Paul Webb Home Movies - Postwar Germany and Paris
Home movies taken by Lt
Berlin Blockade, 1948-1949
Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
The US was close to war during the Berlin airlift; Harry Truman wishes we had had a European defense organization during that time. Picture with intermittent sound. (sound only 25 seconds)
Tempelhof Airport in Berlin
Home movie footage showing the activities at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin during the Berlin Airlift. Also includes views of Berlin, including landmarks and destruction from the war.
Political Cartoon, "Whose Move?"
This is a photograph of a New York Star political cartoon by Walt Kelly. President Harry S. Truman is pictured sitting at a table with a chess game laid out, with the table labeled "Berlin Chess Game." Sitting on top of the table, directly in front of Truman is Joseph Stalin, smoking a pipe. The text next to Stalin reads, "Whose Move?"
C-47 planes parked on the ramp at Rhein Main Air Base
At the time of the Berlin Airlift, C-47 airplanes are parked on the ramp at Rhein Main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany. They are being loaded with food and supplies to be flown to Templehof Air Base in Berlin during "Operation Vittles." From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. United States Air Force Photo Number: A-67703 AC.
Berlin Airlift, Airplane Flies over Crowd
Berlin Airlift plane flies low over people as it delivers food to Berlin, Germany after the Soviet Blockade. There are children in the crowd. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.
Berlin Airlift planes at Templehof Airport
Overview of Templehof Airport, Berlin, Germany, with the airplanes lined up for the Berlin Airlift.
Planes lined up for take-off for Berlin Airlift
C-47 airplanes loaded with food and supplies for the people of the Russian blockaded city of Berlin lined up and waiting to take-off.
Trucks loading planes for Berlin Airlift
C-47 airplanes used in the Berlin Airlift task force at the Wiesbaden air base being loaded with food and supplies for the people of the Russian blockaded city of Berlin. Trucks containing supplies are driven out to load the planes.