In Film
Operation Market Garden was the subject of the 1946 film Theirs Is the Glory. This film mixed original footage from the battle with re-enactments, shot on location in Arnhem itself. Many of the actors portraying the paratroopers were actual soldiers who fought in the battle. Some played themselves, including Kate ter Horst, Frederick Gough, John Frost and Stanley Maxted, the Canadian journalist who posted gripping reports from the front at Arnhem.
A Bridge Too Far was a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan. It was adapted by William Goldman, directed by Richard Attenborough, and had an all-star cast. Unlike the earlier film — from which it lifted some scenes — it covered the entire operation, from all sides, British, American, German, Polish and Dutch.
Dramatisations of the actions of the 101st Airborne Division's 506th PIR during the battle (with cameo scenes also of XXX Corps, British paratroopers, and Canadian engineers) formed part of the HBO television miniseries Band of Brothers.
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