Miss Hanna Reitsch flies the Focke-Wulf F.W. 61 twin rotor helicopter, named "Deutschland," inside the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. The building is empty except for several Focke-Wulf technicians present to support the FW 61 demonstration. Reitsch is seen climbing into the cockpit. She takes off and maneuvers slowly and unerringly about the indoor arena.
A signboard reads "You are leaving the American sector" at Berlin Wall. Three United States Army tour buses return from East Berlin during Berlin Crisis. MP signals buses to stop. Buses along street. United States Army soldier talks on a radio set. East German guard on the Friedrichstrasse. M-48 tanks and United States troops at border crossing. M-48 moves away from border. Moving shots from tank of an M-48 and M-59 APC driving through Berlin streets on their way back to Turner Barracks. Board of 'Kochstrasse'. Soldiers on street. Boards of 'Cafe Koln' and 'Apothexe' on a wall. United States Army tank. A man clicks photo.
M-48 tank at the Friedrichstrasse border crossing between West Berlin and East Berlin during Berlin Crisis. Three United States Army tour buses at crossing. United States Army soldiers standing on the West Berlin side. Street sign reads 'Friedrichstrasse'. Tilt down to the three buses at the curb. Buses enter East Berlin area. American soldiers standing near Checkpoint Charlie at edge of American Sector. People standing near border. M-48 tank and M-59 APC in street. Scene of East sector. United States soldiers at .30 cal machine gun in doorway. Hands of gunner handling cartridge belt.
Aerial view of Brandenburg Gate with East German guards in Berlin. Aerial view of city during 1961 Berlin Crisis and construction of Berlin Wall. View of Postdamer Platz, Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, and the Reichstag Building.
Berlin during Berlin Airlift operations. Streetcars in Berlin enter tunnel. Pedestrians walk on streets. Roads of Berlin darkened during night hours due to power cuts. A Berlin Airlift "Raisin Bomber" airplane flying low over the city at dusk. Headlamps of vehicles on streets during night. People going to work walk up the stairs of a subway in morning hours. Counter girl sells bread and other bakery goods to customers in a bakery shop. Canned goods emptied from a can and weighed in a shop. Citizens gathered around a news stand. A busy market of Berlin. The partially bomb damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, with a plan flying in the background.
Berlin during Berlin airlift operations. A boy runs towards his father and gives him a teddy bear for one of the pilots. The father, an airfield worker gives the teddy to one of the pilots. Pilots approach snack bar on airfield. German labor presents teddy to a pilot who gifts him a pipe. Pilot reaches his home and meets his family. He gifts teddy to his children. A plane in its flight. Pilot walks to a porthole and drops candy by parachute. Children run to get the candies. The plane makes its landing. The airfield worker walk to the pilots and shows them newspaper headlines. Protest meets in Potsdammer Platz. A huge crowd of people assembled. An airplane ready for flight, Pilot observes the radarscope and talks on mike. The plane takes off.
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