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Scenes of Berlin divided by newly built Berlin Wall. Unrest in the city after division into East and West Berlin, Germany

The divided city of Berlin, Germany caused by the erection of the Berlin Wall. Shows early scenes of the Berlin Wall being built. Opening scene shows camera pan from Brandenburg Gate down to street level where East German construction workers are using a jack hammer and hand digging a trench across the middle of the street to serve as foundation for the Berlin Wall. A Soviet guard watches over the construction workers. East Germans and Soviet Russians walking with a spool of razor wire, putting up barbed wire barricades along other sections of the dividing border. German citizens gathered along the wall as it is built in a field area. Several young men in suits being pushed and harassed by a guard on the East German side of the Berlin Wall. View of a railroad train track that has been cut, and workers digging a deep trench at the site to build the wall right through the run of railroad track. East German refugees walking through a checkpoint area, desperate to leave east Germany before total closure of the border occurred. Refugees gathered in crowded shelters with mattresses on the ground. Young children and babies sleeping on mats. Views of barbed wire crossing railroad track runs. Animated map showing routing of aircraft for the Berlin Airlift in response to the Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union in 1948. Riots on the streets of East Berlin. Views of various aircraft flying overhead, bringing supplies to citizens during the blockade. Relief supplies and food being unloaded at airport for citizens. People waving white handkerchiefs in the air to express thanks as a Berlin Airlift airplane passes overhead. People in East Germany throw stones at a Russian tank in the streets as a crowd of protestors gathers. A burning building with smoke pouring from its windows. Views of successful German industry and commerce in West Berlin. People working in West Berlin. German people shop in stores. A boy adds a bar of chocolate to a shopping basket. Men working in large industrial plants and factories. Large Siemens equipment in use in an electrical transmission component factory. A scientist or engineer looking through a microscope like device.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076563
President Lyndon Johnson gives a speech calling for Middle East peace at dinner celebrating 125th Anniversary Meeting of B'nai B'rith

Portion of speech by President Lyndon Johnson given at a dinner celebrating the 125th Anniversary Meeting of B'nai B'rith, at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC. He urges the leaders of the Middle East to talk about issues of tension so as to establish peace in the region. President Johnson calls for dialog in the region. He says it is time, "to begin talking the substance of peace." He urges the leaders of the Middle East to talk about issues of tension so as to establish peace in the region.

Date: 1968, September 10
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038583
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Joint Resolution on the Middle East dated 9th March, 1957 in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Joint Resolution on the Middle East in Washington DC. Interiors of the White House shows President Dwight Eisenhower signing the Joint Resolution on the Middle East dated 9th March, 1957. The document shows signature of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives. It is countersigned by Carl Hayden. Under his signature, the typed words," Vice President of the United States" have been lined through, leaving President of the Senate, over which Hayden presided, as President pro tem, in the absence of Vice President Nixon, who was traveling, at the time. President Eisenhower wrote "approved" and signed the document.

Date: 1957, March 9
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061330
Cease-fire ends 6 day Arab-Israeli War in the Middle East; scenes from the 6-day war.

Six day war in middIe east ends as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. At the United Nations Security Council in the United States: Syrian Ambassador, Russian delegate Nikolay Prokofyevich Fedorenko, Israeli Ambassador Gideon Raphael state their points during the session. War scenes from the Six-day war: Burning buildings. Bodies lying on desert. Prisoners of war are taken by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF). Prisoners walk with raised hands. Bullet holes in train and car. Damaged military vehicles on streets. Wounded soldiers are moved on stretchers to hospitals. Damaged UAR military vehicles along the Gaza Strip. Arabs under arrest. Egyptian prisoners of war. Empty offices with photo frames of President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser. UAR Commander General Abdul Hussein meets Israeli military leaders. He signs the cease-fire agreement. Israeli flag flutters in wind. In Bethlehem: Israeli troops on streets with tanks. Civilians watch the tanks. In Jerusalem: Tanks move through streets and enter city. Women weep. Jewish people on streets. Israeli troops enter the Old City. Defense Minister of Israel, Moshe Dayan with soldiers offers prayers at the Wailing Wall or Western Wall. Israeli troops march through the streets with weapons including some UZI submachine guns.

Date: 1967, June 10
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072491
President Eisenhower outlines his Middle East policy during an address to the 85th Congress in Washington D.C.,United States

A film titled '85th Congress' shows United States Capitol in Washington D.C.,United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the newly assembled 85th Congress in a joint session. During his speech he outlines the policy to meet Russian threat in the Middle East by providing economic aid to these countries.

Date: 1957, January 7
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038587
U.S. President Nixon questioned about situation in Middle East regarding Soviet movement, at press conference, Washington DC.

During U.S. President Richard Nixon's press conference at White House in Washington DC. A press reporter questions about tense situation in Middle East. Nixon speaks of actions of Soviet pilots in the region.

Date: 1970, May 8
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057231