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1950s - Cold War, USA, Big Picture: The New German Army

Reel Number: H2062-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL and SD

Year / Date: 1953,1950s

Country: Germany,USA

Location: Andernach,Berlin

TC Begins: 01:04:24

TC Ends: 01:13:36

Duration: 00:09:12

1950s - Cold War, Germany: German Army; East Germans; Berlin Demonstrations / Riots Montage: Army cameraman at rocket launch, artillery firing atomic cannon, H-19 Chickasaw helicopters landing & troops out; soldiers firing up hillside. 01:04:53 Turning globe & title. Sgt. Stuart Queen talks of training new German army. 01:06:16 20Jan56 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer speaks (German) to German troops. Narrator then translates. 01:08:19 (edit) Anti-Communist narration over shots of East Germans waiting to leave for the West as refugees. 01:08:59 Dismantling East German factories by USSR. Empty buildings & equipment. 01:09:33 Montage of West German mining, steel mill, market. Border, 16Jun53 Anti-communist demonstrators, rioting; Brandenburg Gate & taking down flag; cheering crowd. Throwing uniforms & Russian medallions out of building. Burning bus & cheering crowd. East German armored cars & chasing people. Tanks in street. 01:10:58 Sep55 Shots of Army base at Andernach; Adenhauer concludes speaking. Reviews troops, talks w/ US military officers. Troops march off. 01:12:58 Sgt Stuart Queen talking to camera SOF to conclude. End titles. NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.

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