Opening scene shows the Rathaus Schöneberg (John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin, Germany) where Mayor of Berlin Willy Brandt addresses a large crowd of West Berlin citizens, concerned about the building of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union. Many carry placards and signs, including some in English, reading: "We trust Kennedy, Pay any price, Bear any burden, for survival of Liberty" and "Millions behind the Iron Curtain ask for help." Scene shifts to a limousine driving into the center of a crowd. United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson steps from the car, accompanied by General Lucius D. Clay, who is seen next, with arm raised, acknowledging the crowd, while standing with Johnson and Brandt, at a podium cluttered with microphones. (Narrator refers to him as "Father of the Airlift.") The next day, British and American soldiers are seen driving in jeeps and trucks and M59 Armored Personnel Carriers, through cheering crowds, as they arrive to reinforce their Berlin garrisons. Closeup of cheering Berliners, waving handkerchiefs. Change of scene shows animated map of Europe illustrating the Westward expansion and growth of Soviet Communist occupation through World War II and the postwar era, concluding with East Berlin, in 1962. The threat to other Nations and regions is also illustrated. Legislators are seen in session in the plenary chamber of the German Bundestag in Bonn. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is addressing the assembly. He states that Germany does not stand alone in the world. In France, Prime Minister Georges Pompidou addresses the National Assembly, regarding the Berlin Wall. In London, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan addresses Parliament. In the United States, on September 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, is addressing the UN General Assembly, in New York, about the dangerous crisis in Berlin. Scenes of the Berlin wall and Checkpoint Charlie. Memorials to persons killed attempting to escape East Berlin, are seen along the wall.
German soldiers march in Berlin, Germany. Soldiers hold banners and flags with Nazi symbol on it. Thousands of German soldiers stand in an open ground. Huge crowd gathered to see the parade. Soldiers give a Hitler salute as they march ahead.
Focke Wulf autogyro proving tests at colosseum in Berlin, Germany. Demonstration of Focke Wulf autogyro at Colosseum. The aircraft with multiople helicopter type rotary blades rises from floor. The aircraft flies forward and backward around the building. The aircraft lands.
A Nazi rally in Berlin, Germany. A large number of people gathered for the rally. People carry Nazi flags. A palatial building. People carrying Nazi flags march.
A Nazi rally in Berlin, Germany. A large number of Nazi German soldiers carry torches at night during a Nazi rally at the Brandenburg Gate. Nazi soldiers march. Soldiers carrying torches pass under the Brandenburg Gate.
Reich Minister of Economics, President of the Reichsbank, Hjalmar Schacht in Berlin, Germany. Reich Minister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht speaks from his desk about upcoming negotiations regarding international finance and credit.
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