Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. A traveling electric news billboard in a business area at night. News about the U.S. Town Commandant of Berlin Sectors Albert Watson II and the Soviets.
A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany. Workers engaged in construction work. German workers spread out stone on the new airstrip. Steam roller flattens a layer of stone. Huge roller goes over the crushed stone. Men work with pump on machine as another workman sprays tar on the stone bed. Men spread asphalt. Buildings in background. Truck dumps asphalt. The men shovel it up and spread it.
Activities at a shoemaking establishment and the German news agency GmbH, DNB office at RKU in occupied Ukraine during World War 2. Exterior of a shoemaking establishment. An officer and a woman stand outside. The officer inspects a boot given him by the woman. Two officers clown around, one holding a hammer and another holding scissors. Another officer separates them. Sign on the building reads, "Schuhmacherei Roelof Pot." A painting of a boot is seen on the building. People stand near a cart. A man distributes bread from the cart. Some men work on a wooden structure. One man saws wood using a hand saw. A Dutch NOC officer (Nederlandse Oost Compagnie) inspects the construction. Men come out of a German news agency GmbH, DNB office at RKU building and discuss. A sign on the building reads, 'DNB Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro, DNB Dienststelle beim RKU."
Dr. Julio Prestes de Albuquerque, Brazil's new President visits United States. U.S. President Herbert Hoover greets him. A ship arrives at port in New York. President Prestes walks down stairs with officials. He poses. Boat in sea. U.S. and Brazilian Presidents pose at white House in Washington DC.
Pope Pius XII delivers an Easter message to a quarter of a million Easter pilgrims from St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City) in the Vatican City. A huge crowd gathers at the square to attend the Pope's Easter Urbi et Orbi address. People walk through flooded streets in New York City. People cover their heads with umbrellas and boxes to avoid getting wet while entering Saint Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). A woman holds a live Easter rabbit.
U.S. General Joseph Taggart McNarney rides across two new bridges over the Rhine in Germany. Two bridges over river Rhine. One bridge for automobile traffic. General arrives by car and crosses the bridge. Board reads 'General George C Marshall Bridge, constructed by Engineer Special Service Regiment'. General arrives as officers greet him. Train arrives and leaves. New railroad being observed by General and other officers.
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