Anniversary of East German Revolt against Soviets in 1953. West Berliners including Mayor Willy Brandt and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard at the memorials of those who died in East German Revolt against Soviets in 1953. Flowers on memorials. More than 200 memorial services recall day of revolt in 1953. Chancellor Erhard leads 75,000 people in a rally before the Town Hall. Freedom torch is lit by a man.
View in Bavaria where a finger sport is played. A joint match of teams from Austria and Tyrol. Two players sit opposite each other and try to pull the opponent over to their side of the table with their fingers and are watched by people. Players hook the middle finger inside a leather strap to pull their opponent.
Berlin cops put on a show in Berlin. View of a stadium filled with 100,000 spectators. President Kennedy's mother Elizabeth Kennedy is the Guest of Honor for the Show. Policemen standing in formation. Close view of Elizabeth Kennedy. Policemen showing several stunts. Policemen on motorcycle trying to greet Elizabeth Kennedy. Police dogs playing soccer.
Berlin Airlift operations at Templehof Airfield during Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union, as supplies are being brought from all over with roadways blocked by Russians. U.S. Air Force plane landing at Tempelhof Airfield in Berlin and a Berliner showing newspaper to two U.S. Air Force pilots. Crowd massed up outside a building. Pilot in flight talking into radio and airmen on ground responding. An aircraft with cargo crashes and firemen trying to put off fire. Aircraft operations going at ground and in air. Crowd walking at Tempelhof Airfield. Aircraft takes off.
Holiday vendors and shop keepers in Berlin selling wares and gifts to shoppers at Christmas time, 1919. A man buys a wooden clapping toy from a boy street vendor. A fruit vendor sells fruits from his wooden cart. Germans lined up to buy Christmas trees from a vendor beside a public square area. Pedestrians fill the sidewalks, passing by tents with holiday vendors, as seen from elevated position in a moving vehicle traveling on a main street in Berlin. Happy children and adults seen shopping and walking in the crowd. Children and adults gather at a store window that sells toys, and watch a vendor showing a toy zeppelin that flies back and forth, and a wind-up, mechanical car toy.
French troops march with military band on way to railroad train station. French tricolor flag displayed on building as the French troops pass. The troops board rail trains at Dortmund station and wave out the windows as the train pulls out of the station.
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