Films of the Imperial War Museum

British Film: Airborne Landing/Hamminkeln (IWM A70 278-5)

Unedited and silent film, from the collection of the British Imperial War Museum in London, showing soldiers of the 12th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment flying in a Horsa glider on their way to the Rhine, scenes in the glider cockpit, airborne soldiers after landing near Hamminkeln, American paratroopers in the background, scenes with British and American troops on the landing zone, British gliders landing and burning, and the flyover of "Liberator" bombers over Hamminkeln. Starting at minute 5:25, there are scenes in the village of Hamminkeln, civilians and prisoners of war in Hamminkeln, scenes at the Hamminkeln train station, and scenes shot on the Issel river near Hamminkeln, including a wrecked glider with dead bodies. Shot by British Army cameraman E. L. Oakes on March 24th, 1945.

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British Film: Airborne Landing/Bergerfurth (IWM A70 278-6)

This film, from the collection of the British Imperial War Museum in London, is unedited and silent. It shows British paratroopers after landing in the Ellern area near Bergerfurth, the landing of Horsa gliders, the encounter between paratroopers and Scottish infantry at Bergerfurth, scenes of the evacuation of wounded at Bergerfurth, German prisoners at Bergerfurth, and British paratroopers in the Diersfordt Wood. Shot by British Army cameraman William F. Lawrie on March 24th, 1945.

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British Film: German Prisoners and Wounded (IWM A70 278-2)

This film, from the collection of the British Imperial War Museum in London, is unedited and silent. The footage shows wounded soldiers arriving on the western bank of the Rhine near Xanten, followed by German prisoners being taken to the western bank in a boat. Starting at minute 1:06, we see wounded German soldiers being transported to the dressing station in Bergerfurth under British guard, followed by German prisoners marching along the street through Bergerfurth. Shot by British Army cameraman Albert Blakeley on March 24th, 1945.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=1060014944&media_id=2465488

British Film: Allied Soldiers in Wesel (IWM A70 278-4)

This film, from the collection of the British Imperial War Museum in London, is unedited and silent. It shows Liberator bombers flying over Wesel after the supply drop for the airborne troops. This indicates that time of filming was approximately 1:30 PM on March 24th. In the ruins of Wesel, US airborne soldiers and British Commando soldiers are shown after the battle. Shot by British Army cameraman Ian James Grant on March 24th, 1945 - the date given by the IWM (March 25th, 1945) is incorrect.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=1060014946&media_id=2465035