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Berlin Air Lift Operation Vittles Outtakes – Silent
National Archives and Records Administration
BERLIN AIR LIFT (OUTTAKES FROM “OPERATIONS VITTLES”)
Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 – )
ARC Identifier 65508 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-17643. Summary: Activities of Berlin Air Lift. Aerial delivery of supplies to Berlin, July, 1948. British and American A/C and personnel hauling supplies. Good coverage of Tempelhof Air Field, Berlin. Arrival of Ambassador Douglas. Unloading of supplies from C-47′s and C-54′s. Loading of same. Some shots at Frankfurt, Germany. (Reel 5 — some German news reel shots, with sound). Conference of American and British military representatives. Reel 1. RAFB (British), Gatow, Berlin. SWANEE LAKE A.F.B., BERLIN; TEMPEL HOF A.Y.B., 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. A/C in film are the B-17, C-47, C-54 (stationary). B-17, C-47, C-54 (taxiing). B-17, C-47, C-54, (taking off). A/C (British) on the York & Sunderland. Scenes of British a/c stationary, taxiing and taking off. General scenes of unloading activity on all of the above air craft. Mr. Louis Douglas, U.S. ambassador to G.B., arrives at Tempelhof to confer with General Clay. Scenes of his arrival and welcome by Gen. Clay and honor guard. Large and small barges are used to move supply from the Sunderlands. German civilian laborers, British EM and American EM used to keep supplies moving. Officers entering and leaving base operations. Big sign, “USAF Station, Tempelhof”.
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SVlogC 002 – Something About Moving
Moving sucks up incredible amounts of time, and as such, I’ve been able to get bugger all done, so pending videos I was working on are pending even further than expected…
Internet connection is still flakey at best, so if this uploads I’ll be astounded. Just a silly video really, future ones will hopefully be better. Promise… Really…
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