1952 - Germany: Reconstruction of Berlin

1952 - Germany: Reconstruction of Berlin HSs, looking in both directions on Schloss Str, business street in the US zone. LS, modern apartment building on Innsbrucker Platz, cyclists move past in foreground. LSs, of Air Lift Memorial and Tempelhof Air Base building. Shots of building on Meringdam Str. VS, shoppers on the Kurfurstendamm Str in British zone; a sidewalk display box. Hotel Kempinsky, department store in US zone. Two women inspect jewelry story window & enter. Window of a radio shop. Partially reconstructed building housing Berliner Bank on Kurfurstendam Str. VS, sidewalk stands selling fruit, cosmetics and housewares against background of bombed building. MS, fruit stand. A cyclist and his girl read amusement ads on circular billboard; walk away. Civilian policeman directs a pedestrian; policeman directs traffic. White-coated policeman directs vehicular traffic at a busy intersection VW Beetle goes by. 10:00:07 LS, ruins of old buildings. VS, Russian War Memorial. 10:00:37 VS, Brandenburg Tor / Gate LS, old German Reichstag building. Two-decker bus drives on residential street. View of the entrance to the subway, the "U" Bahn. Shot of a building surrounded by scaffolding and a sign indicating Marshall Plan aid for "Clay Allee". Autos drive on a residential street; car traffic in shopping street. NOTE: shot between 18-22Aug52; 1950s;