A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977) | Kid Sees a Spitfire Plane | MGM

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Screenplay by William Goldman
From the book by Cornelius Ryan
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Kruger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann
Rated PG
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.

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A Bridge Too Far (1977)

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[Mark.G]

I love this scene!! It's great. My Great Uncle Herman Dykestra a sergeant in the 101 Airborne dropped into the Netherlands during WW2. It helped he spoke Dutch and Friesian. Cheers from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🇺🇲🧀🍻

[luapnosboh]

Love the wave, from a kid not much older than the kid on the cycle ❤

[gazza]

Great scene, film and book.
Cornelius Ryan did a great job.
The only book that I have read twice. Recommend. 👍

[cgt]

Great kid. Hated the end. True patriot

[davidian]

I knew the guy who flew this scene. Geoff was a test pilot and did film work. He was still flying in his eighties.

He did a few passes but Richard Attenborough wanted it lower. Lower he got. Apparently Dickie jumped off the scaffold tower where the cameras were filming in fear of his life.

[michaelzmudzinski]

I'll say one thing for the British, they certainly know how to carry off a beau geste. -mikenotpaula.

[cyberleaderandy]

Great scene. My sister in las dad Frank was at Arnhem with the Polish paras but was captured with so many others.

[alanjm]

I've often wondered why, when reconnaissance had spotted this panzer group, a squadron of Typhoons wasn't sent in afterwards.
Could have made a difference to the outcome of the operation.

[michaelnaisbitt]

Is there any sound that screams FREEDOM it's a Merlin engine in the front of a Supermarine SPITFIRE

[michaelnaisbitt]

If ever there was a great symbol of freedom It has to be seeing a SPITFIRE screaming across the sky the pilot is properly only 5 to 6 years older than cyclist

Does that wave maneuver from the spitfire have a name?

[Markster]

Where in Holland was this filmed? Ginkelse heide?

[lovebefree]

I never met my grandfather he was a pilot. But he died plane crash with B3

[vikingfan]

He played in the John Wayne film the Cowboys…..

[julianducros]

Oh lord take me back in time I want to fight for my country that didn't involve drones or nukes
To come home after fighting for whats right

[mr.tobacco]

Imagine the German soldiers directly watching him waving at a Spitfire.

Hans with a cigarette in his mouth, K98 in his hand: Well, I know who to shoot now.

[markdowse]

Brilliant filmmaking!
One moment cool, the next moment terrifying! 😧

M 🦘🏏😎