Rebuilding activities in Stuttgart, Germany after World War II. A damaged government building. Heaps of debris. A steam shovel bucket scoops up debris and unloads it in a truck. The bucket of the steam shovel swings and unloads debris in the truck. Laborers pick up old bricks and place them in a cart.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. Last Vittles aircraft of the Berlin Airlift parked on a field at the air force base. Officers stand under the wing of the aircraft on the field. Laborers load bags of coal from a truck on the Last Vittles aircraft. An army band plays. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander watches as the Last Vittles aircraft take off.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. Aircraft fly in formation over a field. Last Vittles aircraft of Berlin Airlift in foreground on the field at Rhein Main Air Force Base. An aircraft taxis. An army band plays.
Activities at Rhein Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt, Germany. An army band plays at the air force base. Aircraft fly in formation. United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General Edward H. Alexander inspects the landing gear of a Last Vittles aircraft, part of the Berlin Airlift. A truck loaded with laborers backs up the aircraft. The laborers load coal in the aircraft.
A Communist demonstration in Berlin, Germany. Exteriors of the building housing the Allied Control Council in Berlin. An official car approaches the building. People gathered outside the building. In Potsdamer Platz the Communist front consumer's league demonstrates against high prices. People carrying banners march on a street. Two women carry furled Communist flags. Two Russian policemen bring in a suspect. The suspect being cuffed and slapped. A large crowd approaches the meeting place.
A political rally in Berlin, Germany. Exteriors of a gutted Reichstag building. A crowd gathers for the political meeting. Social Democratic leader Franz Leopold Neumann addresses the crowd. The Soviet flag flies at half mast from atop the Brandenburg Gate. The crowd listens and applauds as leader of the independent trade union Scharnofsky addresses them. Other German leaders of the Western Zone address the crowd followed by German Mayor of West Berlin Ernst Reuter making the final speech.