Rally of communists and youth in East Berlin. Small socialist flag on table. A boy reads during a rally. Historical view of parade by German soldiers in 1930's Berlin Germany. Russian tanks repel people on streets during anti-Communist protest of 1953. Aerial view of Brandenburg Gate area and refugees fleeing in thousands from East Berlin to West Berlin. Revitalized West Berlin, with new construction. A building in construction and another new building seen. Modern stores with show windows displaying abundant goods including cameras and foods. People at a a busy food or deli counter and in sidewalk cafes and restaurants. Busy streets of West Berlin with early 1960s automobiles. Enduring flame monument in West Berlin Inscription on the pedestal reads 'Freiheit Recht Freide' meaning Freedom, Rights, Peace. At a conference with allies including Britain in 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev walks down steps and gets into car. British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan with others walks down steps. Animated Khrushchev addresses gathering in Russian, forcefully and defiantly. MacMillan responds encouraging peaceful negotiations and no force. Newly elected Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin addresses people. United States President John F Kennedy with Premier Khrushchev, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and others at meeting in Vienna Austria. British flag at Headquarters of Berlin British Sector. Military police jeep stops near a sign. Soldier looks through binoculars at East West border of Berlin before Berlin Wall was substantial. During free elections in West Berlin people put their vote in ballot box. Box opened and counting of votes progresses. People see results on board. Nearly empty streets of East Berlin. Destroyed buildings of East Berlin still not repaired after World War II. The Spittelmarkt area, formerly a busy shopping market, now deserted and desolate. Mayor Brandt meets refugees and speaks over the microphone.
Aerial view of Berlin two years after World War 2. Aerial view of the Siegessäule (Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany) and the Großer Stern in the Großer Tiergarten. View of the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) and the Budapester Strasse in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. 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, showing the Ministry of Aviation building (now known as the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin, Germany).
The Siemens Dynamo factory and surrounding buildings in the Siemensstadt locality of Berlin Germany, all decked out with banners praising Hitler. Swastika flags. A large clock on the building. All is quiet with one hour until the start of the celebration. Then bells ring, horns blow, whistles blow, and all manner of factory noise makers sound, at high noon. Everyone and everything comes to a halt, as Hitler and his entourage drive into the factory grounds in an open car, to the cheers and salutes of the assembled work force. Hitler exits the car and mingles with the workers.
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, introduces Adolf Hitler before Hitler's speech in the Siemens Dynamo factory in Berlin, Germany (in the Siemensstadt locality). Hitler gives a speech extolling the virtues of German workers.
"The Burning of the Books" at Opernplatz public square in Berlin Germany. Book burning scenes in front of the University at Opernplatz public square. Books are tossed by students, Sturmabteilung (SA) men and others in the bonfire. Scenes of nighttime, students are gathering books and burning them publicly. Joseph Goebbels gives speech by the bonfire. Crowd including Sturmabteilung (SA) men and others in uniform, sing after the speech.
Christening of New Great German Aircraft in presence of Cabinet Members in Berlin, Germany. Nazi leader Herman Wilhelm Goering officiates the launching of a German aircraft in presence of Cabinet members. He removes the cover from the plane, bottle smashed on plane, name on plane revealed "von Hindenburg". Paul von Hindenburg and other cabinet members standing at airfield.
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