The Berlin Airlift: American Experience

Sunday, 11/08/09 at 8:00pm and 12:00am

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade, this program captures the suspense, drama and historical significance of this phenomenal story through newsreels, eyewitness accounts and interviews. The Berlin Airlift of 1948-49 was the most dramatic rescue operation of the 20th century. It not only saved one of Europe’s most important capitals from Communist takeover, but is viewed by historians as the single most significant event in stopping the Soviet advance across Europe.