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.
Period following German elections in March,1933. Newspapers on a billboard with "Adolf Hitler" boldly displayed in print. German SA (Stormtroopers) Headquarters with sign reading: "S.A.Heim, Sturm 16L." Torchlight parade of German SA (Stormtroopers) along a street. Nazi officials stand around. House of labor union with SA troops manning a machine gun in front. Copy of Sunday Morning Post of March 12, 1933. Several Storm troopers marching along the street. SS troopers in black uniforms, mingling with SA (storm troopers) in brown shirts.
A session of Uranium Committee at Bureau of Standards, Washington DC. The exteriors of Bureau of Standards. People leave and enter the building. A car leaving the gates of Bureau of Standards. Interiors of the building showing Uranium Committee in session at Bureau of Standards. Dr. B.F. Scribner and Dr. J.I. Hoffman seated. Sitting at the end of the table are Dr. B.H. Abeison. Dr. Layman James Briggs, Dr. Sasse W. Beams, Dr. Tuve, Dr. L.F. Curtiss, and Dr. Edward Wichers. Dr. Briggs rises and walks towards the blackboard. Briggs at blackboard.
On May 8, 1919 three Navy-Curtiss three-engine flying boats, the NC-1 commanded by Patrick N.L. Bellinger, the NC-3 commanded by John H. Towers and NC-4 commanded by Albert C. Read, take off from the Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station on first leg of transatlantic flight. Aircraft are readied for flight. Sailors hand supplies to crewman on NC-4. Sailors scramble all over NC-3 handling last minute preparations. Naval Commander John H. Towers, in charge of the expedition, poses for a picture. NC-1 in the water with line to a ship. Officers on board ship release weather balloon. NC-3 taxis out in the water and accelerates for takeoff, followed by NC-4, later seen airborne. NC-1 taxis out and is seen airborne. Views of the NC flying boats aloft.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
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