This movie was mostly filmed in Czechoslovakia. The Tidioute bridge closes to the public at 2:00 p.m. REOPENS at 4:00 p.m. N Gauge exhibition layout centred on the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. John Guillermin, George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Everett Gunnar Marshall, Hans Christian Blech, Joachim Hansen, Jan Schánilec, Vít Olmer, Bo Hopkins, Robert Logan. This is to prepare the bridge for the pyrotechnics. It was named after Field Marshall Ludendorff, Field Marshall of the German army at the time and later an ardent supporter of Hitler. While the Remagen Bridge is full of defending German troops and fleeing civilian refugees, it is attacked by several American B-25 medium bombers. Filming locations. The Bridge at Remagen (1969) The Bridge at Remagen, 111min, United States. War, Action, Drama. The first American force to arrive at the bridge was a task force from the 9th Armored Division, commanded by Major General John W. Leonard. Remagen is located between Cologne and Koblenz. Marshall as General Shinner) said that "the bridge is worth its weight in gold". In early 1945, American forces pressed towards the west bank of the Rhine River during Operation Lumberjack. The capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen occurred on March 7-8, 1945, during the closing stages of World War II (1939-1945). The Ludendorff Bridge stretched from the city of Remagen on the western bank to a 600-foot hill, known as the Erpeler Ley, on the eastern bank. The town very closely resembles Remagen … Carpenter then reconstructed the scene she and the others had missed: Combat Command B of the 9th Armored Division rolled into Remagen on March 7 and found German soldiers and vehicles fleeing across the bridge. As unfashionable a film as can be imagined, The Bridge at Remagen is actually a decent enough package; the pity is that while the shots in and around the bridge at highly impressive, they don’t cut together with the main location and the joins are obvious. Although the bridge's capture is sometimes regarded as the "Miracle of Remagen" in U.S. histories, historians debate the strategic importance of the capture of the bridge at Remagen. Fatigued by the long combat in Europe, Lt. Phil Hartman (George Segal) and his men are ordered to advance on Remagen, a possible toehold into enemy territory. Around 3 p.m., a prisoner informed his American captors that the structure was to be blown at 4 … This area is located at Buckingham and King street, close by the bridge. Carpenter then reconstructed the scene she and the others had missed: Combat Command B of the 9th Armored Division rolled into Remagen on March 7 and found German soldiers and vehicles fleeing across the bridge. The Ludendorff Bridge stretched from the city of Remagen on the western bank to a 600-foot hill, known as the Erpeler Ley, on the eastern bank. 150 talking about this. Around 3 p.m., a prisoner informed his American captors that the structure was to be blown at 4 p.m. Remagen is located between Cologne and Koblenz. The first American force to arrive at the bridge was a task force from the 9th Armored Division, commanded by Major General John W. Leonard. General Eisenhower ( in the movie a similar character is played by E.G. "Capturing the Bridge at Remagen, 1945," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2008). Tidioute is a small town located on the banks of the Allegheny River. The Germans built the Ludendorff Bridge in 1918. In actuality, B-25's were used by the RAF in the European Theater of Operations, not the American USAAF.