United States occupation of Berlin, Germany after World War II. U.S. General Omar Bradley meet and greet Soviet officer and his staff. General Bradley, U.S. Commander-General First Airborne Army of Berlin District Major General Floyd L Parks, Commander-General of French troops in Berlin Major General Duschesne, Deputy Commanding Officer of the Russian troops in Berlin Major General Nicholei Nicholeiovitch Barinov at attention and salute. General Barinov at microphone as he addresses the assemblage. U.S. flag flies from top of a building at Adolf Hitler Barracks. Salute being fired by tanks of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division. Soldiers of Soviet 5th Army lined up.
Film depicts the conditions which existed during post-World War II blockade of Berlin, the Berlin Airlift, and final lifting of blockade. U.S. Brigadier General Frank L. Howley stands before a map of Berlin as he speaks about Berlin blockade. Civilians pulling carts loaded with their belongings during the blockade. People crowding streets. Crowd gathered outside a store.
Berlin Airlift during post-World War II blockade of Berlin and final lifting of blockade. U.S. Brigadier General Frank L. Howley stands before a map of Berlin as he speaks about final lifting of Berlin blockade. Two officers work at airport control tower. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft takes off from a runway.
Film depicts the conditions which existed during post-World War II blockade of Berlin and final lifting of blockade. U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft participating in Berlin Airlift taxis on runway. Flour being unloaded from C-54. German laborers load coal in cars. U.S. Brigadier General Frank L. Howley stands before a map of Berlin and speaks about final lifting of Berlin blockade. German children playing on sidewalks in Berlin. After blockade is lifted, view of the first railroad train entering east Berlin at Berlin-Charlottenburg railroad station, on May 12, 1949. Crowded station scene for the first train. Passengers disembark at station. General Howley speaks about Berlin blockade. Children playing on streets of Berlin. A carnival amusement ride spinning in Berlin, amid bomb damaged buildings behind it.
Hanging of a Nazi war criminal in Bruchal, Germany, a former German sergeant who was tried by the U.S. 7th Army court and found guilty of killing an American aviator who bailed out of his plane over Germany. Nazi prisoner approaches gallows guarded by American MPs (Military Police). Body of condemned being dropped through trap. Body being removed from beneath gallows and placed in coffin.
American troops along streets of Rome cheered by Italian civilians after Liberation of Rome during World War II. American soldiers march slowly along the street. American tanks with men atop pass by as people cheer. Monument of Victor Emmanuel II as seen from a narrow avenue. American vehicles with troops drive along a narrow lane in crowd. Huge crowd of Italians cheering. A few American vehicles with troops pass the Colosseum. Cheering Italian crowd around American tank with U.S. soldiers atop.
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