Description: I. Frankfurt conference of Military Governors and Minister Presidents of the 3 Western Zones discuss definite plans for Germany's political future, including unification (of the West at least). Further conference called at Koblenz.
II. "Speaking of the D-Mark..." More film of the effects of currency reform: old Reichsmarks are pulped and made into wrapping paper at a mill; shop and restaurant scenes; summer resorts kept empty by the lack of money and by bad weather (deep snow in the high Alps); film of an unusually quiet Westerland.
III. Showjumping: the Aachen 'Grand Prix'.
IV. BERLIN ("The Great Crisis") a. Unsettled crowds in streets. b. Black market currency dealings, police raid. c. Street broadcast by US Radio (RIAS) loudspeaker van, crowd applaud. d. Build up of traffic backlog on West German railways and canals closed by the blockade. e. The airlift: RAF Sunderlands loaded with food fly from Hamburg, USAF Skymasters unloading coal (packed in kitbags). f. Marshall and Churchill make pledges of support. g. Berlin Mayor Louise Schroeder warmly received in Hamburg; whose council denounces blockade and votes assistance. "Berlin steht nicht allein".
