Berlin Blockade Lifted Reel 3 (1949)

Helmstadt and Berlin. (Reel 3) MS. British soldiers nailing up a ’To Berlin’ sign on the re-opened Autobahn, and SCU. MS. British sergeant looking at road sign. SCU. The sergeant looking at map by side of road sign. MS. Painters working on British check point building. Another painter puts white line on road. LS. Workmen tearing down barricade that separates the East and West sectors. MS. Workman painting Russian check point (2 shots). MS. Civilians passing through check point, showing passes as they have done throughout the blockade. CU. Hands holding a pass, checking it and handing it back. Another pass is examined. MS. SCU. Germans taking down the road barricades that have separated the Eastern and Western zones (4 shots). MS. Russian soldiers patrolling platform of station. MS. Trucks being loaded with flour to take to Berlin. CU. Words - ’Russian Zone’ on board. SCU. Road sign - ’Berlin’. LS. Travel shot along the Autobahn with groups of children waving. MS. Lorries lined up waiting for the O.K. to m