Statue of Karl Marx on his grave stone in Highgate Cemetery, London. A picture of Karl Marx. Scenes in Russia around the time of the Russian Revolution circa 1917 and creation of the Soviet Union. Soviet soldiers walking slowly in loose formation. Bolsheviks standing with a large banner. Images spanning many years thereafter: Damaged shops on a street. "One way" street signs in several languages. Large gathering of people carrying signs reading: "Frieden" (Peace, in German). A sign reading: "HALT, Landesgrenze" marking a German provincial boundary. A sign in German, designating the customs border at Furth im Wald, Bavaria ("Zollgrenz-Bezirk, Furth i.Wald"). East German border guards setting obstacles and sentry paths at barbed wire barriers (constituting the Berlin Wall, early on). Picture of Günter Litfin, a twenty-four-year-old tailor, who swam across the Spree Canal to West Germany on 24 August 1961. View of him being fatally shot from across the border, by East German guards, as he is being pulled into West Germany (the first such fatality at the East West German border). Animated map of the world with label references to Berlin,1961; Havana, 1959; Budapest, 1956; Coyoacan, 1940; and Kronstadt, 1921.
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder, a World War II twin-engine medium bomber, drops bombs over targets in Germany near the end of World War II. Captain Browning in a USAAF B-26 Marauder over Germany. POV shots from cockpit. The B-26 bomber drops bombs. B-26 landing gears lower. POV from cockpit as the B-26 lands and taxis along the perimeter strip. Crewmen on the ground directs the B-26 for parking. A Lieutenant plots out flak damage. The crewmen of the B-26 gathered around B-26 and in a jeep. An interrogating officer takes down flight data from the pilot. Crewmen inspect belt of damaged ammunition. A Lieutenant views the damaged ammunition. Note: a small bright object, possibly a foo fighter, is seen moving diagonally and downward across the frame from left to right in the first second or two of this clip.
An Autobahn bridge under construction in Germany. Steel frame structure of the bridge under construction. Views of the framework. Views of the completed autobahn between Berlin and Hanover, Germany.
A film titled 'Bombing of Berlin' about the British attack on Berlin in Germany during World War II. The United States Army Air Corps aircraft, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on an airfield in England. The aircraft taxis and takes off to proceed to Germany. The B-17 aircraft flies low over airfield. The fighter escorts follow. The B-17 aircraft release bombs on a plant in Berlin. Fires and bomb explosions over the city. The aircraft heads for England and lands on the airfield after raid. Flares help to direct aircraft. A B-17 aircraft with damaged landing gear makes a crash landing. The emergency crew near the aircraft.
Norwegian workers get off from train and ferry in Germany during World War II. The Norwegian workers in a train stand at a platform. The workers in the train wave. The workers on a ferry and the ferry underway. The soldiers stand in a squad at a dock. The workers get off from the ferry. The workers with their luggage enter a building. A sign reads 'Welcome in Germany'. The workers sit around a table and eat food.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Germany. A pilot and instructor in the cockpit of the USAF (United States Air Force) T-33 Shooting Star and canopy is raised. The T-33 taxis onto runway. T-33 in flight. Air Force installation in Germany. A dish shaped radar antenna rotating atop a van. Two airmen at the console in the control room. A close up radarscope during tacking phase. TM-16A in launch position. The T-33 swoops down low over missile. T-33 in flight. The Guidance officer at the console in the ground control room. The dish shaped radar antenna rotating atop the van. Matador flight simulator panel in the rear seat of T-33 shows red and green light flashing on and off.
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