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U.S. president John F Kennedy visits Berlin Germany and gives "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech
A crowd of 300, 000 West Germans cheering for United States President John F. Kennedy before delivering a speech in West Berlin. At a podium flanked by American and Berlin City flags, Kennedy begins his speech referring to ancient Roman declaration: "cīvis rōmānus sum" ( I am (a) Roman citizen). President Kennedy goes on to say that today the best boast is: "Ich bin ein Berliner." Crowded streets of West Berlin during President John F Kennedy's visit. Music played by the band as song lyrics contain name of President Kennedy (his Presidential campaign song). Presidential motorcade on the outskirts of West Berlin. Enthusiasm shown by West Berlin people is more than that shown by the people of Frankfurt, Cologne and Bonn. Robert Kennedy and Vice President Johnson were prior visitors to West Berlin after the Wall was built in 1961. Large crowds cheering for Kennedy along the Kurfurstendamm, the main shopping boulevard of West Berlin. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) can be seen on the background. Boys and girls ride scooters and bicycles trying to keep pace with the entourage. Bricked up windows in buildings from East Berlin as seen from West Berlin in the Bernauer Straße. A woman walks her dog along the Berlin Wall. Two women stop to reflect at a memorial for Ida Siekmann, the first victim killed by East German police while trying to cross over "no man's land" between the two sides. Views of the Berlin Wall and surrounding anti-tank barriers and barbed wire in no man's land. The Quadriga on the Brandenburger Tor as seen from West Berlin. Street sign “Straße des 17. Juni”. Presidential motorcade turns to onto 17th June Street. President Kennedy takes a look at East Berlin side. Red flags draped on the Brandenbuger Tor by East German police. Communists display anti-American propaganda in English facing West Berlin. English propaganda by East Germany says “These pledges have been fulfilled in the German Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, President Kennedy?”, pertaining to the Yalta and Potsdam Agreements from World War 2. East Germans set up a camera facing West Berlin. East German photographer capturing President Kennedy’s visit on film. President Kennedy stands before the Wall accompanied by Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer. Motorcade leaves Brandenburg Gate and crosses 17th June Street. President's car is preceded by a truck with American and German photographers. President Kennedy’s entourage pass by the Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany). Street signs saying “Friedrichstraße” and “Zimmerstr.”. The entourage stops at the Allied Checkpoint Charlie. President John F. Kennedy views the East German side from a platform near Checkpoint Charlie with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
History of Berlin before and after World War II showing zones of occupation and poor living conditions post-war.
Nazi soldiers at attention with guns drawn in Berlin during World War 2. U.S. soldiers on watch from damaged Berlin building. Man watching the Brandenburger Tor with binoculars while sitting in car. Pan American passenger airplane in flight after the war. Pan American passenger reading Time and other magazines onboard. Aerial view of Berlin early 1960s. Pan American plane landing at Tempelhof Airport. Pan American passengers descending to tarmac under sign that reads, "Today Pan American has completed 93153 Transatlantic Crossings". West German immigration officer inspects passport of tourist in Tempelhof Airport’s passport control. Brandenburg Gate from West Berlin during the early 1960s. A man observing the Brandenburger Tor from the Straße des 17. Juni street in West Berlin. Sign saying “Achtung! Sie verlassen jetzt West-Berlin” (“Warning! You are now leaving West-Berlin” in German). View of Berlin in 1920s and 1930 decades. Drive through Brandenburg Gate in the 1920s. Point of view shot driving through Berlin in the 1920s. Various street signs in Berlin showing “Unter Den Linden” and “Friedrichstraße”. Tourist bus flying American flag departs in Berlin 1920s. Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) along the Unter den Linden boulevard during the 1920s. View of the Berlin Cathedral dome. View of the Gendarmenmarkt square showing the Konzerthaus and the French Church. Pedestrians in Friedrichstraße. Berliners in Lustgarten park on Museum Island. Early Nazis driving in Berlin streets in 1930s. Hitler saluting parade. Hitler addressing Germans. Berlin in ruins in Spring 1945 as occupying Allied tanks pass in front of Brandenburg Gate. Old starving woman walks on streets of Berlin amid ruins in 1945. Ruins of Berlin include Reichstag Building during 1945 battle. Women and children emerging from underground Berlin bunker in 1945, to a scene of devastation and rubble in the city. Ground view of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche) after being bombed. Interior of ruined Reichstag Building. Potsdam Conference 1945, Map of WWII Europe. Berlin map, including official Berlin map with signatures showing Zones of Occupation. Germany allied control authority gathering including American, British, and Soviet representatives. French, American, Soviet flags in Germany. Rebuilding of Berlin mostly by women clearing rubble, using shovels, buckets, wheelbarrows and cleaning old bricks for reuse. Over-crowded train in Germany post-WWII filled with German civilian refugees abandoning the cities and heading to the countryside of Germany to resettle.
Berliner Dom, Altes Museum, Imperial Palace, Reichstag Building, University Of Berlin and Unter Den Linden in Berlin, Germany
Scenes of famous tourist destinations and architecture in Berlin, Germany. Views of Berliner Dom also known as the Berlin Cathedral (Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany), and the Altes Museum (Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin, Germany), also known as the Old Museum in Museumsinsel (Museum Island) Berlin, Germany. The Löwenkämpfer (English: The Lion Fighter) bronze equestrian statue by Albert Wolff in front of the Altes Museum. Double decker buses move in front of the Former Imperial Castle, also known as the Berlin Imperial Palace or City Palace Berlin (Stadtschloss Berliner, Schloßpl., 10178 Berlin, Germany). View of the Reichstag (Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin, Germany). Trams pass by in front of the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany). A crowd around the statue in front of the Humboldt University of Berlin (Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Police officers stand near cars on Unter Den Linden boulevard. Trams, vehicles and people on the streets of Berlin.
The Berlin Airlift
Scenes from the Berlin Airlift. Views of transportation facilities shut down by the Soviets in June 1948. Glimpse of the city of Berlin, followed by views of empty railroad lines; barges idled in a canal; parked and silent trolley cars. Next, a U.S. Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft (military version of DC-4) is seen landing in Templehof aerodrome in Berlin. German children stand on a hill watching and waving at another C-54 on final approach to Templehof. A C-54 flying close to buildings on its final approach to the airport, followed by another landing near a line of trucks filled with goods brought in by the airlift. A military truck unloading supplies from C-54, tail number 42-72548, as another C-54 taxis up close behind it. Several C-54 airlift planes taxiing in a line on the Templehof ramp.
Tanks and troops transported by the Military Aircraft Command during Army Reforger 76 exercise in Europe.
A civilian narrator is speaking from the Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Post, at Scott Air Force Base,Illinois. He mentions MAC missions supplying war materiel to Israel, in 1973, and the famous Berlin Airlift of 1948. Scene shifts to troops in military exercises, riding across fields in U.S. M113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) and walking with their weapons and gear. An M60 Patton tank moves along a muddy road, past the camera. Troops of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne division stand in formation on a ramp next to a MAC C-141 transport aircraft. They are about to be airlifted to Europe, to participate in War games, in Germany. Some of their armor and trucks seen offloading at a destination airfield. Major John Gray, Jr. of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division is interviewed, standing in front of a C-141 aircraft from the MAC 62d Airlift Wing, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. UH-1 (Huey) helicopters deploying infantry in a field and moving away as the troops advance during an exercise. M113 APCs moving past the camera. MAC C-141s landing in Germany as they airlift the U.S. troops who participate in these exercises.Several C-141s taxiing on the airfield. A MAC C-5 Galaxy aircraft with its nose hatch open and armored vehicles that it carried, parked in front of it. Closeup of turret on an M60 medium main battle tank. View of the tank being loaded into a C-5 and view inside the aircraft as the tank is maneuvered in its cargo hold.
Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley arrives at Gatow airport in Berlin, Germany.
Australian Prime Minister in Berlin, Germany. An Avro Lancaster XPP aircraft (a modified long-distance transport version of the Lancaster Mark X bomber) taxis to a parking place at the Gatow airport in Berlin, Germany. Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley steps from the plane and is greeted by military officers and others including Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Otway Herbert, Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.. Prime Minister Chifley speaks to news reporters as a photographer takes his pictures.
