Soviet troops occupy Berlin, Germany during World War II Battle of Berlin. Soviet horse-drawn portable kitchen wagon on street. Soviet flag on top of Borsig Palace (Voßstraße 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Gaping hole in the foundation of Borsig Palace. Soviet troops and sailors stand before Brandenburg Gate. Various bombed out buildings of Berlin. Soviet WAC (Women's Army Corps) directs traffic at Brandenburg Gate. View of Adlon Hotel (Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Fire inside a building.
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.
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