People carry flags and banners during a May Day parade in East Berlin, East Germany. East German flags hang from buildings in the Soviet-controlled city. Opening scene shows tower of the Sophienkirche in the background. Civilians carrying banners expressing views of companies, unions, and trade groups against imperialism and for communism. One group carries a large faux millimeter caliper with a top hat on it. Some carry East German tricolor flags and many carry large red flags. At about TC: 01:00, the spire of St Mary's church (Marienkirche) is seen behind buildings. At TC: 01:26, a marcher carrying a poster with image of Fidel Castro, is seen. As the parade progresses, uniformed People's police (Deutsche Volkspolizei) and other uniformed personnel, including one group wearing white armbands, are seen in the parade. Men and women parade in East German army uniforms. Health care workers in white uniforms are seen. (Note: Footage covers areas from Friedrichsbrücke to Rochstraße and Burgstraße, near station Börse.)
Fall of Berlin, Germany. Russian Army attacks Germany during Battle of Berlin near end of World War 2 in Europe. Soviet Russian forces firing rockets into Berlin at night. Explosions and fire at night in Germany. Past events show Adolf Hitler at a torchlight parade. Nazi soldiers in the parade. Scene returns again to Battle of Berlin and rubble on streets of Berlin. Wrecked and damaged buildings. Flames and smoke rising up from the buildings. German civilians loot stores for food and goods. Desperate men and women rush out of the store with the goods amidst rubble in city.
President Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd gathers. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries stand on the platform. They shake hands with the President following his speech. Crowd cheers and applauds. Flags on the platform. Dignitaries talk amongst themselves. President and his wife waving towards the crowd. Buildings and trees in the background. Graffiti on the Berlin Wall seen in the background.
Berlin City police control crowds of protesting people on a street in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd of Germans in open air assembly. Many demonstrate support for a new German Republic. People with signs and banners. One announces a group's support for the German Socialist Republic. Some carry tricolor flags of Germany. Some carry solid (red?) communist flags. The crowd marches by the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Berlin Police on horseback control the marchers. A man conducts a band of muscians in the midst of the crowd back in the open air assembly location.
Allied delegates at a meeting in Berlin, Germany. Allied Commandantura building in Berlin, Germany. American and French officers enter the building. Four Allied sentries at the entrance salute the officers. A meeting of Berlin Allied Commandantura with French and Russian delegates to the right, and British and American delegates to the left of the table. British and America delegates with the commanders. French and Russian delegates at the meeting. General Smirnov, Caqptaine de Vaisseau Cherdel, Brigadier General Ransom, Major general Nares.
Aftermath of the Battle of Berlin in World War II. Aerial views of a large Siemens factory damaged by Allied bombings. Anhalter Bahnhof (Askanischer Pl. 6, 10963 Berlin, Germany) railroad station shows damage caused by Allied bombings. Unter Den Linden and Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Marshalling yards in the city and the Reichstag building.
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