United States soldiers, including a United States Military Red Cross Medic, advance towards an apartment block in Halle, Germany during World War 2. United States Army officers discuss together as they confer to map, behind them a soldier looking at camera from top of tank. United States soldiers crouch in front of brick wall. Gate with words “Feuerwehr” (“Fire Department” in German). United States soldier sprints across street. United States soldier on lookout on the streets of Halle, Germany. A Sherman tank in front of building. United States soldier sprints across street towards a doorway. Soldiers climb over destroyed walls. Sherman tank fires on the street. White flag drapes from fence in Halle, Germany. Sign says “Halle Saale”. United States soldiers with Sherman tank marches in Halle, Germany. United States soldiers open a wooden door and enter. White flag on tree in a street with German civilians and United States soldiers in Halle, Germany. American Sherman tank drives over rifles confiscated from German soldiers. Soldier fires with machine gun from house window. Soldiers dash across street towards doorway of German house. Soldier sprints towards a doorway of apartment.
People gather at an opera house in Germany. Dancers perform a high kick routine in the hall. People watch the show and applaud. Some are Nazi German soldiers in uniform. View of an acrobatic show with a floor show followed by a trapeze act entertaining an audience in Germany. Men play in an orchestra in a symphony hall or opera house. Conductor leads orchestra. View of various instrument sections up close, including trumpets. View from behind violin players as they read music and play. Woman model on a stage comes forward and stoops with a tin can to accept contributions in the annual Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes drive, for relief for needy people in Germany during the winter. Street scenes of youth carrying tins and accepting coin and money contributions from German citizens for the Winterhilfswerk fund drive. A small child adds a coin to the tin. A Nazi officer adds a coin. A group of men crowd around to put coins in the tin. People watch them. Brief montage scene of German armament in World War 2, including artillery being raised to fire, close-up view of tank tread as tank advances, German Navy ships underway in the ocean, low-flying German aircraft flying overhead in the sky including a Junkers Ju 52 tri-motor aircraft.
U.S. Air Force aircraft fly some Berlin children to West Germany for summer vacation during Operation Kinderlift in Germany. German children with their parents at an airport. A young German child with a tag around his neck. An officer holds a German boy and he cries. A young German boy stands by. A woman holding her son. The U.S. officer along with the German children board a U.S. aircraft. The parents of the German children wave as their children depart for vacation holidays in West Germany during the Cold War. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The children seated inside the aircraft. Two boys play chess. A boy eats banana. Another looks through binoculars.
Members of the West German Bundestag Committee inspect Zonal area between free Western Germany and Communist held East Germany. The members talk to townsmen. A deserted shore line is inspected. Red Army (Soviet Army) clears a three mile strip on the frontier to form a no-man's land (near Berlin Wall).
A contrast between East Berlin and West Berlin in Germany. The "Berlin wall" which separates East and West Germany with a wire fence on its top built by the Soviets. Workers in East Berlin constructing the wall. The streets of West Berlin and several dilapidated buildings in East Berlin, still not repaired following bombing during World War II, showing the contrast. Bernd Luenser who was shot down as he reached West Berlin after swimming across a canal from East Berlin. His body is hauled out by the West German guards. Wreaths laid in memoriam for Germans killed trying to escape to West Berlin. U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft taking off from an airfield, connecting East and West Berlin. Bricked windows sealed over completely on buildings along the Berlin Wall. Khrushchev speaking at the UN, standing and waving his finger emphatically as he speaks.
United States High Commissioner for Germany John J. McCloy arrives in Germany. John J. McCloy being greeted by Robert Murphy and General Clarence R. Huebner as photographers take pictures. A motorcade moves past Military Police honor guards. McCloy sits next to General Huebner during a press conference. He speaks to the press as correspondents take notes.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.