A BRIDGE TOO FAR Clip - "River" (1977) Robert Redford - WWII Movie

A BRIDGE TOO FAR Clip - "River" (1977) Robert Redford - WWII Movie
PLOT: An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.
CAST: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann.
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[@adriang6259]

One of my favorite movies of all time. The cast is ridiculous.

[@ColemanJRimer]

Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, James Caan, Elliot Gould, Ryan ONeil, Laurence f'ing Olivier... that is one hell of a cast.

[@nev707]

Don’t forget Hardy Kruger. Not a WWII movie without him.

[@DTWExtreme]

Edward Fox as well. That cast next to Kellys Heores are just great.

[@johnnytopgun6414]

Academy award winning - Maximilian Schell

[@Lagmaster33]

Almost 1/3 of the budget went to salaries alone

[@5Mariner]

At least seven Oscar winning actors starred in this movie.

[@johnmurray8835]

My Dad took me to see this movie in the theater back in 1977. This was one of the most memorable scenes. He passed 6 years ago and I have wonderful memories of this shared experience.

[@roybennett9284]

Mine was the red Devil trying to retrieve a canister,with cheers of his company only to be killed ...in it only more Maroon berets

[@mattmarzula]

I'm sure it's only now that you can look back and laugh.

[@川村充昌]

@@roybennett9284 こんなシーンも、有ります 捕虜に、ドイツ軍将校が、指す出す一枚のチョコレート 其れは、空中投下為れた補給物資 将校は、こう言いなから、手渡します 此は、君達の物だ、食べたまえ 複雑な顔の英国軍将校 分厚いチョコレートは、今でも、印象的 因みに、自分は、元自衛官 名前は、違えど、軍歴持ちです 爆笑 五年勤務 同年代とお見受け為ました お互い、楽しい平和な時代を、送りましょう 敬礼 以上

[@rednose1966]

awesome!

[@patriciaburlow8469]

American warmongers!

[@michaelnaretto3409]

In my opinion this is one of the best war movies ever produced.

[@TheAvargas687]

A time when movies were actually shot and filmed on location ,real equipment, no CGI nonsense, such a great movie , and one hell of a cast too

[@jackiemortes]

With Cold War Leopard 1s filling in for both German and Allied armour, a historical accuracy flaw for which every movie made today would get ripped apart by critics. I understand appreciating an old-school classic but not to a point where it's elevated into nostalgic perfection to serve as a "bar" for anything made today. And last time I checked films are still being shot on location with real equipment. And just to clarify, I consider A Bridge too Far to be a very solid film providing interesting retrospective on the events depicted. But it was never perfect

[@Andyb2379]

A lot of people said this movie was Hollywood & inaccurate. My next door neighbour was in Arnhem & watched it, said the movie captured how it all unfolded beautifully. Brought the guy a lot of memories back. My own grandfather was on the left flank of 30 corps advance & said pretty much the same thing. They certainly were a different breed.

[@Xyzabc998]

still inaccurate though.

[@Swarm509]

@@Xyzabc998 It may be inaccurate but it probably captures the feeling how grand the initial operation was and how much of a mess it turned into. Everyone fighting in their small front to either capture an objective, defend till reinforcements arrived, or just trying not to get blown away. It may not be perfect but it tells us the story of just how crazy it all was during this.

[@logon235]

We might scoff at this movie now with the special effects available, but think on this: Most of the WW2 equipment used was still operable and authentic. Many of the people in the films were veterans of the war themselves. No amount of "internet research" or even interviews of war veterans could match that.

[@dogsnads5634]

This part is significantly inaccurate. The British armour had taken the bridge 30 mibutes before the 82nd Airborne got there... The part afterwards where the British stopped for tea was also nonsense..

[@TTundragrizzly]

@@Xyzabc998 oh shut it! Every “ true story” movie isn’t completely accurate! Smh

[@ulrichlemmer5388]

Ich bin am Niederrhein unmittelbar an der niederländischen Grenze zu Nimwegen aufgewachsen, und habe die Originalfilmaufnahmen 1976 der Luftlandeaktion der Alliierten in den Rheinniederungen miterlebt... Meine Mutter erlebte diese Szenen 1944 real, und bestätigte diese Brutalität des Krieges.

[@davidthimsen3131]

Captain Delbert Kuehl, the protestant captain of the 405th PIR, who crossed with the first wave (2:29), was a boyhood (and lifelong) friend of my father. He made 2 jumps into combat, Sicily and Market Garden, and went across the beach at Anzio, always with the first wave. I was in awe of him. In 2010, while on a business trip to Dusseldorf, I spent a Sunday afternoon walking the Nijmegen bridges and the landing area on the north shore of the Waal River. (The jumping off point on the south shore is an industrial area I couldn't get to.) I was there in the Fall, close to the time of year of the actual crossing in September 1944. There was about 600 yards of flat, flat grassy field between the north shore and the dike. The movie suggests some terrain near the river behind which the Germans fired. I saw no such terrain features until the dike. So after they paddled across the river, they had to run 400-600 yards with no cover at all to get to the dike. Once they got to the dike, the foxes were loose in the hen house.

[@dogsnads5634]

The movie isn't accurate in other ways... The British tanks had taken the bridge single handed over 30 minutes before the US Paratroopers arrived...

[@davidthimsen3131]

An amendment: Captain Delbert Kuehl was the 405 PIR Chaplain.

[@j.4332]

I guess you mean the 504th?

[@cameronkedas3375]

@dogsnads5634 Give the Blue Devils of the 3/504 some credit. They went through hell to get to the other side of the river so your British guys in XXX Corps could relieve the British 1st Airborne but instead stopped for their tea party. They obviously needed the US paratroopers because they hadn’t made their way to Arnhem themselves so they called upon the best trained US Soldiers in the world at the time.

[@Mulberry2000]

@@dogsnads5634 You failed to ask the question is why British tanks had took the bridge in the first place. It was supposed to be the Americans job soon as they landed by parachute. Gavin messed up.

[@mattmarzula]

4:22... When you hear the abrupt death scream of two kids and then see the young corpses of low ranking soldiers laying on the path carrying munitions you can't help but appreciate the subtlety of such a sensational movie.

[@pib2008]

Just mentioning: No kids (as on the beach) but regulars, and rather a stationary light MG nest, cf. the sound before Redford's character is throwing the grenade.

[@deadponic117]

"well surely you didnt believe all that nonsense they told us, about the enemy being, what was it, mostly youth and old men?"

[@ronaldojohnny7774]

@@deadponic117 "what was it old men, children? Hmm" Dvd A BRIDGE too Far by Anthony Hopkins Chapter 16. Anthony Hopkins has one hell of a beautiful voice and accent! Would love to meet him one day!

[@Kanovskiy]

In the game Close Combat 2: A Bridge too Far, this map is brutal and I believe is the do or die for both sides.

[@amsfountain8792]

Fantastic game.

[@johntyler2127]

Great movie.. I saw this movie and Star Wars in Vegas on vacation in 1977 because 11 yr old cannot gamble. My four brothers still talk about this great day for real manly movies.

[@jasontachin]

RW:Hail Mary full of Grace,was all i heard from this scene.

[@worcesterrichard]

Likewise. In fact that's why i looked up this scene. He was so scared that's all he could get out. It was all he needed.

[@redaug4212]

The practical effects and choreography of this movie blow me away. War movies are rarely this ambitious now. The only thing that sticks out are the historical inaccuracies, which I understand for the sake of the narrative. For example, the 504th didn't make it to the road bridge right after crossing the Waal. The real story is even more incredible. After landing they were forced to cross several hundred yards of open field under fire from Germans positions on a 50-foot dike, then after a no-quarters fight at close range on the banks of the dike they split into groups with some paratroopers heading to Fort Hof van Holland (a 19th century fortress surrounded by moats) to disable German flak batteries, and the other to the railroad bridge where they captured MG-42s and turned them against SS troops retreating north across the bridge from the town of Nijmegen. 267 German bodies were counted on the rail bridge alone. It wasn't until late afternoon that a small group of paras reached the road bridge to the east. They engaged with Germans firing from the girders, but were too few in number to take the whole bridge. It was later that evening when the tanks of the Irish Guards shot their way across and linked up with the small group of paratroopers.

[@hillsane9262]

In other words, they failed at their mission because they took too many casualties and not enough of them reached their objective! BTW, why were they using rifles instead of paddles and why did they not do the crossing while still dark hoping to just arrive at daylight?

[@redaug4212]

@@hillsane9262 No, they did not "fail". Their mission was to seize at least one of the bridges spanning the Waal to allow British armor to cross. They achieved that by clearing the railroad bridge. The road bridge was just a bonus. The main goal of the crossings was also to relieve pressure on forces attacking the bridges from the south, and in that regard they certainly succeeded. >"why were they using rifles instead of paddles and why did they not do the crossing while still dark hoping to just arrive at daylight?" It's a simple matter of logistics. The boats didn't arrive until daylight, and they couldn't wait around until nightfall since time was running out for the British paratroopers at Arnhem. And some soldiers were using rifles instead of paddles because not enough arrived in time for the assault.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@redaug4212 At least the other poster didn't try to blame the failure of Market/Garden (of all people) Easy Company of The 506th for not getting to their bridge before it was blown....way back in the days of the Internet movie database (RIP!) the were actual threads on the discussion board for Band of Brothers and Bridge too Far trying to do just that. I'm inclined to quote Monty and say that "The Germans had a large part to do with it"

[@uraigroves7898]

@@hillsane9262 losses were great on both sides - the americans lost as many as the germans during this battle....

[@logon235]

@@nickmitsialis it's the unexpected placement of 2 panzer divisions in the Arnhem area and the decision to go through with the plan even after the Dutch resistance informed them. The highway for the XXX Corps was a single highway and progress depended on the capture of vital bridges, the failure to capture one bridge meant a delay and the British Airborne division was going to fight longer. It was a risky gamble that would have given the Allies a way around the Siegfried line. Perhaps one of the reasons this plan was chosen over trying to punch through the Westwall was that it gave the Airborne Divisions something to do.

[@vraven-tc6cg]

I remember getting a DVD player from my dad for Christmas of 97. And this movie was the first one he got me to go with it. For a 12 year old kid I was super happy to get this movie and watch it in DVD format.

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

82nd A/B Div. CO Brigadier General Jim Gavin "I'm sending two companies of men across the river by boat. I need a man with very special qualities to lead" / Major Julian Cook: "Go on, sir" / Gavin: "He's gotta be tough enough to do it and he's gotta be experienced enough to do it, and one more thing - he's gotta be dumb enough to do it."

[@rameshshankar1010]

Super star cast super movie very well produced war movie in the 70s I think. Pity it's not screened again in theaters in india

[@jadalizmercedes7579]

one of the last great war/action movies before the constant scene switching and shaky/jumpin' around of the ADD parkinsons cameraman that has ruined these types of movies

[@zoso73]

So true.

[@川村充昌]

此の映画は、リアルタイムで、映画館で、見た 中学生と小学生の弟二人と見に行った 此の映画は、実話 唯一、連合軍が、犯した過ち マーケット・ガーデン作戦 因みに、其の二年後 自ら志願して、陸上自衛隊に、入隊 出身の北海道十勝地方に、流れる十勝川の橋を、確保するなら、どうしたら良いか？ 今でも、考える アカ認知症露助のウクライナ侵攻は、北海道の防衛に、携わる者だった自分には、明日は、我が身 此の映画は、素晴らしいお手本 以上

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

A movie where the Good Guys.....loss.......... I was twelve when I saw this movie with my Dad, he being a USN sailor, wanted to show me what it would be like being in the US Army. Well, when I saw this movie I think I wept when that scene of the parachute re-supply came...After I asked, "what happened, what did he get??". NOW, I did Enlist, but in the USN, for 20+ years....and proud to do it, But............. I will NEVER Forget what those Allies have done during the "Greatest Generation", and have seen the this movie several times now......I still get 'misty-eyed' during that same re-supply, though.

[@hibob418]

Oh no, at 2:21 Cliff Clavin - dead. It's a little known fact there Sammy, that I was killed 38 years ago during Operation Market Garden...

[@your_royal_highness]

Redford got paid far more than anyone else in that film for his brief appearance. I know it pissed off a lot of the other stars

[@bryanbird1266]

And he didn’t even get a hair cut to look more 1940’s soldierly.

[@zoso73]

In 1977 he sold tickets, i would imagine a lot of women had no problem going with their husbands/boyfriends to see this film in theaters.

[@hiddenfromhistory100]

The British generals observing said that this river assault by the yanks was the most courageous act they had ever witnessed

[@Kanovskiy]

I highly doubt there was a general any where near when this happened. But I could be wrong.

[@wolf99000]

@@Kanovskiy There was what Kevin says is a true story remember it was British airborne troops that were cut off ahead they brought everything up they had to pound the Germans in the hope of reaching them I would bet there were more than one general there also its not like today general's were at the front with there troop or as close as they could be theres tons of stories of Rommel over running his own troops in France and nearly being caught by the French in 1940

[@Heatx79]

I’m sure he meant the ones that witnessed the movie

[@johnnysunday402]

General Ivor Thomas (probably the most exposed), as well as a dozen other British and American Generals were on the ground, in combat sectors, during the operation. This was an era where high ranking commanders were commonly found in hazard.

[@Xyzabc998]

just a real shame it was necessary in the first place.

[@lancegoodthrust546]

Weird the version of this is missing the subtitles. For it's time, this movie was as good as it got for authenticity. None of the cliche horseshit one-liners you would usually see.

[@nickmitsialis]

it's hard to be quippy when you're scared 'sh/tless'.

[@busterzigler7530]

RIP Hardy Kruger

[@ritamaryani4057]

Dan mam

[@markfortin3502]

I always think of him in "The Secret of Santa Vittoria"

[@reynaldoflores4522]

That Catholic(?) American Major must've been really scared to death. He couldn't even finish reciting his "Hail Marys". In Nagasaki, there are plenty of Catholic people. I am familiar with that prayer.

[@bryanbird1266]

The historical Major was very scared. He said he kept saying the Hail Mary in rhythm with his paddling of the boat.

[@notcrazy6288]

Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee. Blessed art though among women, and blessed is the fruit of they womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour of our death, Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of your mercy, Amen. I pray this every day, but maybe if I was getting shot at and bombed, I'd have trouble making it past the first sentence just like that major did.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

must be Irish-Americans or Italian-Americans.. back then they were devout

[@ironworker1365]

@@notcrazy6288 I say it every day also

[@Nickallsopp92]

He kept repeating it like that to calm his men down and keep them in rhythm so the boat gets to the other side faster.

[@patmcbride9853]

I just saw a young Redford playing a small town gunslinger trying to make a name for himself in a black and white series with Henry Fonda playing a Marshal.

[@paleoph6168]

It is interesting to note is that the rifle fired by the German at 4:06 is a Gewehr 98 - as evidenced by its straight bolt handle and Lange-Visier rear sight - which the Germans already replaced in 1935 with the Karabiner 98k. Another thing to note is that the rifles at 3:05 and 3:40 appear to be Gewehr 98 rifles shortened to look like a Karabiner 98k, as the Lange-Visier rear sight is still present. Source: IMFDB

[@logon235]

It is entirely possible that shortages meant old stocks could have been used. We can see some old equipment being used in the Ukraine war even now.

[@Jleed989]

What happened to the Mauser?

[@Emdee5632]

What is even more weird is that at almost at the end of the movie, when the able British soldiers are evacuated and only the wounded are present at the Dutch house, the Germans are slowly walking in to take them as prisoners. Notice that the Germans are armed with American M1 Garands...

[@CollectorChronicles]

After growing up seeing these war movies, one of the first things I noticed upon getting books is how much the Germans wore camouflage in reality. Later in the war you rarely saw the red helmet decal with the swasi. They were even given orders to paint over it, I believe.

[@uraigroves7898]

true - the red and white and black decal of the regular army was removed but the ss often kept both decals even tho they were told to get rid of the red ones on the left side of the helmet.

[@Whitpusmc]

Elite troops, superbly lead with the benefit of the M1 Garand and incredible bravery.

[@Canofasahi]

There is now a bridge at that place called "De Oversteek" or as in English "The Crossing", every day at sunset at least one (Dutch) veteran will walk the "Sunset March", walking from Nijmegen to the other side. While crossing the bridge 48 pairs of streetlights will light up, one by one to remember those 48 Americans who lost their lives at this crossing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qonLqnmAZs9kpbs

[@savvassavva6490]

A BIDGE TOO FAR 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏📽📽📽📽📽🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

[@IanPayne-z5l]

My father fought with 6 Div in Normandy and volunteered for Market Garden with 1 Div as his original unit was 156 Bn. He broke a leg on a training jump days before Market Garden. I can still see him walking through the cemetery in Arnhem. He’d often pause in front of a headstone before moving on to the next.

[@justinmjdell]

3:06 like six-year-old kid

[@kainschild]

Watch All Quite on the Western Front at the very end the one surviving German solider for that group has all 8-12 year olds under his command. But yes at the time frame of Market Garden various units might very well have had children with them.

[@timengineman2nd714]

When I saw it in the theater, about half way thru Redford's Hail Mary! Full of Grace!, the whole boat started saying it!! About the time they got to shore, all the boats near him were also saying it!!!

[@ididyermom3273]

Fantastic movie! The cinematography is brilliant and the only movie I know made about Operation Market Garden.

[@nyaswed1520]

Wrong. There was one made right after the war called "There's was the Glory". English movie more about Arnhem.

[@michaelwelsh8957]

Hmmm...HBO's Band of Brothers. Not comprehensively about Market Garden but a worthy treatment nonetheless.

[@rickybell2190]

You should watch " There's was the glory" basically made not long after ww2 ended and filmed in arnhem with the paras who fought on the day.....it's extremely well made.

[@nordsee4009]

Der unverwundbare Redford. Er trifft jeden Feind. Nur ihn kann kein Feind treffen. Blödsinn.

[@j.4332]

Hardy Kruger as "General Ludwig" is a mixture of Colonel Harzer of 9th SS and Brigadier Harmel of 10th SS.Apparently Harzer was unwilling to be portrayed,so they just made up a new character.

[@5Mariner]

Definitely the high-water mark of Operation Market Garden.

[@mcleanedwards7748]

You have never prevailed

[@U2QuoZepplin]

One of my favourite things about this film is how the Germans aren't portrayed as cackling comicbook villains , intent on destroying the world for no other reason than its own ends. Even Hitler thought he was doing good and his generals were hoping to benefit the German People. War is a terrible thing however you look at it and there's obviously bad eggs on all sides but at least this seemed more realistic.

[@crakilldurmom]

That's a great point. We as Americans have lost sight of the steady diet of propaganda it takes to believe we, the Americans, who have been at war with someone more years than not for the last 200yrs, are always the good guys and everyone else is bad. Shit, yesterday's allies are today's enemies and they're evil until we decide to install them as leaders again, prop up their regime and pay for the rebuild. War Like Nations, like Rome and Persia never last unfortunately

[@michaelevans7433]

This WW2 film on true events is the best I’ve ever watched and still is to this day. No modern take will ever do better FACT!!

[@michaelwoodward5787]

I saw this in the theater when I was 7 with my Grandfather who was there with the 82nd.

[@Oblio1942]

I love how at 3:07 they have an actual kid, and a teen using a g98 from the first world war. Considering its near the tail end of '44 it fits pretty well, even tho Im pretty sure the ss stopped putting the red background swastikas on helmets a few years prior to this and just kept the ss runes in like '41 or '42

[@careliacarelita2294]

We have our orders. Sorry..."" 😐

[@leoperidot482]

It's not often you see Robert Redford and Gene Hackman be in war movies. However there were few actors who actually were in WW 2. RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH, RAF. DIRK BOGARDE, Queen's Royal Regiment. DENHOLM ELLIOTT, RAF. ARTHUR HILL, RCAF. HARDY KRÜGER, 38th SS. PAUL MAXWELL, Royal Canadian Artillery. LAURENCE OLIVIER, RAF.

[@docwiltro]

A special mention should go to Michael Caine, although not a WWII veteran, did see extensive combat in the Korean War.

[@tomtom34b]

You missed the best line, imho: "What did you expect, Destroyers?" what a brave river crossing. 🙂

[@romainandrieux5948]

ahahah when they received the flimsy boat

[@tomservo5347]

"Whaddya looking for? Mermaids!?".

[@m.akimoto5736]

6:32 The American Sherman tank has begun to run....... 6:45 The tank that runs on the bridge is the German Leopard tank. It's a shooting mistake. 日本語：橋を渡り始めたのはシャーマン戦車6:32、6:45にはレオパルド戦車が渡ってます。

[@mikeb.5039]

The KZbin channel TIK history does a good break down on this battle. Having read the book as a kid and learning more since then, the move does a good job because if it covered everything the movie would be 10 hours long.

[@peterguns]

Redford playing mjr Julian Cook of 504 PIR, was very convincing. - Cobb asaide ! - Cover! Excellent.

[@rameshshankar1010]

Few of the actors were knighted later years too

[@andresquinonezramirez9373]

Who remembers the game in the PlayStation 2 I played it so many times that I would play it in the hard mode

[@christophersorrentino1271]

Watched all sorts of "gung-ho" movie clips, from war movies made throughout the last 80-odd years, from John Wayne fighting off all sorts of foes in the jungles of the Pacific and Vietnam. Must say Robert Redford's scene "Hail Mary, Full Of Grace", from what I have heard talking to Vets of the last 80 years, comes closest to what soldiers are actually saying going into combat

[@funkervogt47]

I bet this inspired some of the battle scenes in "Saving Private Ryan" 20 years later.

[@mcleanedwards7748]

Come on have a think

[@charlyapkarian1511]

One week to prepare the most important air assault never made ! As the wisdom man said : fail to prepare mean be prepare to fail.

[@zoso73]

Filmed on location at the Waal River at Nijmegen. Doesn't get much better than that.

[@rolfagten857]

Major Cook saved the day!

[@mcleanedwards7748]

And this time?

[@madnkrazy]

I respect all that's been said. I only came to get a james caan clip for my tribute, and this movie was a part of his movie career. From what i witnessed in the clip, and the cast, it looks like it is more then likely a great movie. I have never read the book either. But i will try to watch this beginning to end at some point in my life. thanks peeps.

[@black1964sabbath]

こういう映画を今は作れないのかね。

[@matthewskudzienski888]

R.I.P Sean Connery✝️🕊️☮️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jeffpowanda8821]

Fun Fact: Despite the large budget ($27 million), enormous cast of stars, and difficult on-location shoot, producer Joseph E. Levine was actually in the black due to pre-bookings and sales of distribution rights before the movie's release. A Bridge Too Far went on to make $50,750,000 worldwide.

[@leaomartinofaria1667]

Interessante mesmo...A tenacidade dos EUA é 5 povo patriota!

[@Lajs657]

From the time when there were movies. Today, there's just horror nonsense and ridiculous superheroes.

[@stars5400]

One of the voices that the allied soldiers feared was the sound of a Tiger tank from Germany

[@samxyx]

Remind me why the bridge didn’t blow? Did that guy just mess up or did the Allie’s cut the wires or something? Been awhile since I’ve seen this movie

[@mcleanedwards7748]

And thats a fact

[@rigger314]

How did you go from bridge at remargen to a bridge too far. Both great movies but please its a strech of the imagination to jump between them.

[@shahrulyaacob9355]

the funny thing about this movie is...you can saw Sherman tank using by germany..😂

[@mikeb.5039]

Not unheard of

[@rustynail246]

The WWII vets are dying off and there are only a few lefts, the next batch would be the Vietnam vets, I am a first Gulf war vet, our time will come.

[@jasontachin]

RW:at the end of that clip it just shows how Americans and British could not cooperate or accomplish anything during that battle scene.😔

[@burnbobquist8999]

Tbh the answer from the tank commander was quite right, because hetold him "our infantry is still stuck fighting in the city, without protection we would be sitting ducks" which from the standpoint was right, since they drove in so many traps and lost so many vehicles allready that they have become way more cautious. Sending in the tanks without the infantry support was quite a gamble at that situation and yeah maybe they were wrong not to send in the tanks alone, but one could argue the battle was allready lost.

[@jasontachin]

@@burnbobquist8999 rw:good deduction.

[@lonzo61]

Pretty good movie. I saw it in theaters back in 1977 when I was 16. Loved it then, but even at that time I was disappointed that pretty boy Robert Redford did not get a military style haircut for this role.

[@nickmitsialis]

It was a great movie (That airborne drop from authentic C47s was really an underappreciated highlight) but I think the 'all star cast' detracted from the story (though I'm sure they hoped these stars would put butts in seats). Maybe the 'modern' desaturated grainy subdued 'I wanna look like a newsreel' look has spoiled me but I found the 'ultra steady camera work and bright explosions, bright red blood etc seems 'tame' by comparison. That goes with my other favorite WW2 movie from the 1970s, Cross of Iron, a brilliant brutal movie with all of 'Sam's' tricks but again to bright and clear.

[@5Mariner]

Was this the only movie that Anthony Hopkins did with Sean Connery?

[@poopsiedoodlesp8506]

was playing this map the other day in Hell Let Loose

[@mikaelhagstrom9381]

Great Movie..👍

[@mcleanedwards7748]

Why?

[@projektkobra2247]

Hail Mary full of grace....does he not know the rest of that?...

[@cameronkedas3375]

My great grandfather was a paratrooper in WWII. He was with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment in North Africa and later the 3rd battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne in Sicily. He was then sent back to England to prepare for Operation Overlord when he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy, and later jumped into Holland. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany. He had made either 4 or 5 combat jumps during the war. Had he not been sent to Normandy right after Sicily, he probably would’ve participated in the Waal River Crossing. He survived and passed away in 2006. Technician 4th Grade John J. Lower 1919-2006 I’d say The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and The Devil’s Brigade are the best of their time. There are more, but I can’t think of all of them off the top of my head.

[@johnschmidt8215]

If I had to place a blame on failure of market garden. Its not on planning, the plan was sound. The failure was on logistics.

[@rupertsmith5815]

I think there is also problem in the planning Because for the plan to work every side needed to succeed all of the bridges had to be captured. If one wasn’t captured or got destroyed then that could ruin the operation. Which is what happened. There wasn’t room for alternatives if things went wrong

[@nikolaipotapenkov8823]

The bridge didn't blow up because German soldier cal The SS guy General instead of Brigaden Furer.. 😃🤣😂

[@mcleanedwards7748]

This time will be different they say as they take to the field

[@bobbressi5414]

My dad took me to see this and at 8 years old I did not grasp that the film was about the biggest allied blunder in the European Theatre. To me it was just a movie about World War 2.

[@nathandodge665]

How come the tanks weren't marked with a WHITE STAR?

[@SagaciousHamster]

The tanks are part of the British Guards Armoured Division, so they don't have the white star.

[@Nickallsopp92]

Cause those were British tanks. The white star was American decor

[@tomservo5347]

I couldn't imagine going through that nightmare river crossing just to land and have to storm the bridge. One of the 82nd's finest moments.

[@bartekpawlak8578]

Beacuse of the xxx corpse cautious and not taking risk attitude, the red devils, poles brigade, and 2 US para divisions sacrifice went for nothing, God damn it, thousands of troops and armoured vehicles stopped a few Miles before Arnhem. They could reach the final bridge on foot, and Save the rest of 1st British airborne and Poles covering their retreat through Rhine, great lost and unique chance for finishing 2 WW in 1944...

[@JammyDodger45]

Even worse than that, this exact scenario (an armoured thrust up the single road to Nijmegen) had been the standard teaching module at the Dutch military Staff College for a number of years and had been 'war gamed' numerous times. Despite knowing this the Allied High Command chose to ignore the Dutch advice to split the armoured column and to limit their objectives to Nijmegen. Hubris of the highest order.

[@bartekpawlak8578]

@@JammyDodger45 sure, indeed. it is said that maybe Just 2 companies troops of xxx corps would Be enough with big artilery support to clear Westerbouwing peaks from german gunner and mortar positions that were seeing all rhine from above and Our Poles Positions on Driel. It would open route for reinforcements for Oosterebeek surrounded rests of Red Devils, later on reach the rests of Frost batalion and finally keep the Arhem bridge until rest of xxx corps arrive. But these all are only historical ifs 😞

[@gswombat]

The main fault was the plan. The second major fault was the Jim Gavin was a very poor leader and waited for 7 hours doing nothing. The British took the bridge 30 minutes before the 'river crossing'.

[@elliott7531]

@@gswombat Yeah this film displays Nijmegen pretty inaccurately. General Gavin failed to follow orders and didn't take the Bridge as soon as they landed like he was instructed too. It's only the US that blame the British for the failure or Market Garden - the Dutch on the other hand seem to blame General Gavin.

[@jacktattis]

@@JammyDodger45 i HAVE READ ELSEWHERE THAT THE dUTCH INTEL WAS COMPROMISED ND THE BRITS DID NOT TRUST IT ANYMORE

[@mcleanedwards7748]

You would be the worlds biggest lsughing stock

[@alantoon5708]

My favorite WW2 movie.

[@danroffee4904]

Robert Redford had major rank on his shoulders and lieutenant colonel rank on his helmet

[@mcleanedwards7748]

Who would want to be a Nazi?

[@andreasschmidt2739]

That movie is almost 50 years old but the effects are still good and it has nothing lost of its thrill.

[@rustynail246]

The lack of real German tanks for this movie was the only disappointment.

[@unirone]

So terrible. What did they do at night and attack during the day?

[@mgt2010fla]

Where is the superior Allied airpower?

[@rameshshankar1010]

Just like longest day movie classic movie, it has to be watched only in theaters to get the feeling

[@Mar_Chu]

i get it, why they called it little omaha

[@mcleanedwards7748]

One hundred percent anti success rate

[@RedStarRogue]

Btw this film was shot by Geoffrey Unsworth, who also shot Superman the Movie. This and Superman were some of the last projects he shot before dying in 1978.

[@zoso73]

Thanks for pointing this out. The very beginning of Superman The Movie has a dedication to Unsworth. The cinematography of both films is insanely good. Especially the scenes after Pa Kent dies, shot in Alberta.

[@CybershamanX]

This looks like it was the Saving Private Ryan of its day...

[@johndashinawlawn]

It's madness to fight such enven though it's movie....

[@Eric-kn4yn]

60 us troops killed crossing