A Bridge Too Far Intro

[mumugamer2006]

D-Day changed all that? Guys, seriously. D-Day was just a support for the Soviets. The reds would have won even without the help of the western allies. D-day just accelerated the war.

[levybenathome]

@mumugamer2006 Well, let's see. In June 0f 1944 most of Western Europe was occupied by the armies of a brutal dictatorship. Yes, D-Day changed "all that". A Soviet victory would not have changed that critical fact. Ask the Latvians and Poles. They had to stay occupied for more than 40 more years.

[gavquinn]

@mumugamer2006 and plunged the continent further into communism..

[ww2man1939]

I know this had been said before but, this was the biggest mistake Ike made, he should have listened to Patton, I mean an Airborne assault behind 70 miles behind enemy lines, and having an Armored corps fight their way through to link up with the Airborne troopers, come on, our guys did the best they could, but wouldnt it have been a much better decision to take Eindhoven first before the assault began?

[Charliekidd1]

Great movie and intro and especially the soundtrack

[edestci]

The March sounds like the Circus....!

[jovidman69]

@1916jutland

Eisenhower was under pressure from Roosevelt and Churchill. Politics can create some holy messes when it comes to war.

[1916jutland]

In order for this stupid Operation Market Garden to be put in effect, they cut Patton's supplies. You don't do that to your best General. They kept him in the dog house without a command for almost a year for slapping 2 soldiers who were cowards as he saw them. The Germans respected him a lot more than the Allies and they thought the Allies were making it up. But, British soldiers have said if Patton would of had XXX Corps under his command, Market Garden would have been a success.

[Codger81]

@1916jutland; wish just proves how deluded the Germans were too. Anyone with the slightest clue about Market Garden would know it was doomed to fail before the first airborne troops jumped, the failure lay with the planners. Not even Blood & Guts could've made this work,

[kealyc]

"In September 1944, Montgomery devised a new and spectacular plan given the codename 'Market Garden'." A spectacularly stupid plan, which involved ignoring Dutch intelligence reports.

[hoosieryank1967]

@kealyc too give Monty credit, it was well-known that the nazis had infiltrated the Dutchunderground prior to D-Day, so they took what the Netherlands gave them well-salted, albeit undeservedly so after D-Day.

[kylemuning]

In today's generation of war movies, I think Black Hawk Down comes next to this movie when it comes to story telling. No BS, no lame love stories on the sides. Just war.

[220yddash]

Monty's XXX Corp did slow around but a valiant knight once said "Matters of war more than any others, are subject to continual change'. . .

[1200strong]

Does anyone know, PLEASE, where I can find the FULL version, starting at 2:10 NOT at 2:50 ?

[nikon005]

This is the best intro to any WW2 film & the film its self is brilliant , " To bring are boy's back home " saying , makes the hairs on my neck stand up.Wish i'd served with those men in that War

[taff1976]

Its easy to criticise with hindsight. Monty should should have done x,y or z. Shit plan etc

Perhaps all the armchair generals could devise a viable plan for the current situation teh west finds itself in? Even the best laid plan can go to ratshit when the bullets start flying.

[kealyc]

taff 1976 - Nowadays, the West would not be so stupid to ignore intelligence reports, as Monty and Browning did concerning armour in the Arnhme area. Monty just wanted to get into Germany before Patton. He quite rightly failed.

[taff1976]

@kealyc

All of the upper Allied command - SHAEF and its immediate subordinates had agendas. These men were after all, only human with human failings. The British and Commonwealth suffered terribly in 1914-18. People like Monty and Browning wanted the glory but they were also terribly aware of casualties. Remember, we had been in the game since September 1939. Monty saw a chance and he took it. He had been succesful at Alamein - sent Rommel packing - of course people listened to his ideas.

[puntzakjuh]

IM just looking at this for the song man

[Mrblancnoir]

Should have given the Canadians the supplies so they could have cleared the Scheldt Estuary and opened up the port of Antwerp, instead of giving the supplies to either Monty or Patton.

[Filosofem2008]

great intro...best evr!!!!!

[DLS95]

operation market garden was a shit plan. it failed because1 there was only one road which the germans defended on either side with anti tank gus and two because the brits werent fast enough.

the best idea that monty had was to put th Irish Guards up front.

[kealyc]

Monty should have resigned following market Garden. He sent the 1st british Airborne and large parts of the US 82nd Airborne to a needless death. It was politics. Monty wanted to beat Patton into Germany.

[ColonelChamberlain]

my favorite soundtrack to any film. and my favorite war film.

[er1520]

muito bom esse filme

[Gonzoidz]

great stirring war theme.

[Penfoldsmith]

Lest we forget...

Having visited Arnhem & Oosterbeek its a trip anyone with an interest in these battles should make, especialy at this time of the year

[oakroyal]

Market-Garden, an unbelievable disaster!!!!

[DuTchY99999]

yeah i live in holland, if the mission was completed Holland was Liberated in 1944 but it failed and holland got liberated in 1945, they ar still angry at the british who made this big disaster!

[relmmih6]

is that what the dutch call gratitude!

[DuTchY99999]

hey we didnt say u was bad, we say we got mad because some prick in ur amy didnt gave the right coordinates to ur friend called england

offcours we we ar thankfull for ur help but do u realy think u ate 1 bite of some flowers or rotten patato's in the time of war i dont think so!!

[relmmih6]

ok but dont get the patatoe and flower point

[DuTchY99999]

well in holland, we didnt had much to eat offcours other country's had sufferd too, but holland was the most poorest country during the war, so if we were hungry we ate flowers or rotten patato's, because there was nothing els to eat u understand?

[relmmih6]

i actually thought holland was pretty ok i would imagine that the poles and jews suffered a tad more.Bet ther was many a jew who would have liked a rotten patatoe lol

[DuTchY99999]

No one like something what they dont expect ^^ like if i try to scare you would u be happy?

[devi2691]

good point. you want a little insight into Holland's suffering check out the world at war episode o Occupation Holland. it's on youtube. not that accurate i'm sure but gives an ideal of what the dutch were going through, especially when Market Garden (silly plan) failed.

[clive3262]

I know one of the paras on the drop,when he told me about it,he cried because he lost so many friends....made me feel a wee bit humble....a good man eh.

[ninelivecat]

This intro brings tears to my eyes It makes me feel very proud of our brave ancestors who stood up against evil

[wbaker7]

the basic problem with this movie is that it tried too hard to be an anti war war movie. that is really hard to do. only a few have done it--say Paths to Glory or Bridge over River Kwai. Had the director been faithful to the book he could have produced a pretty good look at failrue analysis--what went wrong with something that seemed so good on paper.

[taff1976]

The intro never fails to send shivers down my spine.."The plan, like so many plans before it......was meant to to end the fighting by Christmas and bring the boys back home".

Powerful stuff

[SternerRegnix]

@taff1976 Unfortunately you won´t find any purchaseable version with a beginning like at 02:15. I bought some tracks, but i had to extract it from this intro here to get that spine-down-shivering version.

[adamoricho]

this is my favourite film ever!!! look at the class of actors in the film, cant ask for owt better

[Setebos]

One of the best film intros, up there with The Guns Of Naverone.

[LiamS5143]

Whatever man whoever she is she sounds lovely!

[hiergehts]

It sounds like Liv Ullmann..

[LiamS5143]

I dont know if its just me, but isnt the French girls voice just really sexy?

[jkjk7575]

It is not French but Dutch girl's voice :-)

[scottspianist]

anyone know the name of the actual theme tune to this is?

[LiamS5143]

A Bridge too Far is the actual name of this I think.

[scottspianist]

thanks man :) been stressing me for years :)

[taff1976]

The Arnhem March is what is written on my CD. This intro always sends shivers up my spine, especially that last sentence. All brave lads, not forgetting the cloggies as well. They went through hell

[LongbowAH64]

A Bridge too Far Overture

[BoyofmanyNames]

The music is awesome, even if this the only song they play through the film (Every part with music has this song...)

[A3F4A6]

Are you sick or just plain stupid? Do you still live with your mother? Have you any idea what that sicko Mengele did? Are you proud of this fact? I would like to think you're as ridiculous as yopur name suggests. Let's hope so anyway.

[A3F4A6]

you have no idea do you? listen up you ignorant prick if somebody as gutless as you comes out with a name like that and comments like that then i would consider looking over your shoulder from now on

[A3F4A6]

you're very lucky you cunt I can't get hold of you as someone who calls himself mengele then you,re sad life is forfeit

[kobold83]

yes we won the battle, but we lose the war

;-)

[ursa41]

The theme song is immaculate, the movie a modern classic,and the Allied troops it portrays who undertook this operation and sacrificed all will never be forgotten. We owe our way of life to all of you,wherever you may be! THANK YOU!!

[alexmswiss]

According to Wikipedia the composer actually served in the British XXX corps, the ground element of Market Garden. Apparently Addison was wounded in Normandy prior to this battle however.

[LCPStud]

While modern war movies are more realistic, the music in this movie alone makes it awesome. Plus, hard to beat Hopkins, Caine, and Connery all in one movie

[cjjt66]

Saw this when I was a kid.  The first half of the movie makes you want to be a paratrooper. The second half disuades you of this.

[kealyc]

The second half dissuades you from wanting to be one.

[JoeLiebgott13]

I just wanna play this on my saxphone anybody nows where i can find this piece of music free on the internet?.

[goldyn12345]

nice music

[pommie784]

ive been to rotterdam and you can still see the bullet hole marks in the side of the buildings

[BrinklytoBrimstock]

You should see Iraq, I have just served 7 months out there and you should see the bullet holes. That poor country will take years to recover, the suffering which goes on is awful.

[shimmy68]

Even though I've only just turned 40, I will spend the rest of my life grateful to the men who gave so much for what I have now. To each and every one of you - THANK YOU X

[kealyc]

I'm very proud of all of them, but especially Johnny Frost and 2 Para. We fought WWII for the right reasons, to rid Europe of a sick ideology. Sadly, I cannot say the same of WWI, which was a needless sacrifice.

[BrinklytoBrimstock]

My Grandfather was one of the officers who undertook this opperation, and as he once said, you cannot judge what we did 40 years ago, as the word was different back then. The German War Machine was destroying everything and anything. What those boys did was bloody brave and we should not forget that.

[ryanstiles]

That cast blows me away. This music blows me away. Un film magnificent!

[trw8]

GREAT MOVIE!!!

[goldyn1234]

this doomed to fail,monty rushed the plan.

[krull88]

nice sound !

[SpockCOD]

or September 17

[paralettic]

Class film, class cast. Let's not forget the 11th of November.

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

Sorry but i don't understand that ;(

must be coz i don't want to

cya

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

You can turn it as you wish, but it is unfair, no matter you way you turn it.

As long as your life depends on your actions, you have no intend of being fair. Even a british guy like you (is think you are, fogive me if not) won't let me get into your garden to kill your wife, if you have the chance to stab me in the back.

[kealyc]

"Whatever way you look at it" is the correct English expression. We don't say "You can turn it as you wish".

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

But then they have cover and aren't as easy to shoot at, and chances are equal... mhmmm no they aren't.

Coz the landing troops are much more then you have the disadvantage of beeing surrounded and forced to give up or fight to the death.

[northdutchman]

dutch-democratic-republic punt com

[ninelivecat]

Good Movie A Dutch guy told me there is a modern helicopter in the background of one of the battle scenes Is this true ?

[Gunman567]

idk

[88M325TC]

in ZULU some of the tribesmen were wherein wrist watches

[natsunoken]

i touching too far bel

[Gunman567]

good one lol

[Gunman567]

Its sad that patton and montgomery disliked eisenhower though patton and montgumery got along great.

[Gunman567]

This is my second favorite WWII movie. My first is Saving Private.

[Sanzo84]

SPR lost my respect since Mythbusters showed that water can stop bullets... This and Cross of Iron are my all time favorites.

[dsnyder424]

Ever seen Band of Brothers? Amazing!

[JoeLiebgott13]

I live in Schiedam near Rotterdam and its only bombed in may 1940 no bullit holos are from the secon world war there. Maybe plane bullits but nothing else.

[goldyn123]

if this plan succeded do you think the allies would have pushed through germany and eventually ended up in eastern europe mainly poland to prevent the russians getting there?thus containing communism.i heard that patton wanted to do this.

[Poejoy]

I agree, certainly have seen some silly movies made during the War. I love this one because it shows Dutch resistance, British and Americans and Poles all together though not always on the same page. Even though I've seen it a few times I always tense up when the Polish drop takes place or feel tears in my eyes as the British wounded sing "Abide with Me".

[chinquecfro44]

Can any one inform me of what the name is of that piece playing through out the video

[twgswee9]

The music is the Sountrack to the film written by John Addison and it is a wonderfull piece of music, I have tried to get this music on CD but to no avail.

[talisman007]

yes, spectaular piece, you can buy it from MGN but it cost like £40

[twgswee9]

Thanks for the information

[mitchrussel75]

you don't have to buy it, i'll send it to you for free if u haven't bought it yet. let me know

[talisman007]

General Agincores March of the Paracute Regement

[SPINNER673]

my granddad was involved in operation Market Garden, his battalion was ordered to stay hidden, and he had to watch germans shooting paras out of the sky, how unsportsmanly of them

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

who cares of sportsmanship?

Hello? War isn't fair, and the soldiers on the ground feard for their lifes as a lot of para troopers jumped out of those planes. What do you think would they have done, if they encountered 4 germans drinking coffe in their camp, while 20 of us paratroopers are outside? i'm sure they won't asked to have a cup too.

[SPINNER673]

Well i'm British, and you're German we will never agree, but the British have always had a sense of sportsmanship, never kill an injured man on the battlefield, don't insult or hurt women and don't shoot people hanging in parachutes

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

and don't bomb refugees in a city near river elbe of course *cough cough*

[SPINNER673]

And of course don't gas jews *cough auschwitz cough*

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

You are talking about how fair british troops were. And i tell you, they weren't

the target now is, that you convince me that british troops were fair all the time.

The Wehrmacht or SS is not the topic here my friend. We all know what they did at Auschwitz and co ;)

[SPINNER673]

What i'm trying to say is that shooting men in their parachutes is unfair and cruel

[JheakrynaKyAlur]

Ya so what?

If they land the shoot the defenders. So i would do the same, coz it is my life that i have to defend, and then i don't care about fairnes. I want to see the next sunrise, that is all that concerns me (and those guys 60 - 70 years ago)

Or will you let me land in my chute, knowing that i will cut your throat?

[ginga80]

As by the Geneva convention, the shooting of paratroopers is allowed, only shooting of pilots who jump out of theyr crashing plane is not allowed...for your information only :)

Do you think, english did not shoot on german paratroopers 1940 in Crete...forget about...they did and it's "allowed" by the RoE

[pob3000tb]

Paras where well respected by both sides during WWII the SS treated the defeated Paras with great respect during and after Arnhem, I also don't know of any incidents of the British murdering fallschirmjager during Crete, I know the Greek partisans did.

[goldyn123]

market garden was doomed to fail,monty was usually a cautious general but he fucked up bigstyle here,he even had the audacity to say it was 90 percent successful.sossabowski said it from the start but nobody listened

[Matwal]

witness someone who doesnt understand the meaning of history,

Antaghan, u are pleb, u should have fought for ur country so that maybe u can appreciate wat people before u have done for us.

u cannot escape the past, therefore we must understand it as best we can, even plebs. that is all :)

[Poejoy]

It's odd...WWII movies were sometimes quite good and authoritative. However Hollyweird has gotten awfully lazy and assumes people are too stupid to enjoy a good film. Pearl Harbour was an insult to anyone with half a brain, Saving Private Ryan only really good for the first half hour, Enemy at the Gates a romance novel pretending to be about Stalingrad. This is one of the last really good ones.

[xman4un]

Well....the recent WWII movies were really designed to get the younger generations to appreciate the sacrifices of their predecessors and their country...so they had to find alluring ways to draw interest. But even WWII era movies contained the same elements of romance, bravado and all that crap!

[reaperflynn3]

i'd say the older ww2 movies show much more story behind it and to go with it in a more educating sence..most war movies now just move straight to blood and guts..the brutality of war. both views are always good. BEST WW2 MOVIE (i like how they show the british side of the war too)

[Antaghan]

Germans start war. French hide. Dutch non-existent. Scots (and completely innocent Americans, Aussies etc.) have to die due to European powermongers and cowards. Shocking.

[reaperflynn3]

how about respect the people who died and or fought in the war.

[xman4un]

Okay..but what you're saying is not complete...Russia should be first in your list of those whose sacrifice comes first...and how dare you leave out the Canadians man!Anyway, French underground resistance contributed substantially too.

[Antaghan]

Sorry man! I apologise profusely. Canada being so close in many ways, it should have been first on my list!

[xman4un]

LOL...okay man...no sarcasm please....

[Antaghan]

I wasn't being sarcastic at all actually! I meant that with the amount of Scots descendents in Canada, I should have fired in the country in my list!

[PHATSAM]

I really like the introduction with the lady's voice...but god we fight too many wars :(

[xman4un]

"...and bring the boys home!", and then the climbing music...great damn tribute to a most noble war and all who served and gave their lives to defeat Dictatorships, we shoulda bore Eastward and taken out Stalin's ass at the same time!

[Viperpilot30]

best war movie ever

[Dedoroff]

This and Tora Tora Tora are the best WWII movies ever made. Forget about Saving Ryan's Privates, these are the greatest of all WWII movies.

[TeamBrianGB]

An Army of playboys? It doesn't matter how you win a war as long as you do, and I'm sure someone from Belgium should be very much appreciative for the Americans to show an interest.

[jiver10]

look, the Americans were only interested for two reasons. one: to take whatever they need from materials en knowledge from the german industy who was far more developped then yours and in case you believe me im refering to the nurnberg proces and mister von braun who got your first rocket in the air two: because they wanted a new market for all of your product which made you rich...

[kerwick80]

Cool, nice music!!!! I LOVE THE MOVIE!!!!

[jiver10]

exuse me for insulting anyone but american war movies S*CK... the germans always are ugly and stupid soldiers or they show one of the massacres that happenend... the first film of DRESDEN is still to be made.. the americans on the other hand are always handsome "wariors".. let us be honest..the americans were just an army of playboys who only wone the war because they were able to put 10 tanks against 1 german tank...

[warmadscot]

i have to agree

[psdoofus]

But compared to other films this has one of the least historical errors i've ever seen... if anyone here has seen "Pearl Harbor" the new version i just wanna say that it is crap, and unrealistic historically. The destroyers there are computerized models of destroyers from the 1980s lol... as well as a very inaccurate interpretation of how the US sailors reacted.

[warmadscot]

damn right about the film pearl harbour, have you seen tora tora tora? its much better

[psdoofus]

Yes... although the effects are not as good, i like the bits where all those Japanses dive bombers drop their payload and the stuff on the ground blow up with an explosion that is reasonably close to how big the explosion would be in reality...

Tora Tora Tora is again a great WWII film, except that the effects aren't as flashy, but it is at least 10000000 times more realistic than Pearl Harbour.

[psdoofus]

The point is- this movie has a couple of historical errors, but they did a great job with the Sherman Firefly tanks... don't know where they got those along with the Bren Carriers and the M3 troop carriers...

[jrwalker12]

i love this music seeing as my grandad was involve with the war with this plan

[ozziethepossum]

is he the one who is in the 1st german attack on the arnem bridge? the one who get burnt?

[irish89055]

great movie, couldn't work with short attention spans of audiences now. look for John Ratzinbuger getting shot

[ozziethepossum]

I think this movie rules => i love the music => i love the story line =>

[brown47]

The paras are as hard as nails!!! Gr8 movie.

[psdoofus]

Its historical, there's good music, and its got great footage. I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!

[joeypegasus]

Mine too xD

[fhishgomoo]

I always liked the music in this

[Dedoroff]

yeah mine also

[australtemuco]

and mine

[richmjr67]

yea mine too

[Bigstinky69]

One of my favorite movies!