brothers is quite inaccurate and gets the British unit wrong. It gives the false impression the Germans won at Nuenen, when they did not. Panzer Brigade 107 was forced to retreat that day and was no longer a threat to the Bailey Bridge at Son. The British 44th Royal Tank Regiment actually gave as good as it got and the British tankers were not the clueless bumbling idiots as portrayed. They were in fact far more experienced and battle hardened than the 101st Airborne was at the time.

[@dernwine]

@@rschroev Do you know what bombing is? London was never occupied by the Germans, yet was bombed throughout the war.

[@stevenmac993]

@@lyndoncmp5751 There is a scene in BoB where a British tank commander refuses to shoot a building because it is 'private property'. That never happened. It just seems to have been put in to make the British look pompous. By this point, the RAF had been laying waste to whole swathes of 'private property' so it doesn't make sense.

[@ColdWarShot]

One key issue with the film. Richard Attenborough, the Director (he plays Mr Hammond in Jurassic Park) was very critical of Field Marshal Montgomery but feared that if he portrayed Montgomery, a revered figure rivaling Winston Churchill in popularity in such a negative light he’d risk severe backlash, so he used General Browning as Monty’s mouthpiece, in the film.
The real General Browning was never comfortable with the plan, and was not cavalier at all about the various warning signs, like you see in the film. The actor who played him, Dirk Bogarde, was in fact an aide to General Browning during Market Garden and protested the portrayal, which he saw as making his commanding officer a scapegoat for the failure.
Lastly, the quote “I’ve always thought we were going a bridge too far” was a real quote from Browning, but because of how they portrayed him in the film it seems to suddenly come from nowhere since all we see is blind optimism and enthusiasm for the plan.
That out of the way, some fun trivia!
Several actors met with their real counterparts. Anthony Hopkins met the real Colonel Frost and the fox horn he used was the actual one carried by Frost.
Michael Caine requested (demanded) that several pieces of dialogue be changed to reflect the actual things Vandeleur said, including the “Right, let’s get moving then”
Edward Fox is probably the most fascinating. He was long time friends with the real Brian Horrocks well before the film was ever made. When he learned about the film, he begged to play his friend, and of course, got the part. To this day Edward Fox considers this role his favorite of all time.

[@dukeemzworth3005]

Dame Daphne du Maurier, novelist/playwright and wife of General Browning protested his depiction in the movie.

[@ducomaritiem7160]

My parents were children during the war, but they knew what was going on, they still remembered after so many years the messages about Arnhem and the battle going on there. My parents suffered terribly on lack of food, starvation and bombardments. My mothers saw jews rounded up, being dragged out of their houses, never to return alive. It still hunts her today... (88 yo)

[@NecramoniumVideo]

My grandmother survived the war while in Nijmegen, she rarely talked about it, but when she got dementia, she sometimes got talking, how she saw a friend of hier (she was the same age as Anne Frank), just get shot in the street by the Germans, how her father was thrown in a work camp and how Jewish prisoners were treated worse than dogs.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Yes those stories need to be told again. Many collage young don't know about or heard those stories. So the are pro Hamas not realizing they support Nazis ideas.

[@joelinasia8401]

My grandfather flew a Douglas C-47 Skytrain in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was based in England during the latter half of WW2. He participated in dropping paratroops on D-Day, Market-Garden, and also during the crossing of the Rhine operation afterwards. His squadron was also involved in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp just prior to the end of the war in Europe. He stayed in Europe for over a year after VE-Day flying people who had been displaced by the war home because so much of the infrastructure was destroyed. He and I watched this movie together several times and it was fun to watch you discover it. Hard to find a movie with a better cast and the effects were amazing for the era, considering there was ZERO CGI.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

It would have been cool if yout dad was in the Berlin Airlift.

[@banzi403]

did he fly on d day? My dad was a paratrooper in the d day first wave✌️

[@joelinasia8401]

@@banzi403 Uh, yes

[@gmf121266]

Von Rundstedt was informed that he had yet to lose to a battle. He responded, "there is time! I'm still young enough to experience a defeat."
I personally think this quote should be memorised by all generals and commanders.

[@donuttech635]

I loved this movie, saw it when it came out. Went to the theater to watch it, walked out and realized it was more than the normal 2 hr long movie. When this came out I was in high school, little did I know at the time, after I would graduate I would learn how to build the Bailey Bridge, I was just another reason I joined the Army.

[@eZTarg8mk2]

The story of what was happening with Anthony Hopkins group is so much wilder than depicted. There's a very good documentary on the Victoria Cross that gives a better rundown of what happened, written and presented by Jeremy Clarkson (free to watch on youtube).

[@McPh1741]

The soldier with the umbrella was a homage the real soldier who fought that same battle named Digby Tatham-Warter. In real life, he survived the battle and taken prisoner but later escaped. Digby’s time in WW2 deserves its own movie. If you have time, look him up.

[@dukeemzworth3005]

Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter, who fought in the Second World War was famed for wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella into battle as a means of identification because he had trouble remembering passwords and felt that anyone who saw him with it would think that "only a bloody fool of an Englishman" would carry an umbrella into battle.
He disabled a German armoured car with his umbrella, incapacitating the driver by shoving the umbrella through the car's observational slit and poking the driver in the eye.
Digby later noticed the chaplain pinned down by enemy fire while trying to cross the street to get to injured soldiers. Digby got to him and said "Don't worry about the bullets, I've got an umbrella". He then escorted the chaplain across the street under his umbrella. When he returned to the front line, one of his fellow officers said about his umbrella that "that thing won't do you any good", to which Digby replied "Oh my goodness Pat, but what if it rains?"

[@Shoomer1988]

The purple smoke was to mark a target for the air support.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Damn you beat me to it. But I can add the P47s Thunderbolts

[@bobschenkel7921]

"A Bridge Too Far" has an amazing cast, from Sean Connery to Anthony Hopkins to Michael Caine to James Caan to Sir Laurence Olivier to Liv Ulmann to Gen Hackman to Ryan O'Neal to even John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff on the TV show "Cheers". And a truly epic scale with the massive air drop, all real Paratroopers, no CGI in 1977. A great war, anti-war movie.

[@ericj166]

" Was there anything else ? " - great line.

[@jamesskyway6746]

i liked this movie so much i sat thru two showings of it. I saw it when it first was released in 1977. I went to the early show in the theatre and i stayed over and sat through the next showing.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I saw it in ‘77, and seem to remember a re-release, maybe in ‘79 or so? I also seem to remember an intermission, but for the life of me can’t remember if it was this movie, or another, or maybe the re-release.
Funny how the decades fog things up.

[@jorluo]

Edward Fox's performance as Lieutenant General Brian G. Horrocks has always been one of my favorites in this film.

[@SuperVonKiller]

Holy Smokes, someone finally reacted to A Bridge Too Far! Starring... EVERYBODY!!!

[@jesusfernandezgarcia9449]

You see, those of us of an age knew Hopkins before he bit people, not to mention so many others who come out here.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

The Lion in Winter (1968) Young Hopkins along with Timothy Dalton almost a teenager

[@jesusfernandezgarcia9449]

@@simonfrederiksen104 A great film.

[@ailouros6669]

The Looking Glass War was a good one too!

[@simonfrederiksen104]

@@ailouros6669 Thanks for reminding me of The Looking Glass War, it's been ages since I've seen it!

[@chrisbanks6659]

Great cmment. 😂

[@Bobamawesome]

This was such a good movie. Criminally underrated.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I actually think it was well rated--I always thought it a classy production

[@nataliestclair6176]

Again the word underrated is the most incorrectly used word in UA-cam comments. This movie was never underrated at all. Critics didn't like it but it was a box office successes, considered one of the best movies released in 1977, and won several British film awards and was nominated for best picture for the British Academy Awards.
When it was first released on television it was released as a 2 night event due to the films length and both nights it was the highest rated amd most watched show on television.
It was never an underrated film

[@longago-igo]

It was #5 at the worldwide box office behind Star Wars (1), Smokey and the Bandit (2), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3) and Saturday Night Fever (4). The public seems to have liked it well enough.

[@N1Zer0]

I think he means most people prefer watching victories rather than a real blunder.
I like this movie alot. Star-studded cast and a pretty large budget. They were not afraid to show how the operation failed.

[@phillydelphia8760]

I'd say the major issue with this film is the historical inaccuracies in relation to the actual people and what really happened in places.
My grandfather was around Arnhem for this operation, so I've done my fair share of reading about it.
I'll be kind and say the film makers had ideas that didn't line up with the reality of the situation at all.
But, as a piece of entertainment it's fantastic.

[@waratahdavid696]

I'd forgotten how A grade the cast was. Pretty much every face, top shelf.

[@hillbillysimmer7120]

The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far were based on books by Cornelius Ryan. The last book in the series was called The Final Battle. I recommend all of those books, and encourage you to read them. There is so much detail that the movies missed.

[@joelinasia8401]

Ryan interviewed thousands of people and incorporated their stories into epics. Great reading, and the kind of books where you can just grab em and open to a random page and just start reading.

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

My favourite thing about all of centane's reaction, is her "uh oh" 😂 I absolutely love it. Hahah

[@2steelshells]

Our greatest generation are passing now.seeing these dramatized films are a way for us to appreciate my parents generation,and the dignity of the sacrifices made for all of us today.

[@twoheart7813]

A significant historical event told in movie fashion, a good movie with a great cast. Enjoyed your reaction per usual.

[@jeromedeparis]

If you want to see a great war movie, I recommend "Das Boot" about a German submarine during World War II. (1981)

[@ralflukas8469]

"Das Boot" is considered to be the best submarine film ever made to this day, even by former sailors who served on modern submarines. Best version is the directors cut and please the original German with subtitles. It was nominated for six Academy Awards. There is an English dubbed version but its terrible, so please do not use this.

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

This movie is one of my favorite WWII movies and my favorite performance is Anthony Hopkins' small role as Lt. Colonel Frost, who commanded the only unit to make it to Arnhem bridge. There were supposed to be around 9,000 men to hold the bridge, but only Frost got there with the 745 paratroopers in his battalion, surrounded by the entire II SS Panzercorps of around 7,000 and their tanks. Even so they held out for 4 days.

[@donhimmelman1736]

i remember my dad taking me to see this when i was 16, it was a rare thing to see a movie that long in the theater.

[@dmprotector]

Hi. To answer your question about parachute drops : Yes, it is painful... at least with those old round parachutes. I talked with several veterans of parachute regiments and some of them were old enough to have used both the "traditionnal" round parachute and the more recent rectangular ones. The problem with the round parachutes was that (unlike their rectangular counterparts) they had no brakes allowing you to slow down your descent right before landing... So, with the round parachutes, you had to "fall and roll" upon touching the ground or your could easily break a (or even both) leg(s).

[@actaeon299]

And they knew, there was a certain percentage of injuries inevitable, just from the landing.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Ah yes the old T 10 parachutes. And why the drop zones on Fort Bragg are sand. And can't steer those old babies as well.

[@dougmoodie8713]

The military parachute is just a delivery system designed to get you to the ground relatively fast and safely, a great deal of training time is spent on how to land and perform the PLF, the parachute landing fall. I’ve done hundreds of perfect ones in training, but have no idea if my actual landings were good, i simply arrived at great speeds, usually in a heap, and if i walked away it was good enough for me. I still do it at 58 for the anniversaries in Normandy and Arnhem and I suffer for it, as im no longer made of rubber like i was when I started 😅. My dad was a WW2 paratrooper, 6th Airborne division, and finished in 1966, my mum was a parachute packer in the R.A.F, myself and 3 brothers followed dad into the paras.
There’s another film about this battle is Theirs is the glory, made just after the war and in the actual locations, using the soldiers who were there actually playing themselves. Great movie

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

​@@dougmoodie8713thanks I could not remember the title to that film. I thought that was a documentary about the battle.

[@dougmoodie8713]

@@GrantWaller.-hf6jn not a documentary as such, just a retelling of the action using the real troops and location

[@jamielandis4308]

Always a favorite. It’s great that you’re watching it. Future WW II movies are “Tora! Tora! Tora!” And “Midway” (1976).

[@banzi403]

Add to the list the comedy war movie "Kelly's heroes"

[@petersvillage7447]

Tora! Tora! Tora! should be obligatory viewing just to show what can be done without CGI - the images of stuntmen running for their lives from cartwheeling fragments of aeroplane etc are just astonishing...

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

5:19 I was a medic in the 3ID in Desert Storm. The "Sturm and Drang," when we deployed from Germany to Iraq elevated each day, I was I Iraq. Combat is surreal and waiting for combat is somehow worse. My entire tour was at front lines. That was a long time ago. I was in combat and got the CMB.

[@ath3lwulf533]

If we are doing old films Cross of Iron is right up there

[@justme7185]

The colored smoke enabled the tank crews to differentiate their shots from others in the chaos of the battlefield. Ships would do this too, and anti-aircraft guns as well.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

The coloured smoke was to indicate targets for air support.

[@dernwine]

@@justme7185 nope. Its to mark the target for bombing runs. Actual HE and AT rounds do not produce smoke like that.

[@fasteddie406]

Few minutes in the movie prior to purple smoke been used LT Gen Horrocks told Vandalar(Michael Caine) to fire purple for air support. please excuse name spelling.

[@Chris-fd9er]

You do good war movie reactions. You should try Patton; it received 4 Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor.

[@ScarriorIII]

If want a movie similar to this that also is currently relevant, I would recommend Gettysburg (1993). So many excellent character performances.

[@hartspot009]

Your reactions are like sitting with a friend...comfortable and cozy. Thank you for that!

[@Centane]

Wow, thank you!🩷

[@wesleyy2502]

Such a good movie the cast and practical effects as well.

[@markanderson9059]

This was General Montgomery's idea for glory to end the war. He was a very impatient leader.
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[@FuriousGinger76]

Monty was the opposite of impatient. Churchill and other allied commanders were often annoyed by his caution and insistance on complete prepardness of men and material before any action! Patton was the impatient leader.

[@rg3388]

I remember once stumbling on this film in progress while channel surfing. There was a figure too far in the distance to recognize by his face. But I recognized him as Anthony Hopkins just by his momentary pose.

[@Airwolf515]

Hey everyone did you see Ross and Monica's father from "FRIENDS"? He was the 101st Airborne officer leading the foot charge toward the Son Bridge before it blew up and went up to Michael Caine at a nearby Dutch town saying, "American ingenuity".....and be sure to say "PLEASE" to his radio operator.

[@davidclarke7122]

If you do want a slightly lighter movie set in WW2, check out "" Kelly's Heroes" 1970, it's a heist movie in Wartime.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Most enjoyable and entertaining war movie ever in my view.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Oh yes growing up in the 70s. It was a late night treat to watch the Saturday night late show when Kelly's Heros was on. And Midway as well the only times my homework was done.

[@charlesballard5251]

It pleased me to no end that you mentioned the soundtrack a few times. I have it on CD. It is MAGNIFICENT!!!!

[@bjornh4664]

The movie "Theirs Is the Glory" can be found here on UA-cam. It's from 1946, shot on location using some real German tanks, and with several veterans of the battle playing themselves. It's about 76 minutes long and worth the watch.

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Cornelius Ryan wrote The Longest Day and followed it with A Bridge Too Far. Just like the way The Longest Day was written, A Bridge Too Far is seen through many eyes, the Allies, the Germans and the Dutch Resistance. Like The Longest Day, with a large cast, many legendary actors. Some young actors like Nicholas Campbell (Capt. Glass) and John Ratzenberger (Cliff of Cheers and Toy Story) will go on to have long careers. Sean Connery (James Bond) appeared in both films in different roles. Did you recognize Hannibal Lecter of Silence of the Lambs leading the British paratroopers against Arnhem Bridge?

[@joelinasia8401]

Both are great reads!

[@allanmanaged5285]

It was Antony Hopkins, he played Colonel John Frost who has a post-war bridge at Arnhem named after him.

[@wmont9169]

Wow that cast is legendary, great find.

[@philshorten3221]

If you want another absolute classic try ZULU
Introducing Michael Caine in his first lead role.
Fun Fact the Zulu Warriors are played by actual Zulu and the actor playing the Zulu King is actually his direct descendant!

[@mauriceedwards9588]

Directed by Richard Attenborough and staring nearly everybody but Anthony Hopkins and Sean Connery are on top form here.

[@JayM409]

Richard Attenborough was also an actor, starring in 'The Great Escape,' and 'The Sand Pebbles,' to name just two.

[@jonathang9705]

This movie had an amazing cast of top stars from the 70s, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, James Caan just to name a few. It was based on the book by the same author of The Longest Day who was a war reporter. He wrote the book while terminally ill. It's incredibly researched and packed with details. The scene where the sgt. pulls the gun on the doctor did actually happen, and I believe the captain did make a full recovery. I'm so glad you were able to get Spanish subtitles, that is indeed crazy that prime would leave the English subs out since a good portion of the movie is in German or Dutch. I have this movie on video and the subs are included as they were shown on screen in the theater.
"Midway" (1976) and "MacArthur" (1977) are a couple of very good heavily fact-based movies from the 70s. I'd really recommend "The Thin Red Line", a beautifully filmed, very different kind of film that shows the war thru the feelings and emotions of the soldiers involved. It was nominated for Best Picture along with Saving Private Ryan and there have been regrettably few reactions to it. It's another film with a huge cast of A list stars. "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is a romance set in WW2, and while the story is fiction the surrounding events are a little known but incredible true story as enemies form bonds of love and friendship that are tested as war finally comes to an occupied island. Would be a good change of pace for your war movie playlist.

[@yardysculture8594]

its so good to see such a young lady like yourself taking the time to watch such classics and learn that little bit more history, always a pleasure thumbs up,

[@AudieHolland]

About the many ghastly ways men died in war:
in an account of the British paratroopers evacuating back across the river during the night, an eye witness reported how one trooper took off his boots and knotted the ties together to carry the pair on his neck.
The moment he got into deep water, the boots filled up and pulled him under. He wasn't seen again.

[@airborngrmp1]

Landing under a parachute with your gear is about the same as jumping off a 10-15 foot (4-5 meter) ledge onto the ground.
There's a particular way to fall on your side and roll over to minimize the impact, which works pretty well. Provided you don't land on a tarmac or road. Or in a ditch or a on an incline. Or in a tree or on or against a building.

[@user-hk6bi1zz2e]

🎶 love that music intro, " Put your head on my shoulders" remix that's old school cool 👍

[@merkury06]

Glad to see a reaction to this great movie! It is long but most big movies were quite long back then. Also, being less than 35 years after the war a great many veterans and home front adults and kids from the time were still very much alive, and the filmmakers did a good job showing them respect for what they went through. However, the representation of Lt. Gen. Browning was highly controversial, even by the actor who played him , Dirk Bogarde, who served in the war.
Finally, got to give a shout out for Edward Fox, who played Lt Gen Horrocks. A great actor, from The Day of the Jackal, definingly worth watching today.

[@vac1376]

Im surpised you reacted to this movie, not many people know about it and its a perfect one from my childhood because i was always brought up on old ww2 movies and old westerns even though im young. Amazing movie

[@kenehlears7716]

One of my all time favorite war movies.great cast first rate acting..one Dutch teenager and her family were among those trapped in Arnhem and did what they could to help the wounded.the world would know her in a few years as Audrey Hepburn.

[@juggaloclownpreacher]

When I was in the 82nd Airborne in 2012 They just change the parachutes from the World War 2 design to a new one. And yes when landing with those shoots it did suck And they were made to keep you from dying not from being injured.

[@seanmorris]

In relation to this operation a film worth watching is the 1946 film 'Theirs Is the Glory' ('Men of Arnheim'), 7.1 imdb .
Concentrating on the British part of the operation many of the men in the film were the actual soldiers who had fought their and its said to be truer to the event.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The composer, John Addison, participated in Operation Market Garden as a member of the XXX Tank Corps

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

The two US Airborne Divisions (82'd/101'st) took their objectives of Nijmegen and Eindhoven and opened the highway. The obvious problem was the failure at Arnhem, which cost the British AB forces 8,000 casualties. Montgomery was very stubborn, highly opinionated and given to latching onto his fixed ideas as if everything could become reality because it was a product of his thinking.

[@CB-fz3li]

The bridge at Nijmegen was not taken on schedule causing a delay in the armour progressing.

[@JayM409]

That is incorrect. Gavin failed in his mission to capture Nijmegen and to clear the highway north. When XXX Corps arrived, they had to capture Nijmegen, and then clear the Highway.

[@manueldeabreu1980]

They used the purple smoke to mark the German lines for the air strike. They are so close they don't want friendly fire.

[@dethtongue945]

Wow. This one is a blast from the past. Operation Market-Garden. Excellent movie with an absolutely insane cast, and good attention to detail back when there were still a lot of WW II vets running around for technical support.

[@tommywalker3746]

Definitely in the top 20 war movies of all time

[@ednammansfield8553]

An excellent film and very underrated at the time. Probably one of the best war films made. Great cast of actors.

[@george217]

Since you like to read, you might read the book that the movie is based on. "A Bridge Too Far " by Cornelius Ryan. He also wrote "The Longest Day " and quite a few others on WWII. IMO, the best historian on WWII.

[@user-kj5iu8bs1p]

LOVE this movie. What a great cast & a huge story. A Bridge too Far gets very little love on UA-cam.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello, " A Bridge Too Far " is about Episode Four of " Band of Brothers ". Hello, Ryan O'Neal portrayed American 101 st Airborne Brigadier General Gavin, who upon landing fractured his back.

[@richardtempleton8840]

This year will be our 80th Anniversary

[@michaelproctor8100]

Connery's best film, and the one he was most proud of was 1965's The Hill.

[@brettmuir5679]

I love your channel because you react to films no one else does. I found you because of "The King's Speach"...here now is another one. Thanks Kamilla

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Yes from my personal experience as a young Paratrooper it kind of hurts when you land. Pilots land airplanes, Paratroopers crash to land.

[@Doctor1297]

Great WWII classic to react to, Kamilla!😄 This movie always requires a big bowl of popcorn to accompany a viewing, for some reason - just one of those types of experiences. Now watching your reaction, I've an irresistible craving for popcorn! 😣

[@tommarks3726]

I remember this movie. Great movie. So many iconic actors in this

[@nocatlover]

I remember when they filmed parts in my hometown Deventer the Netherlands the bridge scène was epic, greetings from the Netherlands ❤

[@arkwill14]

I so wish Hollywood was still capable of movies like this. A grand sweeping story that portrays historical events with good dramatic storytelling, acted out by top actors -- without ham-handed political statements, overbearing social messages, or ridiculous over-the-top action sequences.
But those days are far gone I fear.

[@goblin2bis707]

One of the most famous military operation of the war, the success was only partial. Very good movie !

[@brettpeacock9116]

The book this is based on, by Cornelius Ryan (Author of the "Longest Day" abased on Participant's memories of that operation) is also based on participant's accounts of this operation. (BOTH Sides.)
That German Field Marshal who got a bit antsy when he was informed of the Parachute drop WAS Important: He was the Commanding Officer of ALL German Army forces on the Western Front! So he was actually right to be concerned - After all the British had previously raided Rommel's HQ when he was in Overall Command in North Africa. So there was precedent.
Ironically, the ONLY plan that worked as it should have, was the Evacuation of the British paratroops back across the river....

[@daddynitro199]

The scene where the bridge explodes just as the paratroopers walk up to it was the story Winters told in We Stand Alone, where he muses about the potential of being killed by a flying timber from the bridge.
The character played by Elliott Gould was based on Col. Robert (Bourbon Bob) Sink of the 506.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Your intro always makes me smile as I have that song on the original release 45 :)

[@Bigginhillbilly]

It used to be a thing around Arnhem that anyone British would get a free beer in the bars.

[@ednammansfield8553]

That is still the case I have heard by veterans who have visited Arnhem.

[@gerardduffy4004]

Great movie, with a great cast, and it is wonderful to see someone watching these classics,, a great reaction
Operation Market Garden,

[@ath3lwulf533]

A september snow the germans called it when they saw the airborne drop in.

[@ronp1903]

Operation Market Garden was a total failure from the beginning. So many things went wrong, such as not detecting the Panzer Divisions and the strength of the German forces in and around the local towns. But mainly the non-communication between Allied Forces was a huge factor. Always enjoy your reactions Kamilla and looking forward to your next movie 🎥🍿😊

[@seanmc1351]

My grandfather was part of this section of the war, he was UKAirbourne devision, The ones with the red berry, My brother also served in the parachute regiment for 22 years, which was the old airbourne, i served in the amry as a medic, the little room you see them sitting which overlooks the bridge, i have also seen the replica, which was at aldershot in the UK, not sure if its still there or moved now. My grandfather was one of the lucky ones to return safe

[@user-kj5iu8bs1p]

"It wld be in bad form for the cavalry to arrive in advance of schedule, in the nick of time wld do nicely." Awesome.

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

Yea from Sir Michael Caine no less a Korean Veteran.

[@Elmarby]

The bridge at Son blowing up?
You will never guess in whose face it blew up. Just some captain in the E company, 506th PIR. One Richard Winters, you may have heard of him. :)
Quite possibly the most well known single action Easy Company were involved in didn't make it into Band of Brothers, and as a result, isn't as well known now.

[@davemac1197]

Easy Company were rearguard on this occasion and it was Lewis Nixon as the 2nd Battalion S-2 (Intel) Officer who was well forward and reported having bits of the bridge falling on him. The leading companies of both 1st and 2nd Battalions at Son were A Company, then B Company taking over after they ran into an 8.8cm Flak gun on the canal bank approach from the west, while 2nd Battalion came down the main street house clearing with F Company followed by E Company, while D Company flanked to the east to clear the houses from the rear. So B and F Companies were probably closest to the bridge, between 50-100 yards, when it was blown.
This would be the reason this action is not in the series - it wasn't Easy in the lead this time. Unlike Elliot Gould's performance pushing his way to the front, Colonel Sink was in his command Jeep at the rear of the 2nd Battalion.

[@beannathrach2417]

Col Frost explained after the war that he showed contempt for danger in order to bolster the spirits of his men.
The musical theme is repeated throughout the movie, cheerful at first, but getting grimmer as things go wrong.
Major Fuller was a rename to prevent confusion with Gen Urqhart. His real name was Bryan Urquhart and he was a good man who helped organized the United Nations and its peacekeeping operations.
There are many resources about Market Garden online and its analysis if you want to know more.

[@kingfield99]

Totally stacked cast, the list of 1970s A listers is incredible.

[@commosection]

Many locations were filmed where they happened. The bridge at Arnhem was filmed at a similar town with a similar bridge some 18ks north of Arnhem. At the time it was the costliest film and the townspeople over charged for everything lol.

[@JK50with10]

The original version of the film (including VHS and DVD versions) had English subtitles for the Dutch and German parts. For some stupid reason Amazon removed them from the streaming version.

[@alanco608]

21:40 The Bailey Bridge is a type of portable, prefabricated truss bridge. It was developed in 1940-41 by Donald Bailey, a civil servant in the War Office, and was used extensively by the British, American and Canadian military.
A Bailey Bridge has the advantage of no special tools or heavy equipment to assemble. The wood and steel elements were small and light enough to be carried on trucks and could be placed in position without the need for lifting equipment or cranes but once built was strong enough to carry trucks and tanks. Today, Bailey Bridges are still used to provide temporary crossings for both pedestrians and road traffic.

[@JayM409]

My Dad was a highways engineer. He used Bailey bridges to replace bridges washed away in flood and landslides. I have his books on Bailey bridges and they are all Military manuals.

[@billsmith-hl8rk]

After the 1st AB Division surrendered to the Germans there were still quite a few British paratroopers hiding amongst the local Dutch population, the Germans were executing anyone found to be helping any Allied soldiers. One such family from the town of Oosterbeek helped a paratrooper escape back across the Rhine river to allied lines, unfortunately he was killed by German fire attempting to swim the river. After the war his widow went to visit the family which hid him and treated his wounds in Oosterbeek, she ended up marrying the eldest son in the family.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Operation Market-Garden was a planning failure from the start. Montgomery knew the situation around Arnhem and the logistical shortages before it started. Colonel Frost was interviewed after the war, and he blamed Browning for the Airborne failures around Nijmegen and Arnhem.

[@davemac1197]

MARKET was planned by USAAF Generals Brereton and Williams and removed key features of the provisional airborne plan called SIXTEEN, which was drawn up by Browning and Montgomery and approved by Eisenhower on 10 September.
Frost, to my knowledge, did not blame Browning for the failures and rightly blamed the failure of 82nd Airborne to capture the Nijmegen bridge on the first day for the fatal delay that compromised the operation and sealed the fate of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Browning's influence on the MARKET planning process was compromised by his threatened resignation over a previous Brereton plan called LINNET II, in which Brereton planned to accept his resignation and replace him with Matthew Ridgway. LINNET II was fortunately cancelled, but Browning was now politically neutralised and unable to influence the planning for Brereton's final MARKET plan.
Montgomery did know the II.SS-Panzerkorps were in the Netherlands and that was the reason he cancelled the original Arnhem airborne operation COMET and ordered an upgraded operation to replace it. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff promised Montgomery on 12 September all the logistics supplies he needed, but this failed to materialise, compromising the advance of the flanking VIII and XII Corps as priority of supplies had to go to XXX Corps on the airborne corridor.

[@fozziebear5624]

There are no special effects in this film in the traditional sense.
Among the films about war, I recommend several (because there are many of them). With a bit of humor "The Dirty Dozen", "Escape To Athena", "Force 10 From Navarone". With more humor "Kelly's Heroes", "1941". Serious "Where Eagles Dare", "Guns Of Navarone".

[@Crabash]

Jeremy Clarkson did a fantastic documentary about the Victoria Cross that centered around a soldier that won his VC in the battle this film is based on, absolute must watch. There are many versions on YT, some are poor quality or chopped up so watch out. I know it's not a movie but trust me it's worth the side track.

[@o.b.7217]

Talk about family secrets, huh?

[@JayM409]

It was his Father in Law, wasn't it?

[@o.b.7217]

@@JayM409
Yes.

[@Crabash]

@@o.b.7217 yes but I didn't wanna spoil the reveal....

[@o.b.7217]

@@Crabash
Well, it is 'spoiled' now.
But even if she would watch the documentary _(which I don't think she will),_ she'd probably enjoy it anyways.
Sometimes _(more often than not)_ it's about the journey - not about the destination.

[@Waterford1992]

10:10 The purple smoke is used to guide the bombers to their targets.

[@ralflukas8469]

I would recommend another film involving a bridge: The German anti-war-film "The Bridge" from 1959. It tells the story of seven German boys between the ages of 14 and 16 who so desperately want to do their part of defending their hometown, that a German army officer orders them to guard a local bridge. It was strategically unimportant and already scheduled for demolition, but the officer didn't tell the boys. He was bidden by the boys teacher to keep them out of the fight and he did that by assingning them to guard this bridge because there was no fighting expected because it was that insignificant. As the Americans approached with tanks and infantry the boys followed their order. Please watch it in the original German with subtitles. The film got the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.