The Berlin Airlift

Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1950 20th Century-Fox feature film, "The Big Lift". Incorporating newsreel and Air Force film footage, this film illustrates the results of the post WWII Berlin blockade by the Russians in 1948. The organization and operation of the Allied Airlift to bring food, fuel, clothing, and medicines to the city is highlighted. The effectiveness of the Airlift in forcing the Russians to abandon the blockade in 1949 is examined., Documents, using newsreel and Air Force film footage, the imposition of the Berlin blockade by the Russians in 1948. Shows the organization and operation of the Allied Airlift to bring food, fuel, clothing, and medicines to the city. Examines the effectiveness of the Airlift in forcing the Russians to abandon the blockade in 1949. Excerpted from The Big Lift.