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Berlin Airlift - Operation Vittles Outtakes
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keywords: cold war crisis, berlin blockade, berlin airlift, aid to berlin, c-47 transport aircraft, c-54 transport aircraft
Synopsis: Unedited outtakes of the Berlin Airlift documenting Operation Vittles to supply Berlin with food, medical supplies and other necessities, after Russian troops close off the city creating a major Cold War International crisis...(read more)
- Date: 1948-1949
- Duration: 00:33:58
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Germany
Berlin Airlift - Operation Vittles Outtakes Reel-1
RAF, Gatow, Berlin. Swanee Lake A.F.B. Berlin; Tempelhof Berlin. General action at above bases as planes are loaded and unloaded. Good shots of airfields, trucks and man power used to keep the planes moving. Aircraft shown are the B-17, C-47, C-54 (stationary). B-17, C-47, C-54 (taxiing). B-17, C-47, C-54, (taking off). British aircraft on the York & Sunderland. Scenes of British planes stationary, taxiing and taking off. General scenes of unloading activity on all of the above air craft. Mr. Louis Douglas, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, arrives at Tempelhof Berlin to confer with General Clay. Scenes of his arrival and welcome by General Clay and honor guard. Large and small barges are used to move supply from the Sunderlands. German civilian laborers, British EM (enlisted men) and American EM (enlisted men) used to keep supplies moving. Officers entering and leaving base operations. Big sign, reads "USAF Station, Tempelhof".
Berlin Airlift - Operation Vittles Outtakes Reel-5
Shows animation to be used in edited picture and newspaper clippings. British aircraft, Yark, taxiing, landing, and being unloaded. C-54's in flight, taking off, stationary, and being unloaded. C-47's being unloaded. Scenes inside a bakery. German civilians at sporting events and on the street. Shows a plane after it has crashed. MP's on guard duty. Arrival of Ambassador Douglas and greeting by General Clay. Scenes were taken at the Royal Air Base (RAF), Gatow Station, and at Rhein Main base, Frankfurt.
Berlin Airlift - Operation Vittles Outtakes Reel-6
Good coverage on the activity at Rhein Main AFB and Tempelhof AFB. C-54's and C-47's; unloading and loading activity. C-54 and C-47 landing, taking off, taxiing, stationary. British Sunderland loading and unloading, short scenes of Swanee AFB, Berlin. Good coverage on the conference at Tempelhof AFB, by General Clay and Louis Douglas. The conference room. American and British military representatives. Shot of maps on sliding wall panels and on folding racks. Good coverage on the G.C.A. (Ground-Controlled Approach) system in operation. All scenes of the interior of the control room . EM (enlisted men) operating equipment and directing plane to landing (plane not seen). Shots of cargoes being unloaded by German civilians (coal, flour, milk, cases of food stuffs) Short, scenes of runway construction at Rhein Main. Shots of motor transportation at hangars, and along road. Long convoy of trucks.
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