In September 1944, Operation 'Market Garden was launched

It was intended to help Allied forces push through the Netherlands and into northern Germany,

Combat trained cameramen of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit accompanied the troops and filmed the operation.

The short film above, produced by IWM's George Smith, uses a wealth of newlydigitised IWM film to tell the story of 'Market Garden'.

MORE:

Remembering The Battle of Arnhem https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/ne...

The Story of Operation Market Garden https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/thest...


Sequences from these IWM films are included in the above short film and available for licensing

AMY 130 Edited film ‘OPERATION “MARKET”’
A70 1601 Unedited AFPU footage 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PREPARE FOR OPERATION 'MARKET' ON AN RAF AIRFIELD
A70 1605 Unedited AFPU footage PARATROOPERS OF THE 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PREPARE FOR TAKE OFF
A70 1606 Unedited AFPU footage OPERATION 'MARKET
A70 1682 Unedited AFPU footage THE 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION IN ACTION ON THE NEDER RIJN WEST OF ARNHEM
A70 1695 Unedited AFPU footage 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION GOES INTO ACTION WEST OF ARNHEM
A70 1696 Unedited AFPU footage 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION FLIES INTO BATTLE IN SOUTHERN HOLLAND
GEN 11 RAF newsreel THE GEN NO 11