[Herbert F. Sturdy--home movies] Reel 9

Date1957

Can DescriptionsLabel: 'Berlin - East+West 1957.' // Mix of Kodachrome and Ansco (faded). // Aerial footage of Berlin. Footage from moving car approaching the Gedankniskirche. Closeup of destroyed steeple. People on the Kurf¸rstendammstrasse. Workers on scaffolding. KaDeWe shopping center exterior and interior. Funkturm (radio tower). Interior of elevator, eating in restaurant at top of tower. Shots of West Berlin from top of tower, including Olympic Stadium. Family stands with Berlin bear mascot. Kongresshalle building and sign for 'Berliner Aufau-Programm.' Ruins and rubble. Destroyed Reichstag. Outside the Reichstag. Statue on ground, closeup of walls and Russian graffiti. Interior of Reichstag with extensive graffiti on walls and holes in roof. Ruins. Distant shot of Victory Column (Siegssaule). Closeup. Brandenburg Gate and Unter den Linden. Soviet memorial. More ruins. Sign: 'You are now leaving British Sector.' Bombed-out buildings. Political advertisements. East Berlin. Products in storefront window. Trams on street. Anti-war political graffiti. Elderly organ grinder on street. Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park. Destroyed buildings on what is now the museum island. Berlin Cathedral exterior and interior. Street scenes at night near Zoo Station on Kudamm. People outside beside lake. Small sailboats on lake. Rathaus Schˆneberg exterior and closeup of clock tower.