Summary

Footage Information

Archive Films by Getty Images
COLD WAR
AFP-133F 16mm; VTM-133F Beta SP; NET-311 DigiBeta (at 01:00:00:00); Beta SP
B W Color
Newsreel
1948 - 1968
Aerials
00:00:00:00 B W 1948 - 1968 WS Bicycling Berliners look at Brandenburg Gate. WS Tank-riding Communists parade down street. WS Allied soldiers mill about in wrecked area. MS Sign in German: ENTRANCE TO THE DEMOCRATIC SECTOR BERLIN, in big letters on Brandenburg Gate: THE DDR GREETS YOU. WS Waving chanting flag-waving young Communists on the march. WS Huge crowd marches in East Berlin. WS Young Communists marching w sloganed banners. WS Young female Communists marching w flags. MS Lady gives food parcels & cans to hungry Berliners. CU Hand putting food parcels in net bag. MS Old man feeds young boy milk as others watch. 1954, WS Diplomats at ceremonial table as West Germany joins NATO, 1954: John Foster Dulles, Pierre Mendes-France, Konrad Adenauer sign treaty, shake hands, grin. WS Secy. of State Dulles descends airplane ramp. MS President Eisenhower (Ike Eisenhower) greets Dulles w grin. MS Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito puffs cigarillo in Moscow. WS Flag-festooned parade in Poland. WS Poles march w peace-dove placards, Marx & Stalin posters. CU Polish-born Soviet Marshal Rukasofsky, whom Poles wanted ousted in 1956 freedom uprising. MS Young Poles march & chant. WS SMoke rises from fire across pastoral fields. WS Hungarian freedom fighters cluster on tanks riding thru Budapest, 1956. MS Scrappy Hungarians look at camera smiling but suspicious. WS Row of wrecked Soviet tanks in Budapest square. WS 2 men swing pipes violently on wrecked tanks. MS Crowd hustles secret police member into custody. MS Red flags burnt by crowd. MS Cardinal Mindszenty released, gives benediction. MS Several tanks from 20 Soviet divisions sent to Hungary roll rapidly down Budapest street. WS Dusty street, tanks roll down shooting across empty square. WS 2 men in long coats run for their lives. WS Tank fires. MS Men shoot rifles from doorway of state building. MS Band of men clusters at corner of building firing rifles. MS Behind 2 rooftop gunners shooting. WS Bullet-shredded broken window facade of downtown building. MS Budapest storefronts resemble Beirut's 30 years later. MS Crowd at Hungarian martyr's funeral. AV Over flower-covered coffin. MS Hungarian mourners. MS Flower-covered newly-dug graves. WS (footage of US Army airlift of 15,000 troops to Germany in October 1963): USAF airplane on tarmac. WS GIs board airplane as division is rushed to West Germany. WS USAF troop jet takes off. WS Dramatic US Air Force jet twisting overhead. WS Air-control tower of US RHEIN MAIN AIR BASE, Germany. MS GIs deplane in Germany. MS GIs & MP's marching. WS Jeeps roll at weapons stockpile. WS Flames in Prague, August 1968. WS Crowds milling around in Prague as Soviet tanks. MS Czech Communist leader Dubcek & other "Prague Spring" leaders in meeting. MS Berlin sign in French, English & Russian: VOUS SORTEZ DE SECTEUR AMERICAN - YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR. WS Soviet guards at Embassy door, East Berlin. CU Commissar at desk. MS Voting station, official puts ballot in box. CU Elderly voters hold ballots as election official examines those of someone ahead in line, then deposit them in box. WS Soldiers stationed at intervals along tree-lined road. WS Stalin shrine in East Berlin. WS Huge parade in Red Square, Moscow. MS Stalin & comrade salute at podium. WS Red soldiers march in parade. WS Tanks & missile-bearing trucks of Red army on display. WS Rifle bearing Soviet soldiers march in longcoats. MS Stalin salutes from podium. CU Map: USSR w hammer sickle logo, its black blotch overtakes & absorbs Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria & East Germany. MS Communists march forward brandishing bayonets in formation. CU 2 solemn-looking babushkas watch Red Army marching. CU Man in cap watching parade. CU Stalin yawns. MS Molotov sits at conference table. WS Potsdam conference table. MS Unrolling barbed-wire at bence between 2 Berlins. MS Divided German family waves across fence. MS Woman puts handkerchief to face to muffle grief. MS Pensive young man behind barbed wire. WS Tanks & rubble. WS Tanks & dust. WS Giant star topples & falls from top of building. WS Heavy tanks roll forward. MS Crowds hurl rocks at tanks. WS Huge crowd runs in Budapest rebellion. CU Youth w face contorted in anguish. CU Handsome young Soviet soldier w stern expression. MS Street confrontation. WS Youths wave flag over tank. CU Still: Winston Churchill w VO of 1946 Iron Curtain speech. WS Disreputable man in baggy suit leans on wall, advocates use of television as weapon in Cold War - "the C-bomb". WS Postwar Germany: Ruined Reichschancellery building in Berlin. WS Bullet-pocked Greek cherub before wrecked Berlin building. WS Stone eagle & swastika fall off facade, crash onto stairs. MS Men w picks work amid Berlin rubble. CU Handsome youth grins hopefully against sky. WS US occupation soldiers salute before neo-classical building. WS Allied soldiers w flags march in Berlin. MS 3 officers (1 is General Eisenhower) stand behind table w banner & C-logo, reviewing troops in parade (Berlin). WS Cavalry military policemen round curve. MS 3 officers (1 is Eisenhower) at long outdoor table. WS Tank rolls thru city square haze. WS Lady & boy walk on wartorn German city street carrying suitcases displaced refugees. MS Pick-wielding man chips away at building rubble thrown into dump truck. Men shoveling debris into dump truck. US occupation Army officers inspect the debris removal. US MPs go through German man's identification papers (man gives MP a suspicious look). Germans sprayed by GIs for head body lice. WS Berlin Crisis (Blockade by Soviets Berlin Airlift): Airplane aloft on way to relieve Berlin, 1948. WS Out flying airplane at wing tip & clouds. WS Propeller airplane taxis on runway. WS Men load grain bags onto truck. WS Cargo truck swivels out from under RAF airplane. WS Crowd surrounds fist fight in Berlin. WS Bicyclist approaches gate. WS Berliners walk from East to West. WS Primitive version of Berlin wall. WS Church blocked by wall. MS Men march behind barbed wire. MS Germans wave at walled-in relatives. WS Families wave from window. CU Small child looks solemn. WS Bride in East Berlin apartment window waves toward... CU Mother in West Berlin who claps handkerchief to lips. WS Woman kneels on building ledge trying to jump, restrained by man, she breaks loose & falls. WS East German tries to get over picket & barbed-wire fence, West Germans help him over. WS Montage: sympathetic West Germans help East Germans escape over various walls & fences. MS Well-wishers surround relieved young couple after escape. WS Up at East Berlin building over wall w blocked windows. WS Pedestrians line river wall. WS West Berliners stare at Wall during its 2nd anniversary. WS Men lay wreath at flower-festooned grave marker. WS TD building, flowers where woman fell to death in escape effort WS Overpass. WS Barred gate. MS General sits looking serious. MS General Lucius Clay talking w dignitaries. MS General & diplomat in office. WS Montage of signs: YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE --- SECTOR. AV Over canvas-topped cargo trucks blocked at border. WS Line of trucks stopped from autobahn to Berlin. CU Truck driver leans out of cab. WS Railyard stalled by Soviets in 1948 Berlin blockade. WS Thru train station at stalled trains. MS Man looks at dials in control room. CU Electric light goes out. WS RHEIN MAIN BASE OPERATIONS hangar building w trucks. WS Cargo truck backs under airplane belly. WS Men load Berlin airlift cargo from airplane to trucks. CU General w shoulder braid reads from inventory lists. MS Handing milk bottle crates into airplane. WS Closing cargo door of USAF airplane. WS Airplane taxis, takes off in Berlin Airlift. MS Young man at radio controls. WS Berlin Airlift montage: several take-offs. CU Man shields eyes looking up to sky. MS GI at microphone w headphones talking. WS Montage: airplanes overhead. CU Head-on radio man w weird headphones. WS Airplane comes in for landing at early morning. WS Montage: airplanes landing in Berlin during airlift. 00:17:49:00 CU Sign raised: INTERZONENZUG BERLIN as trains run after Berlin crisis eases, 1948. MS Officer stands stiffly, motions people to enter station. WS Over men in hats at train station w sign: HELMSTEDT. WS Busy crowded Charlottenburg station exit. WS Cargo truck convoy drives down autobahn to Berlin. WS Happy Berliners celebrate end of blockade. MS Handing out supplies to happy Berliners. WS Crowd on Berlin street w watchful police. WS Police hustle elderly man thru crowd. WS Montage: police arrest unhappy-looking men. WS Police aim firehoses high in air to disperse demonstrators. WS Crowded conference hall w 3 cameras shooting in front. MS Senate Foreign Relations committee at table w microphones. CU Secy. of State George Marshall reads speech to Senate committee proposing Marshall Plan. 00:20:58:14 WS Freighter at sea escorted by tugboat. WS Sign from ship: MARSHALL PLAN'S MILLIONTH TON FOR GREECE. WS US & Greek flag-draped cargo lowered from ship. MS Dignitaries peel flags off bags w US Marshall Plan grain. COLOR: 00:21:20:06 AV Montage: Red Square Soviet parade w tanks, Brezhnev standing at attention, Red army marching. WS Missiles pass review stand at East Germany's 25th birthday. MS New York congressman Emmanuel Celler at desk reads proposal CU Celler proposes surveillance of subversives without violating US constitution. AV Huge crowds in Austria celebrate 1955 end of occupation. MS Allied representatives shake hands w new Austrian leaders. CU Hands hold 4-power treaty w heavy wax seals. MS Montage: French, US, Soviet & British troops marching away at end of Allied occupation of Austria. MS Soviet leaders Bulganin & Khrushchev wave in Geneva, 1956. WS Eisenhower & Dulles head for 1956 summit. WS Photographers & newsmen cover Ike's summit departure. MS Ike Eisenhower puts on glasses to examine document. MS Soviet general huddles w Khrushchev. MS British Prime Minister Eden at 4-power summit. WS 4-power summit meeting table - a square. WS 1945 Secy. of State Jimmy Byrnes leaves limousine, crosses Paris sidewalk to peace talks. CU French guard w helmet & upraised saber. WS Montage: British leaders Atlee & Bevan, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov escorted by gendarmes to peace talks. WS Huge chamber filled w diplomats & reporters. CU Byrnes declares US friendship to USSR & all others. MS Konrad Adenauer shakes hands w Soviet leader on Moscow visit for relations between West Germany & USSR. WS Crowded train station w well-wishers waving & greeting Soviet-released German POWs. CU Hands reach up to greet returning German POWs. MS German woman embraces man leaning from train.
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