WORLD IN FILM. Issue no. 170, "NEWS FLASH FROM BERLIN, LATEST REPORT" Part 1

Description

Summary: At Gatow, sacks of flour are unloaded from Skymaster. (C-54) CU, sacks being loaded on special elevator in plane. Workman loading grain into truck. Load of newsprint in plane. Newsprint unloaded from plane by lift truck; laborers set it in truck. Sequence: Industrial show held at Steglitz in US Sector showing examples of articles manufactured by German industry: shoes, hats, others. A soccer game between the Hamburg and Charlottenburg teams. Russian soldier hauling down the Soviet flag in front of the Allied Control Council Building. Name plate of Gen Kotrkow on a door. Int., Russian general's office with picture of Stalin on wall. WORLD IN FILM ISSUE NO 169-1948 "50 DAYS BLOCKADE - BERLIN" Entrance to police barracks and headquarters, The magistrate, Dr Stumm inspects police. Line of German policemen. Buildings which house the Post Office and main Food Office. Flooded streets in section of Berlin. Pedestrians crossing; old people are helped across the flooded street. Crashed Skymaster burning on field. Shots of rescue workers. Air Secretary W Stuart Symington, and the Air Force Chief, Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg arrive at Tempelhof. Cut-in, Gen Vandenberg speaking to officers. Symington being interviewed by press. Dr. Hubert Schwennicke of the LDP speaking on the blockade. Anthony Eden, addressing outdoor audience and stressing the point that the Allies are determined to stay in Berlin. FS, B-29 landing en Gatow. Several scenes, B-29s on runway after arriving from England. MS, US pilots speaking to RAF men.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities