Battleground (1949)

We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. They're low on fuel, rations, and ammunition; the Germans are constantly encouraging their surrender via radio and leaflets, and most importantly, the pervasive thick fog makes movement and identification difficult and prevents their relief by Allied air support. This film focuses much more on the psychology and morale of the soldiers than on action footage and heroics. Battleground (1949)Battleground.avi File size : 700 MiB Format : Audio Video Interleave PlayTime : 1h 53mn Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release) Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release IAS1 : English Video Codec : XviD Family : MPEG-4 Info : XviD project Codec settings : BVOP Width : 640 Height : 480 Aspect ratio : 4/3 Frame rate : 25 fps Audio Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Family : MPEG-1 Bit rate : 75 Kbps Bit rate mode : VBR Writing library : LAME3.97 Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 48 KHz Resolution : 16

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Battleground is a 1949 American war film that tells the story of the 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon of Item Company, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, trying to cope with the Siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. It stars Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy, and features James Whitmore. It was directed by William Wellman from a script by Robert Pirosh.
The film is notable for portraying American soldiers as vulnerable and human, as opposed to just inspirational and gung-ho. While there is no question about their courage and steadfastness, each soldier has at least one moment in the film when he seriously considers running away, schemes to get sent away from the front line, slacks off, or complains about the situation he is in. Battleground is considered to be the first significant film about World War II to be made and released after the end of the war.