Arnhem: ’The Story of an Escape’
At the beginning of this week leading up to Anzac! Day TVI presents tonight thel film “Arnhem: The Story of I an Escape.” It was shot in locations in! Holland at the King William; 111 barracks, and in the coun-| I tryside around Apeldoorn, Arnhem and Doorn. One of the comments recorded when it was shown [ in Holland in the anniversary week of the battle was: “This brilliant film is,a monument to all those brave men w.ho escaped after the tragedy.” By the autumn of 1944 the Germans were in retreat and so in September a new offensive was begun. A 9000strong airborne force began dropping behind the German! lines. Their objective was! the vital Rhine bridge at|
Arnhem. This was to be held “until ground forces arrived. J After a nine-day battle [3OOO survivors struggled [ back across the river. 1 The film tells the story of [one man who stayed behind j to look after the wounded—- [ Colonel Graeme Warrack. It I tells of his escape and the re- [ lationships he formed while [in hiding. Warrack’s enemies were not just the occupying Germans. but freezing cold, hun-l ger and an unfamiliar land-1 scape. Dutch. Resistance! workers and ordinary people; hid, fed and protected him, often at great personal risk. After five months on the run he crossed the Rhine to isafety. [ John Hallam stars as I Graeme Warrack.
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Press, 23 April 1979, Page 15
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