40th Anniversary of the Movie A Bridge Too Far

[Watchdog]

If you've had the chance to see 'Theirs Is The Glory', most of the officer class had that Public School RP accent of the period.

Yep a cracking piece of work and actually a very early "docudrama" and what many people do not realise is that a great many of the cast were actually veterans of the battle itself. They weren't really acting, more like re-enacting!

Regards

Mark

[HistoryMan]

A Friend of mine lives in Bemmel NL not far from Nijmegem, he is a collector and metal detector user, this is one of the gifts he sent me.
It is an original piece of 82nd Airbourne parachute material, he found it due to metal buckles that were in the same hole.
Only the 82nd had camo parachutes for Market Garden
He also found a British release buckle during another dig, he has promised he will give me the next one he finds.

Dean O
Canada

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Was he on a documentary about Arnhem with David O'Keefe ??

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Its been a while. I believe I will watch it again.

Think I may do the same this week end !

[HistoryMan]

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[Composite]

I saw it again earlier this week...the tie-up with a current (?) 82nd member and his relatives kit and the re-uniting of the Brit Para helmet with family members were the highlights for me...'nice touches.....

[HistoryMan]

I saw it again earlier this week...the tie-up with a current (?) 82nd member and his relatives kit and the re-uniting of the Brit Para helmet with family members were the highlights for me...'nice touches.....

I saw it a couple of weeks ago, I enjoy their documentaries

[HistoryMan]

Indeed Tony the scapegoating of Sosabowski allowed the real villain of the piece Browning to slink off with his reputation intact .

Talking of Browning, here is a letter I have of his from his days as Comptroller to our now current Queen, then Princess Elizabeth

I believe possibly he never got over Market Garden..

Cheers

[Sarge]

I was in Europe for a couple of months and in Belfast, Ireland when the movie opened so I went to see it. I thought it was outstanding.
I had been to some of the area of the battle and a couple of years later spent over a week going thru the battle area.
I have also done the same thing for the Battle of the Bulge - was there in December to help get the proper feeling of the battle.
It is great to read about these events, especially when written by those who were there, But it is even better to walk the ground in person. I have been fortunate to have done so with many of the major WW 2 Battles in Europe - Kreta on the 50. aniv, Kasino on the 50., Normandy on the 50. u. 60. among others. In so doing I have also had the good fortune to meet and talk to many of the participants on both sides.
Sarge

[HistoryMan]

Off topic I know, but another of mine

Cheers