Berlin Airlift during post-World War II blockade of Berlin and final lifting of blockade. U.S. Brigadier General Frank L. Howley stands before a map of Berlin as he speaks about final lifting of Berlin blockade. Two officers work at airport control tower. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft takes off from a runway.
Film depicts the conditions which existed during post-World War II blockade of Berlin and final lifting of blockade. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft participating in Berlin Airlift taxis on runway. Flour being unloaded from C-54. German laborers load coal in cars. U.S. Brigadier General Frank L. Howley stands before a map of Berlin and speaks about final lifting of Berlin blockade. German children playing on sidewalks in Berlin. After blockade is lifted, view of the first railroad train entering east Berlin at Berlin-Charlottenburg railroad station, on May 12, 1949. Crowded station scene for the first train. Passengers disembark at station. General Howley speaks about Berlin blockade. Children playing on streets of Berlin. A carnival amusement ride spinning in Berlin, amid bomb damaged buildings behind it.
A diplomat stands inside an airport terminal before a microphone with his family in the United States. His son is given a drink by counterman standing behind the group. Cameramen recording the event. TWA (Trans World Airlines) Constellation airplane parked. The diplomat descending ladder from plane with his family . He is greeted by officials. Inside the terminal, again, the diplomat picks up his small son and waves and walks with his family toward a doorway. Views of a Douglas, DC-6 aircraft on wet parking ramp. A TWA Constellation aircraft taxiing on a wet ramp.The diplomat and his family descending the stairs from the airplane and being greeted by officials and representatives of news media.
Panoramic views and monuments of Budapest, Hungary. The Liberty Statue (Szabadság-szobor, 1118 Budapest, Gellérthegy) on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Rising sun in the background. Sun rays falling on Danube River. Industrial smoke pollution being emitted from stacks. Workers arrive at factory.
Panoramic views and monuments of Budapest, Hungary during Soviet occupation. Budapest Statue overlooking the city. Szechenyi Chain Bridge (Budapest, Széchenyi Lánchíd, 1051 Hungary) over the Danube River. Various buildings in the city. Traffic along a street. Millennium monument of Budapest (Budapest, Hősök tere, 1146 Hungary). Various statues including Budapest War Statue, St Stephen Statue at Heroes' Square or Hősök tere. Parliament Building of Budapest (Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, 1055 Hungary). The II. Rakoczi Ferenc equestrian statue (II. Rakoczi Ferenc equestrian statue, Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11, 1055 Hungary) in front of the Hungarian Parliament building.
Conditions in Budapest during Soviet occupation. Traffic and pedestrians on a street. Traffic enforcer stands in the middle of the road. Traffic and streetcars move along a street. People walk along sidewalks. People crossing the street in front of a pharmacy (gyógyszertár). Women in traditional Hungarian dresses walking in the street. A man carries a bundle of mail. Women in Babushka headscarves carry baskets. A fashionable Hungarian woman wears sunglasses. A man smokes a cigarette while walking. A man plays a street organ (organ grinder) as pedestrians pass by. People watch a young girl putting up an act on a roadside.
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