A man speaks behind the court podium during the trial of German activist Fritz Teufel in West Berlin. Audience watch the court proceedings. Detained student activists and Fritz Teufel take their seats. A protest sign in German reads “Solche Idioten regieren uns” (“Such idiots rule us”). A man snatches the sign away, resulting in a scuffle inside the courtroom. Detained student activists speaking to the audience. A man speaks to a reporter during a Television interview. Fritz Teufel blows bubble at another activist, Rainer Langhans. Langhans smiles. A woman puffs out smoke. Fritz Teufel and other activists smoke cigars together inside their headquarters.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet politicians. Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro leaves with their entourage. The Brandenburg Gate as seen from the West Berlin side at the height of the Cold War. Barbed wires on the border of East and West Berlin. The construction of the Berlin Wall. East German soldier guards the border between the two Berlins. East German guard Konrad Schumann jumps over the barbed wire while dropping his PPSh-41 submachine gun as he escapes to West Berlin during the construction of the Berlin Wall. Schumann runs towards and boards a West Berlin police van. Host or narrator of the film shows photographs of Fidel Castro with Nikita Khrushchev and the “Leap into Freedom” photo by West German photographer Peter Leibing. “The communists are the true colonialists, as a matter of fact.” The narrator said as the show reaches its conclusion.
Supreme Allied Commander, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower sits for group portrait with other U.S. military leaders, three days following the end of World War Two, in Europe. The group shown is: Front row: Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson — Ninth U.S. Army; Gen. George S. Patton Jr. — Third U.S. Army; Gen. Carl A. Spaatz — U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower — Supreme Allied Commander; Gen. Omar N. Bradley — 12th Army Group; Gen. Courtney H. Hodges — First U.S. Army; Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow — Fifteenth U.S. Army. Rear row: Brig. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley — IX Tactical Air Command; Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg — Ninth Air Force; Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith — SHAEF Chief of Staff; Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland — XIX Tactical Air Command; Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent — XXIX Tactical Air Command. A soldier stands with a horse sent as a gift, to General Bradley, from Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev. The horse blanket under the saddle bears a white star. Generals Hodges and Patton examine the horse. General Patton looks in its mouth. General Bradley and General Eisenhower walk around the horse and discuss it.
A scientific exhibition at the United States' pavilion at West Berlin's central exhibition site. People lined up at the entrance to USA exhibit. Exterior view of the U.S. Pavilion. U.S. flag flies at the building and signs reading: "United States" and "ERF" are displayed above the building. Signs in the pavilion read: 'ATOM' and 'George C. Marshall - Haus'. People assembled to watch the exhibition. People lined up on stairs. U.S. representatives demonstrate how a nuclear fission assembly works, with simulated fuel and control rods and an instrument for reading radiation levels. A technician demonstrates how radioactive materials can be handled remotely, in a laboratory, using a robotic machine to manipulate delicate glass funnels and bottles. An inflatable laboratory suit is demonstrated, that one could crawl out to and work in while in a toxic environment.
Streets of Berlin crowded during U.S. President Kennedy's visit. President Kennedy's motorcade passing along the streets accompanied by many officials and motorcycles. People of Berlin packed on the side of the streets and in the buildings waving, cheering, and throwing ticker tape. Scene of Airlift Monument which is located in front of Tempelhof Airport. It is reminder of Airlift during the Berlin Blockade. Front-on view of motorcade with President in his convertible, surrounded by Secret Service personnel.
Crowd and President Kennedy on the stage during his West Berlin visit. A cannon salute to President John F Kennedy and scene of man wearing space suit. President review photos of his current visit. President Kennedy, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt in front of microphone. President boards flight and the plane takes off. Aerial view of West Berlin, showing the Siegessäule (Victory Column) and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and the voice of John F Kennedy repeats. 26 June 1963.
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