In 1953 thousands of East Berliners cross to West Berlin to receive free butter

Title card: "World News" superimposed over an animated spinning globe / title card: " Berliners Defy Reds for Free U.S. Butter" superimposed over crowd of people walking / various shots line of people on street and walking into building / CU sign: International Rescue Committee, Burgermeister Reuter-Stiftung with stack of wrapped butter in front of it / CU stacks of wrapped butter surround sign / CU two women in white uniforms behind counter hand out butter to female East Berliners / CU two men and two women at counter inspect their butter, one wraps his butter, one woman sniffs hers / MS elderly man on stairs holds wrapped butter in hands, other people walk down the stairs in front of him / two elderly women and one elderly man on stairs hold butter / MS elderly man walks past bike racks, he is holding butter and stuffs some of it in overcoat pocket / two elderly women stand on exterior stairs in coats with handbags and butter talking and walk down stairs, two elderly people behind them
Title card: "World News" superimposed over an animated spinning globe / title card: " Berliners Defy Reds for Free U.S. Butter" superimposed over crowd of people walking / various shots line of people on street and walking into building / CU sign: International Rescue Committee, Burgermeister Reuter-Stiftung with stack of wrapped butter in front of it / CU stacks of wrapped butter surround sign / CU two women in white uniforms behind counter hand out butter to female East Berliners / CU two men and two women at counter inspect their butter, one wraps his butter, one woman sniffs hers / MS elderly man on stairs holds wrapped butter in hands, other people walk down the stairs in front of him / two elderly women and one elderly man on stairs hold butter / MS elderly man walks past bike racks, he is holding butter and stuffs some of it in overcoat pocket / two elderly women stand on exterior stairs in coats with handbags and butter talking and walk down stairs, two elderly people behind them
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Editorial #:
507264538
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
November 30, 1953
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:42:03
Location:
West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001162_03_01.mov