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No one had a clue as to the political development of the coming decades when Stalin shut off all supply lines to Berlin only three years after the end of WWII. This posed the challenge to instantly supply a city of 2.5 million inhabitants by the Western Allies using planes. Based on archived footage, private 8mm shots in color and original interviews this adventure is fascinatingly documented.
The Airlift not only was a gigantic logistic project but the most impressing political symbol of Western solidarity in the Cold War.
An adventure never tested before. The first attempts, the doubts, beginning successes, the setbacks, the breakthrough.
The young pilot Gail Halvorsen wins the hearts of the children and the Berliners are determined to defend their freedom and the new democratic values.
