United States President Richard Nixon visits Berlin, Germany and receives warm welcome from the civilians during his visit to Europe. A sign denoting border of American sector is seen at Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Press reporters and large crowd of civilians surround and cheer for President Nixon and party. Nixon, German Chancellor Kurt G Kiesinger and party wave for the crowd from a high scaffold. Nixon gives autographs to people. Views of dilapidated East Berlin and some west Berlin buildings as seen from moving vehicle in Nixon's entourage. The damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, Germany). A large crowd gathered at Kurfürstendamm boulevard to witness the visit of President Nixon and his party.
Views of the Berlin Wall under construction in 1961. West Berlin street scene, contrasted to scenes of East Berlin across the border, still showing unrepaired damage from World War II and otherwise lacking development. Views of East German border guards retrieving the body of Gunter Litfin from the River Spree, after his unsuccessful attempt to flee East Germany. A floral tribute to Ida Siekmann, on barbed wire at the border. View of forests in mists. Refugees with their belongings walking from East Germany over a bridge to West Berlin. View of Tempelhof airfield in Berlin. A C-54 transport airplane taking off. Buildings along the border of East and West Berlin with windows cemented shut along the Berlin Wall. Barbed wire at the border. Armed East German border guards across the border. Views of the Berlin wall border wall. Views of the moon, and stars. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,making a forceful point while speaking at a meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, in October,1960. Seated beside him is Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister. U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressing the UN. U.S. Sailors helping Vietnam refugees from an open stake truck. U.S. soldiers attacking and firing machine guns in Korean War. Two U.S. warships at sea. A physician attending a patient. U.S. representative providing advice and assistance to foreign farmers. The Washington Monument, in Washington, DC. Statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC. The Jefferson Memorial. Statue of Thomas Jefferson.
The divided city of Berlin, Germany soon after World War II. People listening to television and radio. Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev seated at desk and speaking into microphone. Refugees arriving into West Berlin. Stockpile of coal. Warehouse full of butter. The warehouse loaded with bags of cement. East German soldiers with armored vehicles on guard by the Brandenburg Gate. East German armored water tank trucks in front of Brandenburg Gate spraying water at the West German photographers and onlookers. East Germans constructing concrete Berlin Wall. People in West Germany waving to people looking out of window of an apartment house in East Berlin; as they are separated from each other at time of a family Wedding. A child and a woman cry as they wave. Two British armored cars escorting a boy on a bike as he passes from one sector to another to get to and from school. Crowds of West Berliners yelling at guards on East Berlin side in protest. Soldiers at the border.
City view from the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. Aerial view of the city of Berlin from the 400 feet radio mast on Funkturm Berlin, located in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough. Buildings and roadways seen. View of Funkturm Berlin (Hammarskjöldpl., 14055 Berlin, Germany).
Adolf Hitler at Berlin Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Crowd sits in the arena. People stand and give Nazi salute. Eagle sign and Swastika sign on wall behind stage. Adolf Hitler sits on stage with his officers. Adolf Hitler at podium. Officers behind him give Nazi salute.
United States President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on a platform. Flags on the platform. President at the podium giving speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He discusses the free state of prosperity and well-being. He says that the Eastern and Western part of the city should work together for its overall development. He also talks about the courage of the citizens of Berlin, the greatness of the city and about the development of the city. He speaks about the demonstrators who opposed his visit. Buildings in the background. Graffiti on the Berlin Wall in the background. The crowd applauds. President Reagan leaves the podium and waves his hands towards the crowd.
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