Destroyed building and rubble just off of Stresemann Street in Berlin, several years after the end of World War II. Tobacco stands in the same area. Pedestrians, cars and men on bicycles pass by. Pedestrians pass by a grocery store. Circular billboard shows advertisements. A man and woman pass by with a bicycle.
During post World War II reconstruction years of early 1950s in Germany. German police officer stands on a square in Berlin, Germany. A man with a briefcase asks directions from him. Pedestrians pass by. Another police officer gives direction to the traffic. Traffic passes by on a busy road. German gasoline station or petrol station in background with sign "Tank" and sign "Gasolin". Cars, buses and a horse driven cart pass by.
A view of a large building destroyed in Berlin. Soviet War Memorial (Str. des 17. Juni 4, 10557 Berlin, Germany) seen with a soldier flanked by Russian tanks. Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, Germany.
A bus passes in front of a large house. The Opera House in Berlin. Pedestrian passes by. A banner reads 'Clay Allee'. Cars pass on the street. Scaffolding surrounds a building on Charlottenburg Chausee. View of ivy covered apartment house in Berlin.
Senator Robert Alphonso Taft campaigning for the Republican Presidential nomination, with a huge crowd of people outdoors on a Fairground. The ground is decorated with balloons and lights. Cameramen take photographs. 'Learn your future, 50 cents' is written on a fortune teller's tent . 'Taft is tops' written on caps. Robert Taft meets different people. Banners and posters supporting Robert Taft seen throughout the grounds. Image of Democrats symbolic donkey shown, with Taft pinning on a strip of paper labeled "Truman" as the tail. Taft tries skill at throwing balls to win Taft into the White House. Signs make fun of well known Democrats, such as Dean Acheson. Cardboard cutout of Senator Taft, with a man shaking its hand.
British car manufacturer, Rover Company, demonstrates the world's first gas turbine car, JET 1, by driving it 140 miles per hour on the Jabekke highway in Belgium, under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium. Officials of that organization occupy a monitoring van. View from overhead of gas turbine car speeding towards camera. Driver is interviewed, while sitting in the car. View of helmeted driver running the turbine car at a higher speed, of 153 miles per hour, a world's record for a gas turbine car. View from above of the car speeding away from the camera.
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