German Chancellor Adolf Hitler returns to Berlin during World War II. German officers await arrival of Hitler's train at a railroad station. Hitler exits and is greeted by Hermann Goering and other officers. Fireworks at night. Hitler and Goering at balcony of a building. Worker marks out sign identifying city of Klaipeda, Lithuania. Hitler youth run through an opened gate. German troops and vehicles enter a town. Hitler aboard the German pocket battleship, Deutschland, waves to small boat. A German Destroyer bearing number 51. Hitler and German Air Force Chief, Hermann Goering, on deck of battleship, Deutschland. Hitler leads parade celebrating peaceful annexation of Lithuanian city of Klaipeda (Memel) and Memelland. Formation of Nazi bombers in flight. Crowds render Nazi salute as Hitler arrives in open car. Crowd salutes Hitler standing at balcony of a building. German battleship, Deutschland, being docked, and Hitler disembarking. Hitler, standing by railroad train, responding to crowd of well-wishers.
Shortly before World War 2: Animation showing an aircraft emitting radio waves towards German cities of Berlin and Leipzig. A man sits behind a radio directional finding network. A radio antenna receives signals. Animation showing radio directional finding networks in Berlin and Leipzig detects aircraft in Germany. A man’s hand plotting a map with a long ruler. Animation depicts German radio directional finding network detecting aircraft location. A Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft in hangar. A second Ju 52 on ramp with tail being elevated in flight position on snow-covered airfield. Nose and engine of the Ju 52. Pilot using directional finding equipment onboard the Ju 52.
Civilians march and carry colorful banners during May Day Parade in East Berlin, East Germany. Balloons in the air.
East German boys in red uniforms marching during the Communist May Day parade in East Berlin, East Germany. Spectators lined on the curbs. Military trucks on road sides.
American food, machine, tools and other supplies loaded in ships for Europe under Marshall Plan. German citizens in West Berlin Germany busy rebuilding after World War 2 destruction. Men at construction sites and boys and men moving equipment, bricks, steel, lumber, cement, and wheel barrows. Communists demonstrate in Soviet east Berlin. Men and women climbing fences at a building while a crowd pushes forward. Communists blockade Berlin. East German police officers in a human chain move a crowd. A blockaded area dividing the city. Industrial production stopping due to power failures. Closeup of analog power dial moving to zero from a power cut. A light in a factory turning off. Goods piled up idle in train stations, unable to be moved. A blocked border crossing at Helmstedt, and a line of trucks with food supplies at the crossing, stopped and unable to pass. Truck drivers discuss the impasse with a Russian guard.
Interior of Rhein-Main air base in Frankfurt, Germany. Several C-54s parked at the base. Views of air planes from a building near-by. C-54 Skymaster, a USAF (United States Air Force) transport aircraft in flight. Truck getting unloaded near planes for Berlin Airlift operations during Berlin Blockade.
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