Title:A SOUVENIR OF MR CLEMENT ATTLEE'S VISIT TO GERMANY : March 4th-7th 1949 [Main Title]
Film Number:COI 315
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Summary: A simple (amateur ?) compilation, with commentary, of film of Attlee's visit to Berlin and to Celle airfield during the Blockade/Airlift.
Description: Attlee arrives at Gatow airfield in Berlin and is met by Generals Robertson and Bourne, and Mayor Ernst Reuter. He visits Tempelhof, meeting US Generals Clay and Hayes, reviews a parade and inspects airlift operations. At the Mackenzie King Barracks (British Sector) with General Bourne, he inspects the 11th Hussars. Sightseeing visit to Olympic Stadium. At the Villa Lemm (Residence of GOC British troops in Berlin) Attlee poses for press with Bourne and other 2 Sectors' Commandants, Howley and Ganeval. A visit to inspect airlift at Gatow. At Robertson's residence, Attlee meets Berlin leaders Reuter, Friedensburg, Schreiber, Neumann, Suhr and Schwennicke. Leaving Berlin, Attlee visits Celle to see the other side of the Airlift, and witnesses the loading of the 100,000th ton of supplies before taking a last farewell.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:COI 315
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1946-1975
Production Date:1949
Production Country: GB
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Attlee, Clement Richard (person)
Bourne, Geoffrey Kemp (person)
Clay, Lucius Dubignon (person)
Friedensburg, Ferdinand (person)
Ganeval, Jean (person)
Hayes, George P (person)
Howley, Frank (person)
Neumann, Franz (person)
Reuter, Ernst Rudolf Johannes (person)
Robertson, Brian Hubert (person)
Schreiber, Walther (person)
Schwennicke, Karl H (person)
Suhr, Otto (person)
British Army, Hussars, 11 (regiment/service)
Keywords: delegations, British international - political: Attlee visits West Berlin (object name)
operations, British military - movement: air (object name)
supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc: air (object name)
Berlin Airlift & 3/1949 (event)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Gatow Airfield> (geography)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Mackenzie King Barracks> (geography)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Olympic Stadium> (geography)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Tempelhof airfield> (geography)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Villa Lem> (geography)
Germany & Celle, Lower Saxony <airfield> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1125 ft; Running time: 12 mins
