WORLD IN FILM Part 1

Description

Summary: Ftge concern the "Berlin Blockade" Man in power house shutting off power. CU, pulling switches. Men working at factory benches as lights go out. Man sitting around after power shut off. LS, entrance to the Borsig Power Station, French Sector. Men at control board of power house. LS, large power station in British Sector. Cut to night scene of the power station with light in the windows. Short shot, people walking in the darkened streets. Girls entering beauty parlor at night. Patients leaving and entering doctor's office. Crowd acclaiming Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Minister. People applauding as Eden's car leaves the British Information Ctr. Coal being loaded into plane at Rhein- Main Airfield. LS, plane taking off for Berlin. Sacks of coal unloaded from plane at Tempelhof Airfield from American plane. Sequence: New landing fields under construction American plane taking off. CU, German looking skyward.(Last two scenes very grainy). THE CRISIS GOES ON.: Berlin Germany: 1948. Planes approaching Tempelhof. Scenes of crash at Berlin-Friedenau where five American fliers were killed. HS, ground shots, rescue work. A floral tribute to the dead fliers is placed at base of tree by child. CU, inscription on tree. Int, plane, laborer counting bags of flour. Int, large public bakery; bread being baked, dough being shaped, and the bread going into ovens. People buying bread in bakery. CU, bread and rolls on counter. LS, Brandenburger Tor. CU, sign "You Are Now Leaving British Sector". People standing on line in front of building for new currency. Dr Friedensbarg, Vice- Burgomaster, Berlin, telling why he was forced to dismiss Paul Markgraft, the police chief appointed by the Soviets. Map showing the four sectors, Berlin. Train pulling flatcars with tanks and other armament, oil cars. Jet planes flying low over the airfield in Furstenfeldbruck. Plane taxiing to a stop, pilot getting out. Pilot speaking to several Army officers. CU, insignia with motto "Ready and Waiting." Cut-ins, German headlines on the crisis. CU, Secretary of State, George C Marshall at meeting speaking.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities