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Berlin Germany 1945 - Post War Clean-Up
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keywords: post-wwii, berlin germany, damage and destruction, clean up brigades, rubble women
Synopsis: Clean up and reconstruction of Berlin Germany after WWII detailing the damage and destruction of the city and the clean up by citizen brigades and Rubble Women...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:10:18
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Berlin Germany
Berlin Germany 1945 - Post War Clean-Up
Post-War cleanup and reconstruction of Berlin, Germany July 1945. The damage and destruction of Berlin, Germany including the Potsdamer Platz public square, the Potsdamer Bahnhof former railway terminus in Berlin and the French Cathedral Dome. Civilians clear rubble from the streets. Scenes of Rubble Women Trummerfrau at work in Berlin.
Shot List:
00:00:18;23
Panning scenes of bombed-out buildings and piles of rubble in Berlin, Germany. German civilians walking about, horse-drawn wagon moving down the street. Total destruction of buildings and rail facilities. Sign reads Gleis 2 at ruins of the Berlin Central Train Station.
00:02:23;05
Reconstruction efforts in Berlin immediately after WWII. Scenes of wrecked automobiles and trucks clog the streets. German civilian walks by carrying a briefcase, man seated on bench. CU, remains of a rocket that mis-fired.
00:02:56;18
Entrance of the konzerthaus Berlin, a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin. CU of a winged figure with harp seated on a lion. Scenes of wrecked vehicles in street. Building with pile of rubble in front, wrecked vehicle and pile of twisted metal on street.
00:03:29;13
CU, statue of chariot on top of building. Pan scene of wrecked German and Russian vehicles in FG. Headless statue in niche on side of building. CU, penciled sign in German on cardboard reads French Dome.
00:05:43;20
CU, metal German Eagle and Swastika. Various scenes of damaged apartment buildings in Berlin. CU words Heil Hitler cut into stone above doorway.
00:06:44;12
Large group of German women clearing rubble, Rubble women Trümmerfrau at work. CU, women filling buckets with dirt and passing them down a line of women. Women moving pieces of stone from one woman to the next.
00:09:03;12
CU, of German Rubble Women Trümmerfrau at work.
00:09:28:05
Subway train passing beneath a bomb-wrecked street. Scenes of women working in a pile of rubble. Man chipping at a piece of stone. Rubble Women Trümmerfrau at work.
