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BERLIN AIRLIFT, BERLIN, BONN, AND HANOVER, GERMANY Reel 1 · Part 5

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The bulk of this coverage is AVs of loading of cargo aboard C-141A and RAF C-130K "Hercules" using SACO loader, in addition to stock footage of Berlin and West German military installations. Reel 1 ROLL: J-1 1) AVs approach to runway 9R at Templehof Airport. 2) AVs Templehof terminal and nearby Berlin Airlift Memorial. 84' ROLL: J-11 3) AVs West Berlin including high-rise apartment buildings, Berlin Hilton Hotel, Franco-Prussian Victory Monument, river and bridges. 4) Sign: ROYAL AIR FORGE GATOW WELCOME TO BERLIN. 5) AVs approach to runway 26R (unidentified base). 174' ROLL: J-12 6) AVs West Berlin including Kurfurstendam Strasse, ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Church, Brandenburg Gate, Franco-Prussian Victory Monument, modernistic building near river, and Soviet War Memorial. 270' ROLL: J-5 7) Passengers boarding Pan American 727, and leaving British European Airways Viscount at Templehof Airport. 8) Kaiser Wilhelm Church (ruins) zoom back to show Kurfurstendam Strasse. 9) Sign: ALLIED CHECKPOINT. 10) Modernistic building near river. 341' ROLL: (unknown) 11) AVs unidentified West German Army and Air Force Bases. 12) AVs Hanover Airport. 13) Signs on buildings: ARTILLERIEREGIMENT I FELDARTILLERIEBATAILLION II. 14) Gate and sign: FREIHERR VON FRITSCH-KASERNE. 529' ROLL: J-4 15) AVs bridge across river. 16) AVs unidentified airfield. 17) AVs prison. 18) MS C-141A taxiing to left pan to control tower. 19) AVs unidentified airport with Air France Caravelle taxiing and C-141A taking off. 629' ROLL: L-3 20) French Embassy at Bonn. 21) British Embassy at Bonn. 22) West German government buildings at Bonn. 677' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 ROLL: R30C-C-3 1) SACO loader moving to rear of C-141A. 100' ROLL: R30C-C-2 2) French AF Brequet 763 taxiing to right past C-124C--raining. 3) RAF airmen loading cargo aboard RAF C-130K. 206' ROLL: R30C-C-1 4) SACO loader moving to rear of C-141A and cargo being loaded aboard aircraft. 302' ROLL: R30C-L-1 5) INT RAF C-130K showing cars being loaded aboard aircraft. 402' ROLL: (unknown) 6) US Embassy in Bonn and state department seal on building. 447' ROLL: L-1 7) INT US Embassy conference room showing chairs and conference table--unoccupied.

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Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities

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1969
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3:55