Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner: Food for Berlin

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

997

Date Released

12 Jul 1948

Date submitted

8 Jul 1948

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3 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Geoffrey Sumner

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Crisis Continues. DESCRIPTION: The airlift continues with growing momentum at an American airfield food arrives regularly. British Sunderland flying boats also took part landing in the river Havel at Schwanenwerder. SHOTLIST: KS Open side of fuselage of Dakota. SCU USA flag at top of hoist. SCU Union Jack ditto. SCU French flag ditto. Russian soldier stands at entrance of Government building - Allied Kommandatura. MS General Robertson, Mr Draper and US General Clay walk along towards camera. GV Dakotas on aerodrome at Frankfurt. Interior of plane. Sunderland flying boat in flight. Sunderland lands on River Havel near Schwanenwerder. Unloading from Sunderland to barge on river.

Keywords

Food and cooking

Footage sources

Gaumont
British Paramount

Card file number

50459

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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