Theirs Is the Glory

Theirs is the Glory AKA Men of Arnhem, is a 1946 British war film about the British 1st Airborne Divisions involvement in the Battle of ArnhemSeptember toSeptember 1944 during Operation Market Garden in World War II. It was the first film to be made about this battle, and the biggest grossing war movie for nearly a decade. The later film A Bridge Too Far depicts the operation as a whole and includes the American, British and Polish Airborne forces, while Theirs is the Glory focuses solely on the British forces, and their fight at Oosterbeek and Arnhem.

Using the original locations of the battle, the film featured veterans who were actual participants in the battle. The film was jointly produced by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation and the Army Film and Photographic Unit AFPU.Weaving original footage from the battle with reenactments shot on location at Oosterbeek and Arnhem, the film was shot a year after the battle had ravaged the Dutch streets. As well as veterans, the film also features local people like Father Dyker a Dutch civilian priest who conducts the service in the movie and Kate ter Horst who reads a psalm to the wounded men in the cellar reenacting their roles and what they did for the airborne troops during the battle. ........

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