Troop arrival and visit of Vice Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to Berlin, Germany Part 2

Description

LS, MLS, Brig. Gen. Frederick O. Hartel, Commanding General, Berlin Command, speaking on radio standing next to a car. The general walks twd the camera. LS, Col. Glover A. Johns, CO, 1st Battle Gp, 18th Inf. Regt., arriving at Bravo. Checkpoint in jeep. MSs, CUs, Brig. Gen. Hartel and Col. Johns talking. A few scenes of the troop convoy driving from Bravo Checkpoint on their way to McNair Barracks. Travel shots of people lining the curb and cheering the passing convoy. VS, motorcycle escort of the Berlin Police leading Vice President Johnson's car as it drives thru the city. Cheering crowds line the streets. Vice President Johnson getting out of car at McNair Barracks and taking his place on stand. MS, CU, two German girls present flowers to the Vice President. LSs, Vice President speaking to the assembled troops VS, Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II, US Commandant, Berlin, speaking to the 18th Inf. Troops. MSs, CUs, Vice President Johnson passing among the troops and shaking the hands of some of them. HSs, convoy of the 1st Battle Group, 18th Inf. Regt., driving on the Kurfurstendam. People cheering and waving as the convoy passes. HLSs, crowds in the streets near the Kaiser Wilhelm Church. Additional scenes of the crowds cheering the convoy as it passes thru the streets.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection