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Post-WWII - 1948, Berlin: Hunger Blockade

Reel Number: 250049-17

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL and SD

Year / Date: 1948

Country: Germany

Location: Berlin

TC Begins: 01:22:28

TC Ends: 01:28:44

Duration: 00:06:16

Title: Hunger Blockade 01:22:33 People crowding onto tram / trolley, hanging from doors as it leaves. People listening to loudspeaker on sidewalks. 01:22:56 Pan across transport planes parked at airport. British General Brian Robertson talking to troops; bags unloaded. Int. airplane unloading crates into trucks. 01:23:50 Large amphibious plane overhead. View from air of monument among trees. Large amphibious plane landing on lake & unloading crates into small boat. 01:24:19 Unid. civilian man speaking into microphones, other civilians behind. Pan Juli 1948 German newspaper. 01:24:45 Parliament w/ ?? (white haired man) speaking SOF. Voting. Burgermeister Bruer speaks SOF. 01:26:32 Stock shots of London & Washington (poor quality, not useful). The End. 01:27:03 Title: Berlin To-Day. 01:27:07 LS across field; bulldozer moving bricks & rocks, men & women working w/ picks & shovels, crane operator moving dirt w/ clam-shell bucket on airport construction. 01:27:33 People in streets in center of Berlin at Alexanderplatz where sectors meet; black market, military watching. British General Herbert & staff. Men painting white lines at boundary of British Zone. Narrator: “If the Russians can’t tell now where they belong, that’s their fault.” Russian soldiers. 01:28:15 American Commandant Col. Howley in open car. British military police talking to Russians. British sector sign being put up. 1948; Berlin Crisis; Post-WW2; German Occupation; Cold War; Berlin Blockade; Welt Im Film; Divisions; Divides; Sectors; NOTE good picture quality; printer ride from ca 01:24:45 to 01:27:03. NOTE: Though this is sourced as two reels in Washington it, or a portion, is provided for price of one by Footage Farm.

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