Life of Americans in enclave in West Berlin. American children at United States Army community school in West Berlin. American music being played on radio as youth dance to rock and roll tunes. American soldiers on duty outside the United States Headquarters in West Berlin. In East Berlin soldiers including Russian comrades march and salute. Nikita Khrushchev arrives at an airport in Berlin and greets East German leader Walter Ulbricht with an embrace and hand shake. East Berliners move as refugees to refugee camps in the western half of Berlin, to escape East German communist rule. Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders pounding fists on a table at a diplomatic gathering.
Berlin Crisis troop standoff: United States soldiers arriving at border in vehicles. German people applauding. jeep with 106 mm recoilless rifle backs up. truck with United States soldiers turn and drives off. Military Police standing near M-48 tank. Soldiers in street. Soldier speaks into walkie talkie.
Aerial view of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Panoramic view of city as seen from West Berlin. Scenes of buildings nearby, some reconstructed after World War 2, and others still in rubble and ruin after bombing during the war more than 15 years prior. The Quadriga sculpture on top of the Brandenburg Gate.
East German soldiers and sailors marching in May Day parade. Bands marching. East German civilian spectators watch. Civilians march as they carry Soviet and East German flags.
East Berlin Military trucks park at and block the Brandenburg Gate and passage between East and West Berlin in Germany. Communist Army forces in trucks and tanks. East German Army officer looks through binoculars. East German forces march and align on the street at the Brandenburg Gate. They spray with water cannon at the observers on the West Berlin side. In West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt addresses a large crowd about the growing tensions and closure of the border.
As part of the cleanup, a week after the Carnival, workmen destroy floats used during pre-lenten festivities in Germany. The floats represent all manner of things from a person needing first aid, to caricatures of political figures. A sign reads "wohlstand fur alles" (Prosperity for everyone). Caricatures of Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard are among the floats being destroyed. One float depicts a gymnast, smoking a cigar, as he exercises on parallel bars.