A-4 surface to surface missile of Germany ready for a launch in Peenemunde in North east Germany. As a cable attached to the missile is loosened, it takes off and moves upwards emitting a fiery flare.
A-4 missile of Germany ready for launch as a technician stands on a ladder to attach a cable to the missile in Peenemunde,Germany. Missile emits smoke and fire before launch. The cable detaches from the missile as it takes off.
Communist guards armed at the border of West and East Berlin. Early construction scenes of the Berlin Wall, being erected by communist East Germany to restrict entry and exit. Gardens being cleared to create death strip. Photographers taking pictures of the wall building operations are sprayed by the military with high power water hoses from armored vehicles. American tanks roll out on streets as a security measure. Aerial views of additional newly constructed barbed wire runs encircling all East Berlin. People bid sad goodbye across the wall, shaking hands and exchanging words under watchful eyes of East German guards. Woman cries as she bids farewell to another woman from across barbed wire. Communist soldiers use reflective mirrors and tear gas smoke to block wall construction and eviction of persons at border. People living near the wall on Bernauer Strasse evacuate their apartments and some jump successfully out of windows into the West Berlin side. A couple is seen jumping from their low window into West Germany. A 76-year-old woman, Frieda Schulz, is seen escaping. She is being held at the same time by east German authorities who have her arms, while a West German crowd below tugs and frees her and she falls into a waiting rescue net on the West Berlin side. Still image seen of body of Günter Litfin as it is hauled from the Spree River following a failed escape attempt. Two women shake hands over the barbed wire and say goodbye. One of the women holds a handkerchief and cries as the other woman departs. Crowd at gate of a border cemetery encourages a 21-year-old East German soldier guard to escape. The soldier defects from East Berlin and is seen climbing the cemetery fence and he jumps to safety. A newlywed couple on their wedding day in West German is seen waving tearfully to an elderly couple in a high-rise apartment building on the East Berlin side. The couple is the parents of the bride and cannot be present for her wedding.
United States President John Kennedy touring the streets of West Germany. Street sign reads “Friedrichstrasse”. Cameramen and policemen surround President Kennedy and other dignitaries. President Kennedy and other dignitaries reach Berlin Wall in cars. President Kennedy walks up to the viewing stand erected in front of the Berlin Wall. Red banners on Brandenburg Gate are in place, placed there by East Germany to block President's view of East Germans on the other side of the Berlin Wall. View of huge crowd of 150,000 people gathered in the square while President Kennedy passes in car. President Kennedy at a podium to make a speech. Crowd of many thousands cheering in front of Rathaus Schöneberg. President Kennedy at Dublin Airport and honor guard welcomes him on tarmac. Air Force One aircraft parked on the runway behind. During the President's drive from the airport, millions cheer for him as his motorcade winds through the city streets of Dublin. View of cheering Irish people gathered on streets of Dublin in front of shops and offices.
Berlin City police control crowds of protesting people on a street in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd of Germans in open air assembly. Many demonstrate support for a new German Republic. People with signs and banners. One announces a group's support for the German Socialist Republic. Some carry tricolor flags of Germany. Some carry solid (red?) communist flags. The crowd marches by the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Berlin Police on horseback control the marchers. A man conducts a band of muscians in the midst of the crowd back in the open air assembly location.
Ellis Loring Dresel, U.S. Charge' d'affaires stands on sidewalk in Berlin, Germany, with other diplomats, following the signing of Peace Treaty between the United States and Germany, after World War I. He enters a car along with other officials. View of signed Treaty of Peace, signed by Mr. Dresel and also by German Foreign Minister, Dr. Friedrich Rosen.
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