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Gliders landed in fields and along trackways and dykes. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'G38'.

Views of gliders in fields around Arnhem. All are captioned '18 Sept 44'. The reverse on all is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved'. Two are annotated 'Arnhem' and one 'gliders on the ground Arnhem'.

A Waco CG-4 glider in a field close to landing markings. There are a number of people gathered around the aircraft's tail. Captioned '0030 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147//FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved and annotated 'Nijmegen…

A glider landing zone with a number having the nose open for unloading. Captioned '0050 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/14"// FARN' Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved. stamped '0124' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

Glider landing zone in a flat rural landscape. There is a single storey building to one side. Captioned '0051 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

View of the bridge at Arnhem and the surrounding town. Captioned '0021 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved', stamped '0123' and annotated 'Arnhem Bridge'.

Hamilcar showing its tracks where it landed in a grass field. The nose of the glider is open and tracks lead from it showing a vehicle has been unloaded. Captioned '0018 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147//FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved'…

Three Horsas in a field. The front two sections of two aircraft are detached from the rear sections, to aid unloading. One has a damaged starboard wing. Landing tracks and pieces of wreckage litter the field. Tracks lead from the open nose of one…

View of a drop zone showing open fields covered with parachutes, the majority discarded and the rest open as paratroopers or containers land. To one side is a farm building. Captioned '6008 16?NL: 17 Sept 44 F14 CAM MLL'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown…

A glider on its back in a field. Captioned, '0048 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 P/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'American glider upturned at Nijmegen'.

Frontispiece, 'Arnhem'.