The Berlin Airlift
Show: American Experience --> Season: 19 - Season 19
AirDate: 1/29/2007
Runtime: 55
Voting: 0 (0)

Overview: One of the first skirmishes of the Cold War, the 1948-49 Soviet blockade of rail and road traffic to and from West Berlin, is recalled. The U.S. and its allies responded with an airlift of food and supplies to residents. Included: archival footage; and comments from mission pilots and some of the civilians who received aid.