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Aerial views of war damage in Berlin, Germany.
War damage in Berlin, Germany as seen from the air. Various buildings destroyed in the Berlin Mitte district. Aerial view of the Potsdamer Platz, the Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei Wilhelmstraße 77 Berlin, Germany), and the Reichstag building (Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin, Germany), showing further damage caused by bombing. Aerial view of Mitte district, with heavy damage from bombing. View of the Ministry of Aviation building (now known as the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin, Germany).
Scenes of Berlin, and its statuary during the Weimar Republic period in Germany, following World War I.
Silhouette of the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) and the Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Then pedestrians and vehicles are seen around the Statue of Frederick the Great along Unter den Linden boulevard. Also seen is statue in Siegesallee created by sculptor Reinhold Begas (and likely August Krauss) in 1900, commemorating German Emperor William I. Bust on the left of the William I statue commemorates Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and the bust on the right is of Otto von Bismarck. Next, is shown the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal) an equestrian statue of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I, on the west side of the Berlin City Palace (Schloßpl., 10178 Berlin, Germany). View from a camera moving away from the Victory Column on the Königsplatz across from the Reichstag. Final image is an iron Statue of Paul von Hindenburg in front of the Victory Column.
Berlin Crisis: Communists erecting Berlin wall in Berlin, Germany. Some East German citizens escape.
Communist guards armed at the border of West and East Berlin. Early construction scenes of the Berlin Wall, being erected by communist East Germany to restrict entry and exit. Gardens being cleared to create death strip. Photographers taking pictures of the wall building operations are sprayed by the military with high power water hoses from armored vehicles. American tanks roll out on streets as a security measure. Aerial views of additional newly constructed barbed wire runs encircling all East Berlin. People bid sad goodbye across the wall, shaking hands and exchanging words under watchful eyes of East German guards. Woman cries as she bids farewell to another woman from across barbed wire. Communist soldiers use reflective mirrors and tear gas smoke to block wall construction and eviction of persons at border. People living near the wall on Bernauer Strasse evacuate their apartments and some jump successfully out of windows into the West Berlin side. A couple is seen jumping from their low window into West Germany. A 76-year-old woman, Frieda Schulz, is seen escaping. She is being held at the same time by east German authorities who have her arms, while a West German crowd below tugs and frees her and she falls into a waiting rescue net on the West Berlin side. Still image seen of body of Günter Litfin as it is hauled from the Spree River following a failed escape attempt. Two women shake hands over the barbed wire and say goodbye. One of the women holds a handkerchief and cries as the other woman departs. Crowd at gate of a border cemetery encourages a 21-year-old East German soldier guard to escape. The soldier defects from East Berlin and is seen climbing the cemetery fence and he jumps to safety. A newlywed couple on their wedding day in West German is seen waving tearfully to an elderly couple in a high-rise apartment building on the East Berlin side. The couple is the parents of the bride and cannot be present for her wedding.
Jane Addams, Alice Hamilton, and Aletta Jacobs in Berlin, during World War I
Three influential women in the early 20th century women's movements and suffrage are seen walking in front of the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, during World War 1. On the left is American, Jane Addams, co-founder of Hull House, in Chicago, and President of the newly formed Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In the middle is Alice Hamilton. She was a close associate of Addams in the Hull House project, and, in 1919, became the first woman professor at Harvard University. The third woman is Dutch pacifist, feminist and suffragist Aletta Jacobs, who was also involved with founding of the WILPF. Jacobs was also the first female University graduate in the Netherlands. (Medicine in 1877 and 1878). (Note: Film shot by photographer William H. Durborough.)
Visiting day at the Victoria Louise Hospital in Berlin, during World War I.
Relatives and friends visit wounded German soldiers at the Victoria Louise Hospital in Berlin, during World War 1. A large number of people are gathered outside the hospital. A young woman offers cigarettes to wounded soldiers who are outside in wheel chairs. A nurse passes out flowers to them. Another woman also seen walking along a line of wounded, giving them flowers. A civilian talking with several ambulatory wounded soldiers. He asks one about the wound to his head. Two recuperating soldiers watch as two others play chess. A group of recuperating soldiers pose as they gather around one who is bedridden. Some play cards on the lap of a soldier in a wheel chair. Scene shifts to inside the hospital. A bedridden soldier poses with nurse, for the camera. Some comrades stand behind his bed. She puts his military cap on his head. (Slate states that he died 20 minutes later.) More recuperating soldiers playing card games with those in beds in the ward. Doctor and nurses and staff seen in the ward. A soldier of short stature, with arm in a sling steps into the camera view as it pans along the ward, showing several of the recuperating soldiers. A hospital orderly wheels a patient towards the operating room.
German invasion of France,sinking of RMS Lusitania and resignation of William Jennings Bryan
Events during World War I. Sketches : workers in a German arms factory. German soldiers advance towards France. Animation of a map shows the German invasion of France through Belgium. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Emperor. Buildings damaged by invading Germans. U.S. president Thomas Woodrow Wilson advises Americans to stay calm. American people read papers. Cartoon depicts the President about his domestic reforms. The German atrocities in Belgium. Man holds a dead person. Sketch depicts Germany crushing everything on its way. The apprehensive people of America. Sketches of American man against a German leader. Trucks and taxi cabs on the Orne river. A gun barrel. Bombs being dropped on the German ships. Worker at a factory in America. Sketch of a man standing beside a flag having the dollar sign shows the prosperous America. Sketch shows the various resources required by the American industries. An American ship carrying war materiel. Sailors in German submarines. German submarines target allied ships. Sketches of U.S. president Wilson warning Germany. On 1st May 1915 RMS Lusitania a British luxury ship at sea as it starts from New York. Paper shows a warning by the German government. A German sailor on board a submarine as it targets a ship. The RMS Lusitania ship sinks killing many, including Americans. The U.S. secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and Thomas Woodrow Wilson with other officials. The former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt addresses people opposing President Wilson's policy. The President prepares a note for Germany. Sketch of U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan during his resignation. Sketch of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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