German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in Germany during a period between assignments in World War II. Rommel, who was a good friend of Propaganda Minister, Joseph Paul Goebbels, visits with Magda Goebbels and the Goebel's children in the backyard of their estate. Rommel walks around the estate holding hands with some of the Goebbels children, as Mrs. Goebbels carries her youngest. They talk outside the house. A Nazi officer holds one of the Goebbels girls. The children play on a slide. Field Marshal Rommel and Mrs. Goebbels stand near the slide.
Refugees from East Berlin step down from a tram in West Berlin. They walk with their luggage. Refugees stand in line as many others join them outside the border station, fleeing East Berlin while they still can.
Nazi officials and their guests visit the former Berlin Academy of Art and view Albert Speer's models for Welthauptstadt Germania, the "world capital" architectural plans that Hitler asked Speer to prepare, detailing the renewal of Berlin. Officials enter the former Academy of Art on Pariser Platz, draped with Nazi banners. They ascend the stairs and enter an exhibit room filled with Nazi officials. Teenage Hitler Youth in uniform stand at attention along one of the galleries, with a bust sculpture of Hitler in the background. Various paintings and artwork on the walls reflecting the Romantic Realism style approved by the Nazi government. Albert Speer stands at the front of a large model of parts of Germania and explains the plans to the guests. Views of various buildings and streets in the models.
Crowd and President Kennedy on the stage during his West Berlin visit. A cannon salute to President John F Kennedy and scene of man wearing space suit. President review photos of his current visit. President Kennedy, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt in front of microphone. President boards flight and the plane takes off. Aerial view of West Berlin, showing the Siegessäule (Victory Column) and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and the voice of John F Kennedy repeats. 26 June 1963.
Emile Berliner and his son Henry Berliner, and other people gather around the helicopter. Henry Berliner in Berliner helicopter taking off in short flights and re-landing. This is one of the first machines which fly forward after rising vertically. Several views of test flying of the Berliner helicopter.
Berlin Airlift operations at Templehof Airfield during Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union, as supplies are being brought from all over with roadways blocked by Russians. U.S. Air Force plane landing at Tempelhof Airfield in Berlin and a Berliner showing newspaper to two U.S. Air Force pilots. Crowd massed up outside a building. Pilot in flight talking into radio and airmen on ground responding. An aircraft with cargo crashes and firemen trying to put off fire. Aircraft operations going at ground and in air. Crowd walking at Tempelhof Airfield. Aircraft takes off.
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