Bomb damage in Berlin, Germany after World War II. View of bomb damage caused to Berlin Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Schöneberg. Heaps of debris in front of the bomb-damaged buildings. Civilians walk on streets. Vehicles pass by. German civilians haul belongings in a cart.
A film on protests against the Soviet blockade in Berlin, Germany. Mayor of West Berlin Ernst Reuter speaks during a freedom rally at Platz der Republik, west of the Reichstag building. Civilians running to take cover in the vicinity of the Brandenburg Gate after the Russians (Soviet-controlled Volkspolizei (VP) officers) fired shots into the crowd, killing a 15 year old boy (Wolfgang Scheunemann) according to the narrator. A protestor is seen tearing down the Russian flag from atop the Brandenburg Gate. German civilians from the Reichstag rally marching on their way to the Allied Control Council building (Elßholzstraße 30-33, 10781 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin's Schöneberg. Franz Leopold Neumann and others walk along a street as they go to hand over a people's memorandum seeking freedom and denouncing Soviet oppression.
East Germans participate on May Day Parade held in Lustgarten in front of the Berlin Cathedral (Unter den Linden 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany) in East Berlin during the Cold War. East Germans march with banners in the Unter den Linden as they participate in May Day Parade. Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and President of East Germany, Wilhelm Pieck, waves at crowd from review stand. East Germans wave handkerchief and banners.
Germans stock essentials during the Berlin Crisis tensions of 1961. Boats docked in the River Spree in West Berlin, Germany. A pile of sacks carried on a wooden board. A man takes beef on a trolly. A man pile boxes in a store. Coal stored in massive quantities to support West Berlin if it is cut off by the Communists. Heaps of grains stored. Boxes of unsalted New Zealand butter piled up and warehoused. A man takes wheat in his hand and checks.
During Berlin Crisis, U.S. Soldier in turret of M-48 tank in West Berlin, Germany. View of shops on street side. M-48 tank at Friedrichstrasse crossing during standoff.
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.)
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