Montgomery Clift in the “Big Lift”, filmed in 1949 and released in 1950

montgomery clift the big lift 500 montgomery clift the big lift 501 montgomery clift the big lift 502 montgomery clift the big lift 503I just watched this movie last night. Not his, um, best movie but the film was shot in Berlin immediately after WWII. Wow. Was that city mostly flattened into big piles of rubble. And then right after the war was the Soviet Blockade of the city and the Berlin Airlift – which is what this movie was about. The western allies, chiefly the US, flew around-the-clock flights into Berlin with food and coal (for heating) until the Soviets negotiated a settlement for a land corridor to Berlin from West Germany. (And then immediately after that built the Berlin Wall to keep people from leaving the Soviet sector of the city).