WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 180 [OCT. 16]

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39204, LI 208-WP-180 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 180 [OCT. 16] - Series: Motion Picture Films from "War Pictorial News" Newsreels, compiled 1943 - 1945. Part 1, gliders are loaded in Eng.; paratroops board the gliders which are towed into the air. Shows gliders, transports, and fighter planes in formation over Belgian towns; paratroops jump over and gliders land near Arnhem. Gun positions are established and mortars and machine guns fired. Prisoners march to the rear; inf. run into Arnhem; wounded are evacuated; armor moves forward; shows Dutch underground soldiers and dead Germans. Part 2, Brit. inf. climb a rocky hill and walk past a wrecked bridge in Luxemburg. Shows rubbled bldgs. and a railroad yard. A motor convoy enters the town. Prince Felix is cheered by civilians; Nazi flags are burned.