OPERATION MARKET [Main Title]

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Object description

First part of a film which shows the flight to Arnhem by the British component of more than 350 planes.

Full description

Five weeks after Eisenhower's announcement of the formation of the first Allied Airborne Army RAF tugplanes stand marshalled on airfields, awaiting the greatest airborne operation ever. On September 17, men stand beside their gliders for a final briefing, fold maps and fix parachute harnesses. At 9.45am Stirlings start to take off towing Horsas, followed by Halifaxes with Hamilcars and Horsas. Commentary gives way to music during air/air shots of armada crossing English and dutch coasts, with flooded fields below. At 1pm first gliders are released, air/ground shots showing many gliders askew in fields, hundreds of paratroops floating down (Dakotas visible) and lower altitude shots showing skid marks of gliders as well as gliders landing in crowded fields. Film concludes with commentary stating that "first phase of Operation Market is over".

Physical description

35mm

Object Details

Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Production date: 1944-09
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: AMY 130

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Eisenhower, Dwight David
British Army, paratroops
Royal Air Force
Associated events

01/5(4-16).532
Associated places

GB
North Sea (?)
Netherlands
Associated subjects

aircraft, British - combat: Handley Page Halifax
aircraft, British - combat: Short Stirling
aircraft, British - glider: Airspeed Horsa
aircraft, British - glider: General Aircraft Hamilcar
aircraft, United States - transport: Douglas C-47 Dakota
equipment, British military - personal: parachute
operations, British air - preparation
operations, British air - sortie

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OPERATION MARKET [Main Title]

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