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00:00We've paid for that bridge and we're going to collect.
00:09We're going to fly 35,000 men 300 miles and drop them behind enemy lines.
00:14It'll be the largest airborne operation ever mounted.
00:18Quite frankly, this kind of thing's never been attempted before.
00:24We shall seize the bridges, it's all a question of bridges, with thunderclap surprise.
00:29And hold them until they can be secured.
00:32When do we go next Sunday?
00:34Seven days.
00:36The sooner we go, the better.
00:38We've got them on the run.
00:42Joseph E. Levine presents A Bridge Too Far.
00:48Based on Cornelius Ryan's international bestseller.
00:51The story of the most dramatic and devastating battle of World War II.
01:02The plan is called Operation Market Garden.
01:05Market is the airborne element and garden the ground forces.
01:09I like to think of this as one of those American western films.
01:15Germans, well, naturally, they're the bad guys.
01:18We, my friends, are the cavalry on the way to the rescue.
01:25A Bridge Too Far.
01:27Starring Dirk Bogart, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliot Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Kruger, Lawrence Olivier, Ryan O'Neill, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liev Ullmann.
01:45Take cover!
01:48Don't you think that since we know that Arnhem is so crucial to their safety, they might know that, too?
01:58The river's wide and that the current is strong.
02:00Hail Mary, the love grace.
02:02And if there's any more cheery information comes my way, I'll just be too happy to pass it along.
02:06In the meantime, just think of this as on-the-job training.
02:12They're 36 hours behind schedule.
02:17There's a battle, and we are in the process of winning it.
02:22Winning and losing is not our concern.
02:25Living or dying is.
02:30Carl, if you don't look at him right now, he's gonna die.
02:32He's dead now.
02:35Right now.
02:37I can give him a quick examination tonight.
02:39Thank you very much, sir.
02:43We need reinforcements and, above all, ammunition.
02:47Tell General we're coming.
02:49We're coming tonight.
02:52Two days, they said. We've been here nine.
02:56Why don't we just try to brush through?
03:00Well, as you know, I've always thought that we tried to go bridge too far.