Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Berlin Impasse

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
996A
Date Released
8 Jul 1948
Date submitted
6 Jul 1948
Date submitted
5 Jul 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Northolt Air Disaster
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Last British Troops Leave Palestine
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Hunting Porpoises
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: India Takes over Famous Cruiser
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Berlin Impasse
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Trailer: What’s in a Number
  7. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: UN Delegates in Palestine
  8. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Leeds Children’s Day
  9. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Scottish Tour Ends

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Crisis Continues. DESCRIPTION: Berlin, cut off from the Western zone of Germany by the Russian blockade, is threatened with hunger and worse. British and American planes have now begun to airlift supplies to the beleaguered city. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: Map of Berlin. Map of Western Germany. Elevated shots of empty marshalling yards. Rail tracks deserted. Empty autobahns. GV idle barges on canal. Berlin shops and banks closed. People crowding onto trams. Trams move off. GV massed protest meeting - full screen umbrellas. CU various types. US plane takes off and in flight. Map showing flight direction. NIGHT: Planes land at Gatow. Planes directed into position. Germans and troops unload bacon, flour etc. Several shots of General Robertson walking through aerodrome to watch procedure.
Keywords
Food and cooking
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
50432
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
210
Story extras:
Film clip

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