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.
Celebrations during 55th Birthday of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler on 20th April, 1944 during World War II. A German Eagle statue on a base with inscription to the effect that our walls may be broken but not our hearts. A youth raising a Nazi flag on top of a building. People and troops march through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. People set up Nazi flags amidst rubble, and a woman sets up a sign reading that our walls may be broken but not our hearts. Demolished building in the background. People buy newspapers at a newsstand.
German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg enters a car to leave for the Reichstag to give speech declaring war, start of WWI. Honor guards assist and salute Chancellor. Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as he heads for the Reichstag to declare war on Belgium and France. Crowds of Germans salute with their hats. Honor guards on horseback and soldiers marching with flags during a military parade in Berlin. Civilians march along soldiers in parade. People wave good-bye as mobilized German soldiers leave for World War I on the train.
French aircraft on display in a grassy field with several French officers viewing. Close up of nose turret on a French bomber (possibly a Bloch MB 210-211 series). A group of French bi-winged aircraft in flight. Aerial view of Berlin airport, possibly Schönefeld Airport. Lettering on the ground near flight line reads “BERLIN”. German bi-planes taking off together from grassy field. A 1936 Junkers G38 transport plane takes off.
Circus acts with animals in Berlin and Moscow. A pair of chimpanzees in human clothes perform in front of an audience. A chimpanzee wearing a dress swing in monkey bar. Chimpanzee band play musical instruments in Deutschlandhalle (Messedamm 26; 14055 Westend, Berlin) in Westend, Berlin. Chimpanzees dancing to music. A man brings a dog on stage. A little girl watches the circus show. A dog runs on a spinning table. Dog performing stunts. Tigers perform an aqua ballet with acrobats in Moscow, Russia. A tiger licks the head of an acrobat in the middle of a pool. A troupe of tigers happily splash and wading about in a fantastic aqua ballet.
Junkers 52 aircraft parked in open field in the Peenemünde-West test site during World War II. . A glider in tow behind the Ju-52. Both aircraft taxi and take off, slight smoke seen from JATO bottle assist.
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