BERLIN AFTER 100 DAYS BLOCKADE How West Berliners are combating Soviet blockade.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	8016
	Catalog #:	238320
	Clip Number:	238320-1
	Orginal Film:	UN 2049 B
	Timecode:	01:10:12 - 01:15:26
	Location:	West Berlin, Germany
	Year Shot:	1948 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Berlin LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, West WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Berlin Blockade
	Description:	BERLIN AFTER 100 DAYS BLOCKADE How West Berliners are combating Soviet blockade. Good complete story of Berlin Blockade, 1948. Includes scenes of shortages and how Berliners coped with the Soviet blocking of supply routes, as well as airlift footage. "100 Days of Blockade" West Berlin, Germany Panning shot ruined buildings of Berlin. Various Allied Command building. M/S crowd in streets. M/S interior of a factory. C/U welder working. M/S gates being closed to underground railway. L/S trams passing. L/S gates to underground closed. C/U. housewife putting saucepan onto stove - flame of gas is low because Soviet blockade has effected fuel supply. M/S lights going out inside room. Various shots pictures being printed by press - the blockade has stopped electricity so the printer is powered by woman on a bicycle. L/S crumbling Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate). M/S police car. C/U policeman inside car talking. L/S Berlin city assembly. C/U Berlin's acting mayor, Dr. Friedensburg speaking. L/S crowds of people assemble at street corners, listening as speech is relayed through loud speakers. M/S people reading newspapers. C/U "Die Welt" newspaper. C/U woman serving at grocery stall. M/S Berliners leaving grocery shop. Sequence showing how Berliners, with help of Americans and British, are combating the blockade: L/S plane flying overhead. Various shots plane flying overhead with titles superimposed over image of number of flights, number of miles. M/S tractor flattening runway. M/S machine spraying tarmac. L/Ss German workers brushing the tarmac. L/S barrels of tar being rolled along bridge. L/S coal being unloaded from lorries into barges. L/S barges on river. L/S flying boat / seaplane taking off. L/S plane landing at Templehof Aerodrome. Several shots Skymaster landing. L/S lorry driving over to Skymaster. L/S people watching Dakota landing.

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