A straight-wing Republic F-84E Thunderjet of the USAF 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing landing at Neubiberg Air Base near Munich, Germany. A USAF C-47 is holding short on the taxiway. Next, a crash truck is seen stationed on the taxiway.Across the field, Two C-47s, a B-17, and a C-54 are parked. Scene shifts to closeup of a tank truck carrying JP-3 fuel, parked next an 86th Wing F-84. An airman sits on the plane's left tip tank. The fuel truck operator and another airman pull two refueling hoses from the truck and carry them to airmen sitting on the aircraft's tip tanks. The aircraft is parked on Marsden Matting aka pierced steel planking. Closeup of the airman on the plane's right wing takes his hose and inserting it into the right tip tank. Views of him filling the tank. Two airmen are behind the fuel truck. One watches the fuel gages. Scene shifts to two airmen mechanics atop the aircraft. They are assembling and installing an avionics component. Closeup of the aircraft's crew chief, TSgt G. Cavert, sitting on the wing , next to a painting on fuselage of the 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron logo: a black crow holding a bomb over its head ready to throw it. The names: Col. G. Laven and TSgt G. Calvert are painted above and below the logo, respectively. (This aircraft is F-84E-30-RE Thunderjet number 51-624 flown by the commander of the 86th Fighter Bomber Group, Colonel George Laven Jr. who flies with the 527th Fighter-Bomber Squadron.) Next several of the 86th Wing's aircraft are seen parked, and one airman is seated near an anti-aircraft gun, while another plays catch with someone, unseen.
Eibsee Lake froze in Eibsee, Germany. People gathered at the frozen Eibsee Lake. Participants compete in a sledge race on the frozen lake. Horse drawn sledges compete for the winning spot. Horse race takes place. Horses run along a frozen track.
A United Nations delegation in Berlin, Germany. A motorcade arrives and 14 advisors of American United Nations delegation step from their cars. They visit Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Delegates discuss the Berlin Airlift with an American officer. The delegates visit the Soviet World War II monument and a man takes pictures. A woman pushes a trolley with boxes loaded on it. Delegates leave in cars with Brandenburg Gate in the background. Cars parked as a delegate films a wrecked building using what appears to be a 16mm motion picture film camera.
A United Nations delegation in Berlin, Germany. An aircraft taxis at the Tempelhof airport and the 14 advisors of American United Nations delegation get off the plane. They pose with the aircraft in the background. Delegates get into cars and the motorcade leaves the airport.
The Soviet controlled East German government opens a new Berlin Wall crossing. A fenced area in Berlin, Germany. A watch tower near the fenced area. The "Wall of Shame" in Berlin has been breached by the East German Red Regime. The new Berlin Wall opening is designed to provide a shorter route to the East Berlin Airport. Military officials in the area. A mason at the construction of a structure. Papers are checked by military officials and a barricade is raised to allow vehicles to pass through.
During time of German occupation of Austria, or Anschluss, prior to World War II. A large crowd gathers on a street in Berlin, Germany. Buildings along the sides. Soldiers march in formation. People cheer. German flags on flag poles. An airplane lands. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler deplanes at Tempelhof Airport on his return from Vienna Austria. He rides in a motorcade through Berlin. People cheer as the motorcade moves along the streets. People salute and cheer. People stand in the balcony of a building and sing. Soldiers stand at attention. Hitler walks. People cheer. He stands in the balcony of a building and waves towards the large crowd gathered in the Wilhelmplatz.. German citizens hold a banner. They sing. Hitler stands in the balcony with German politician Hermann Wilhelm Göring. Hitler waves towards the crowd.
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