Post-WWII - 1946, Germany: Highlights of 1946 Pt. 1 of 2
Ein Jahr Lief Ab... Ein Querschnitt Durch 1946
20:34:58 Winter w/ people in costumes thru snow, child crying; witches; people open masks of costumes & drink warm drinks.
20:35:17 Woman at punch press making pans. Man w/ stack of army helmets picks one up & puts in punch press, then on mandrel & turns to cut into pan. Another at punch press making holes for colander, w/ handle added.
20:35:42 Dachau, Germany Ext. Sign: War Crimes Branch, Judge Advocate Section HQ 3rd Army, Court A. Int. w/ Judges, lights from ceiling, defendants & tables. Pan over defendants holding or wearing numbers. 35 convicted & sentenced to death including Gottfried Weiss former commander of Dachau.
20:36:08 People into building at going to voting booths w/ ballots. Putting into ballot box during first Post-WWII elections.
20:36:31 Stuttgart outdoor sports stadium & soccer players run onto field past camera. 50,000 pack stadium & game seen from upper level. CU of spectators.
20:36:55 Steel mill opened w/ McNarney lighting furnace. People watching. Shot of furnace & steel out.
20:37:16 Black market operating openly near Brandenburg Gate till truck w/ German police arrive & arrest. People taken away.
20:37:53 Grain is unloaded from US & British ships in Hamburg into barges.
20:38:11 South African Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts visits school children in British Zone.
20:38:25 In Berlin Tiergarten bulldozers work among ruins of statues to clear for gardens. Man working w/ horse, women helping sorting & planting potatoes.
20:38:43 Tempelhof Airport, New York to Berlin, first flight on American Overseas Airline begins since WWII. Baggage unloaded. CU copy of New Yorker handed.
20:39:00 POWs returning by train to Berlin. Women & children waving, hugging, kissing. Walk past rubble.
Post-WWII Germany Occupation; 1946 Berlin Elections;
20:39:32 Allied Control Committee meets in Berlin: Gen Joseph McNarney, Sir Sholto Douglas, French Gen. Koenig & Russian Marshal Sokolovski arrive & enter building. Sitting at table, CUs w/ medals around large square table.
20:40:05 Steel raised into place for new buildings or bridges. Women working drilling & place dynamite charges; demolition of very large building over railroad overpass. Large shovels excavate, men using picks; others carry materials. Steam train hauling debris. continued... GOOD
Post-WW2; German Occupation; German Rebuilding; Reconstruction; Trials;
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Post-WWII - 1946, Germany: Highlights of 1946 Pt. 1 of 2 Ein Jahr Lief Ab... Ein Querschnitt Durch 1946 20:34:58 Winter w/ people in costumes thru snow, child crying; witches; people open masks of costumes & drink warm drinks. 20:35:17 Woman at punch press making pans. Man w/ stack of army helmets picks one up & puts in punch press, then on mandrel & turns to cut into pan. Another at punch press making holes for colander, w/ handle added. 20:35:42 Dachau, Germany Ext. Sign: War Crimes Branch, Judge Advocate Section HQ 3rd Army, Court A. Int. w/ Judges, lights from ceiling, defendants & tables. Pan over defendants holding or wearing numbers. 35 convicted & sentenced to death including Gottfried Weiss former commander of Dachau. 20:36:08 People into building at going to voting booths w/ ballots. Putting into ballot box during first Post-WWII elections. 20:36:31 Stuttgart outdoor sports stadium & soccer players run onto field past camera. 50,000 pack stadium & game seen from upper level. CU of spectators. 20:36:55 Steel mill opened w/ McNarney lighting furnace. People watching. Shot of furnace & steel out. 20:37:16 Black market operating openly near Brandenburg Gate till truck w/ German police arrive & arrest. People taken away. 20:37:53 Grain is unloaded from US & British ships in Hamburg into barges. 20:38:11 South African Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts visits school children in British Zone. 20:38:25 In Berlin Tiergarten bulldozers work among ruins of statues to clear for gardens. Man working w/ horse, women helping sorting & planting potatoes. 20:38:43 Tempelhof Airport, New York to Berlin, first flight on American Overseas Airline begins since WWII. Baggage unloaded. CU copy of New Yorker handed. 20:39:00 POWs returning by train to Berlin. Women & children waving, hugging, kissing. Walk past rubble. Post-WWII Germany Occupation; 1946 Berlin Elections; 20:39:32 Allied Control Committee meets in Berlin: Gen Joseph McNarney, Sir Sholto Douglas, French Gen. Koenig & Russian Marshal Sokolovski arrive & enter building. Sitting at table, CUs w/ medals around large square table. 20:40:05 Steel raised into place for new buildings or bridges. Women working drilling & place dynamite charges; demolition of very large building over railroad overpass. Large shovels excavate, men using picks; others carry materials. Steam train hauling debris. continued... GOOD Post-WW2; German Occupation; German Rebuilding; Reconstruction; Trials;