Berlin - Test For Freedom Part 2

Life in Berlin during Blockade / airlift 17:36:22 Mass meeting addresses by Ernst Reuter SPD urging them not to give up and appealed to the World for support. Father Christmas airlift - gifts handed out to German children. Children unwrap parcels and look at Santa and Red Indian. Choir singing. 17:37:30 Airlift shots - seaplanes bringing supplies. Pilot given flowers. Children playing with model aircraft in streets. Aftermath of plane crash, aircraft in flames - firefighting. Plane flying low. 17:37:59 2nd May 1949 - blockade lifted - night shots as barriers lifted. Day shots various celebrations. 17:38:21 East Berlin, communist demonstrations - scuffle between two young men. Communists storm Greater Berlin City Hall. Non-communist deputies establish government offices in West Berlin - free elections. Animated map showing division of East and West Berlin. 17:39:20 Communist police HQ - guns issued. 1953 Berlin riots - demonstrators massed on streets, Red Flag torn down from Brandenburg gate - flag burning. Soviet / Russian tanks crush revolt. 17:40:04 Rebuilding of West Berlin with Marshall plan aid - construction work - apartment blocks - modern architecture - Berlin Hilton - modern roads / highways. Industry - clothing factory - women at sewing machines. Heavy machinery in factory. Modern art - iron sculpture. Airlift memorial. Congress hall. Kurfurstendamm - street scenes. Berlin Film Festival - movie stars. Young women - fashions. Street cafes. 17:42:14 Everyday life - Organ grinder, women listen from windows. Man with giant pumpkin. Summer - Man relaxing in garden, soaking feet in bowl of water and drinking beer. Man in hammock - watering garden. Tourists sightseeing - large building - visiting lake and countryside. Holidaymakers - sailing - crowded carparks. Border signs. Family at lakeside in the evening, two boys run into water watched by mother and father. 17:43:10 Berlin night life on Kurfurstendamr - exteriors nightclubs - neon lights - fountains 17:43:27 City planners with models of a united Berlin. 17:43:35 Interior nightclub - dining - dancing Cold War;