Berlin Airlift

Walter Sanders 1948-07

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Tattered group of Berliners standing in ruins at the edge of Tempelhof Airfield, looking up in the sky at a C-47 cargo plane which is bringing them food during the Berlin airlift to break blockade of overland routes imposed by surrounding Soviets.

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Title: Berlin Airlift
Date: 1948-07
Location: Berlin, Germany
Physical Dimensions: COLOR TRANSMISSION
Subject Keywords: Aid, Allied Military Government, People And Customs, Lifting, Us Armed Forces, Shipments, 1940s, Germany, Special Collections, Cargo, Wwii, Archival Vault, Cities, Wars, Postwar, 1948, Aid To, Food, C47, Ruins, Us, Berlin, Relief, Famous Picture, Icp Donation, Best Of Life, Great Life Photographers (Glp Production Scans), Planes, Rehabilitation, Airlift, Blockade, Aircraft, Cargo, Famous Picture, Us , C47, Planes , Aid, Best Of Life, Archival Vault, 1948, Special Collections, Allied Military Government, Food, Blockade, Aircraft , Aid To, Germany , Lifting, Us Armed Forces, Icp Donation, 1940s
Publisher: TimeLife
Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
Provider: LIFE
Photographer: Walter Sanders
Original ID: TimeLife_image_267001
Credits: LIFE
Copyright: © Time Inc.

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