BERLIN AIR LIFT (OUTTAKES FROM "OPERATIONS VITTLES")

National Archives and Records Administration BERLIN AIR LIFT (OUTTAKES FROM "OPERATIONS VITTLES") Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier 65508 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-17643. Summary: Activities of Berlin Air Lift. Aerial delivery of supplies to Berlin, July, 1948. British and American A/C and personnel hauling supplies. Good coverage of Tempelhof Air Field, Berlin. Arrival of Ambassador Douglas. Unloading of supplies from C-47's and C-54's. Loading of same. Some shots at Frankfurt, Germany. (Reel 5 -- some German news reel shots, with sound). Conference of American and British military representatives. Reel 1. RAFB (British), Gatow, Berlin. SWANEE LAKE A.F.B., BERLIN; TEMPEL HOF A.Y.B., BERLIN. General action at above bases as planes are loaded and unloaded. Good shots of airfields, trucks and man power used to keep the planes moving. A/C in film are the B-17, C-47, C-54 (stationary). B-17, C-47, C-54 (taxiing). B-17, C-47, C-54, (taking off). A/C (British) on the York & Sunderland. Scenes of British a/c stationary, taxiing and taking off. General scenes of unloading activity on all of the above air craft. Mr. Louis Douglas, U.S. amba