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Post-WWII - 1946, Germany, Occupied: Defeated People, A R1 of 2

Reel Number: 221365-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1946,1940s

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom

Location: British Sector Berlin

TC Begins: 02:27:12

TC Ends: 02:37:41

Duration: 00:10:29

Post-WWII - 1946, Germany, British Occupied Zone of Berlin R1 of 2 Titles. 02:28:07 Map w/ occupied zones of Berlin, w/ voices discussing what to do about the people. 02:28:25 Water flowing around wreckage of destroyed railroad bridge. Destruction, railroad & trolley cars; people sitting on street w/ vacant looks. Families. People looking at bulletin boards w/ many notes. Some in German uniforms w/o insignia. Voice over reading notices searching for information of missing persons. Notes tied to tree trunks; family children by piles & bundles of belongings on sidewalk. 02:30:03 Cooking in vacant lot; man w/ hand organ playing in front of debris. Shots of people, crowds of refugees crossing makeshift bridge. 02:30:47 Men into military government office; British officers meet w/ Germans. 02:31:23 German digging deep trench; working on high electric transmission towers. Women cleaning up bricks. Men working on construction. POV past heavily bombed out buildings w/ partial walls standing. 02:32:28 Smoking or steaming pipe from cellar of destroyed building; woman out of stairwell. People living a partially exposed upper floors. Woman knitting. Getting water from pipe; women washing clothes in buckets. 02:33:19 Statue of Alfred Krupp by destroyed building. Men at factory gates, military guard. Essen, Krupp family mansion w/ British officers handling distribution of coal thruout Germany. Mine tower & men smashing coal blocks w/ sledge hammers. Men shoveling coal under guard for power plants. Men sawing fallen trees, dead horse nearby. Women cutting wood w/ hatchets in parks. Meeting of occupying forces committee of civilians & British military. 02:34:44 Coal train across bridge. Truck convoy along autobahn. 02:35:08 Men reading newspapers; people inquiring about lost relatives. Group of people on bicycle & foot waiting to cross temporary bridge. Trucks crossing temporary bridge. Train into station w/ packed platform, people climb aboard freight cars. Refugees on roads, train out of yard. Post-WW2 Germans; Occupation; Post-WW2 Rebulding; British Sector; Re-education; 1940s; NOTE: GOOD photography & sound quality.

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