In Berlin, at the end of World War 2, in Europe, a large group of ordinary people gather at a hill of debris where a building once stood. Men and Women use shovels to dig dirt from sidewalk and place it in buckets, that others pass up the hill, in a bucket brigade. Closeup of people filling the buckets at the base of the pile of debris. The bucket brigade consists mostly of women. They transfer the filled buckets up the hill and empty ones down via a separate group of volunteers. The buckets are emptied at the top of the heap. Some women transfer large fragments of concrete to one another. The entire project seems intended to clear more space in the sidewalks and streets. View from a high point reveals skeletons of tall buildings and other groups doing similar work to clear rubble from the city walks and roads.
At the end of World War 2, in Europe, citizens of Berlin (mostly women) cooperate in a bucket brigade to clear rubble from their walks and streets. Lacking any machinery, they use shovels to fill buckets and pass them up the hill of debris at the base of bombed out buildings. A train passes below damaged roadway where camera is located. Camera pans to the cleanup site, where dozens of people are occupied. Closup of a man using a mason's hammer to break concrete slabs so they can be moved by hand. Women inside the walls of a demolished building, where they empty the buckets and throw the concrete slabs.
Bombed buildings in Berlin, Germany due to Allied air raid during World War II. Aerial view of buildings on the Kurfürstendamm, including the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church belfry. Various views of bomb-damaged buildings. Debris and ruins in the streets.
Bombed buildings in Berlin, Germany due to Allied air raids during World War II. Bombed Propaganda Ministry Building. Debris and remains of the building. A man walks past the building. He uses shovel to clear the dirt. Twisted steel girders of the building in the foreground.
A bombed railway station in Berlin, Germany due to Allied air raids during World War II. Bombed Anhalter Bahnhof station. Railway tracks in the foreground. Wrecked trains cars. A view of the damaged and bombed station. Twisted steel girders at the station. A damaged wall of the station. People walk on the platform. A wrecked train car.
Bombed buildings in Berlin, Germany due to Allied air raids during World War II. Bombed German Chancellery building. Ruins and debris of the building in the foreground. Broken windows and damaged brick walls of the Chancellery. Rubble on the streets. A truck parked on a street. A man near the truck. Interior of the Chancellery shows damaged walls. Rubble and debris inside the Chancellery. Twisted steel rods.
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