The Berlin Air Lift: the story of a great achievement

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In 1948 the Russian government blocked road and rail links to Berlin, a city deep in the heart of the part of Germany under Soviet control but divided into zones run by Britain, France and America as well as the Soviet Union.

Britain and America decided that Berlin could still be supplied with food and raw materials by air and for 15 months millions of tonnes of goods landed at Berlin's tiny, crowded airfields. This triumphant film was produced as the blockade was finally being lifted.

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