Destroyed buildings in a war-battered town in Germany during World War II. Explosions from bursting artillery shells are seen behind the battered houses. More artillery shells burst in a field; a destroyed house stands in front of the battlefield. Smoke covers the field as more shells are fired. Artillery shell explodes beside a damaged house. Closer view of houses bombarded by artillery shell attack. Thick clouds of smoke cover the destroyed village. Explosion of white phosphorus and high explosive shells in the village streets. Aftermath of artillery shell attack on destroyed village.
United States Infantry troops and tanks in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany during World War II. Hand sign for “3”. Infantry troops move up a hillside road. Medics remove wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Two medics carry a soldier on a stretcher, laying the patient on the side of the road. The 301st Regiment, 94th Division digging trenches on the hillside.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division in Saarland, Germany during World War II. Infantry soldiers and their tanks are halted beside snow-covered road. Several buildings in the countryside. A group of soldiers in winter clothing rest. Troops sit in front of a building. A United States soldier smiles. Another soldier laughs. Two soldiers read a map together. Possibly near Besch.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division march late at dusk in Germany during World War II. Soldiers march along a road late winter dusk. The roadside is covered with some snow. Troops pass by a truck that is parked on the side of the road. Soldiers in winter uniforms march beside the road, some of them are smiling. Trucks and Jeeps drive on steep roads. Possibly near Besch.
United States Army 104th Division troops ride a crowded Jeep along a street in a town in Germany during World War II. Some of the soldiers are lying and sitting on the car hood. Destroyed buildings are seen on the streets. Soldiers marching through a road surrounded by trees. A Jeep follows the troops on the same road. Soldiers marching out of a German town. A United States Army medic marches away.
Film opens showing Russian Bear covered by iron gate and slate reading 100 days Blockade. Camera pans over war-damaged areas of the city of Berlin, Germany. Narrator refers to the Berlin Airlift by the Allies and the Berlin residents not giving up. Views of several buildings undamaged by World War 2, including Kammergericht, the Headquarters of the Allied Control Council. Streets crowded by pedestrians going about ordinary business in Berlin. Among them is seen a German soldier, missing a leg and using a crutch. Some Berlin industry activity is seen in a factory where welders are at work. Blockade fences are seen separating the Soviet zone of east Berlin from the allied sectors of West Berlin. Trams are seen that cannot travel between the zones. A person trying to use a gas stove to cook, but has no gas pressure. The city grows dark at night due to electricity shortages, resulting in blackout conditions. Berliners trying to manage simple things at home such as exercising on a fixed bicycle. A man planting a garden in sight of the Brandenburg Gate, at the boundary of the Soviet zone. A police officer using a radio in an automobile in the free part of the city. View of the City Council meeting in West Berlin. This is contrasted with view of East Berlin where members of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) backed by the Soviet authorities are seen meeting in a separate city council of East Berlin, not long before the formal founding of East Germany in 1949. Next, Dr Ferdinand Friedensburg, Mayor of West Berlin, addresses the West Berlin City Council.
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