Title: The Berlin Airlift
Description: It was the largest humanitarian campaign the world had ever seen. Western superpowers would come together to feed the city of Berlin. On June 24, 1948, the Cold War began in the war-torn, divided city of Berlin. The Soviets, who controlled all of East Germany and the eastern half of Berlin, blocked all access to the American and British-controlled West Berlin, choking commerce and starving the people. But Western forces refused to abandon the city. President Truman proclaimed, "We stay in Berlin. Period." To do so would mean attempting the impossible: supplying two million civilians and twenty thousand Allied soldiers with food and fuel entirely from the air. Featuring interviews with pilots who flew the mission as well as civilians who were supplied by the airlift, this American Experience film combines historical and contemporary footage to tell a story of courage and humanity set against the backdrop of the early days of the Cold War. - Container.