Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Agency: EPOQUE LTD.
Event Date: 1961-08-20
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.018163

Inscriptions:
Captions: Verso: And the Russians helped. A fire brigade US [United States] force moved into West Berlin today, helped by the Russians. It had to cross 110 miles of Communist-held territory to get there. The 1500 troops, with 300 tanks, guns and trucks moved into East Germany by road at Helmstedt. Russian and US [United States] officers met in advance to work out the arrangements. American officers and men said the Russians were cooperative throughout. Britain sent 18 armoured personnel carriers and 16 Ferret scout cars by train to reinforce the equipment of British Troops in Berlin. Thousands of West Berliners cheered the troops and threw flowers to them when they arrived in the US [United States] sector. German drivers sounded their horns in salute, and as the leading jeep rolled over the border a US [United States] Army band played. Photo shows: A US [United States] Army jeep stands by as the wagons roll into the Bravo checkpoint.Markings:Verso: And the Russians helped. A fire brigade US [United States] force moved into West Berlin today, helped by the Russians. It had to cross 110 miles of Communist-held territory to get there. The 1500 troops, with 300 tanks, guns and trucks moved into East Germany by road at Helmstedt. Russian and US [United States] officers met in advance to work out the arrangements. American officers and men said the Russians were cooperative throughout. Britain sent 18 armoured personnel carriers and 16 Ferret scout cars by train to reinforce the equipment of British Troops in Berlin. Thousands of West Berliners cheered the troops and threw flowers to them when they arrived in the US [United States] sector. German drivers sounded their horns in salute, and as the leading jeep rolled over the border a US [United States] Army band played. Photo shows: A US [United States] Army jeep stands by as the wagons roll into the Bravo checkpoint.

Tagasauris Keywords: Aerial View; Berlin; British Army; Bus; Crowd; Day; East Germany; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Hat; Male and Female; Military; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Russians; Shadow; Soldier; Transportation; Truck; Uniform; Unrest, conflicts and war; West Berlin
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BERLIN / CRISIS
Retouching: N