Berlin Air Lift (1948)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear. Cuts from newsreel 48/70 - Berlin Crisis, Germany (German commentary). MS of crashed airplane engine being taken away. M/S of three soldiers describing the crash. M/S loading bags of flour. Bakers rolling bread. Loaves going into oven. Loaves being placed on trays. M/S of bags of flour inside airplane. M/S of trays of bread going into oven. M/S of sign reading ’You Are Now Leaving British Sector’. Crowd shots. L/S of aircraft flying overhead. M/S of men loading airplane with bags of flour. Men carrying bags of flour out of plane and loading them onto truck. M/S jet plane taxiing. L/S of flour transport flying overhead. M/S of two women sunbathing. L/S of aircraft lining up to be unloaded. M/S of engine being changed. Shots of men working on engine, inside of plane, changing wheel, swinging engine into position. L/S of aircraft with engines turning over. M/S of lorry being backed into position for unloading.
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