The Berlin Airlift to sustain the city of Berlin during a Soviet blockade in the Cold War, following World War 2. Sign on airport building reads: "U.S. Air Force Station, Tempelhof, European Air Transport Service." A C-47 aircraft is seen being offloaded. A C-47 tazis past the camera. Others are seen parked. Scene shifts to a truck pulled up next to a C-54 transport plane being unloaded. A C-54 aircraft inflight overhead. German workmen unloading a C-54 into a truck. Men inside the aircraft roll sacks of coal down a slide to the men in the truck. Glimpse from inside the aircraft of coal sacks being placed on the chute and sliding to the truck bed. Some loose coal is scattered near the bottom of the chute. View of offloading operations from another C-54 aircraft. In this case, the cargo includes boxes and canvas bags. A truck backed up right against a C-47 aircraft to unload it. View of the terminal building in background. U.S. airmen unloading cargo from the doorway of a C-47. View inside where workers form a chain to pass parcels toward the door for unloading. Interior of a C-54 aircraft where a large pallet of cargo is seen on the floor. Men remove netting from the pallet. Glimpse from the rear of a British 4-engine Handley Page bomber aircraft being unloaded. A truck backing up to a parked C-47 aircraft. Cargo of Cartons and tins. One box contains a label reading: " J. & A. Kraus. Leberwurst." Other cargo includes wooden boxes. Final scene is a truck backing up to a parked British Handley Page bomber.
The Westhafen (West Harbor) of Berlin. A woman hangs laundry on the railing fence in Westhafen, a port connected by the Berlin-Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal and the Westhafenkanal to the Oder and Elbe rivers. The BEHALA (Berliner Hafen- und Lagerhaus AG) warehouse is seen. Closer view of the BEHALA warehouse and a container crane. Ships docked in Westhafen. Trains moving away from the platform near Westhafen.
People buying from a newsstand in Kurfurstendamm, in the British Occupied Zone of West Berlin after World War 2. The building where the newsstand is located shows damage sustained from bombings. An advertising column (“Litfaßsäule” in German) stands in front of the building. People buy newspapers from the newspaper stand.
U.S. President Kennedy arrives in Romerberg, Frankfurt with Vice Chancellor and Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard. President Kennedy quotes Abraham Lincoln, former President of America and say that Americans believe in God. President Kennedy's sister-in-law Princess Lee Radziwill can be seen. Vice Chancellor Erhard shakes hand with people. Presidential motorcade arrives at Assembly Hall, Paulskirche in Frankfurt. Dr. Eugen Gerstenmaier, President of the Bundestag. Scene of Dean rusk, Secretary of State, U.S. sitting on the chair. President Kennedy addresses people present in the hall. Scene of church.
Scenes of the modern buildings and outskirts of the city. Cars passing by and scene of board of Wiesbaden City Limits. Scenes of Golden Dome Church in Wiesbaden.
U.S. Air Force AP waving traffic and President John F Kennedy and party through main gate at Wiesbaden AB.
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