Berlin (1920-1930)

The movement of railway transport and elevated underground lines in Berlin and its environs.

Moving commuter trains, railway bridges.

Trains on the railways of Germany in the 1930s, industrial landscapes.

Wheels of steam locomotives, buffers and couplings of carriages.

City views from the windows of carriages.

The movement of passenger trains.

Views from the windows of carriages.

Steam locomotives at the head of the trains.

Trains pass along the tracks passing through Berlin.

Entrance to the Alexanderplatz underground station.

View of one of the buildings in the center of Berlin.

Statue near the building.

Buildings of Berlin and public transport on the streets of the city.

A cart loaded with barrels leaves the arch.

View of part of the city block.

Decorations and elements of Gothic architecture of one of the Berlin cathedrals, panorama of part of Berlin (above).

Views of squares and streets of Berlin (above), the movement of public transport.

A traffic controller at a pedestrian crossing, people crossing the street.

Street shoe shiners at work.

A rotating advertisement for ladies' shoes in a shop window.

A woman's face.

A man's suit in a glass display case.

Views of Berlin buildings, examples of architecture.

Courtyards, fragments of building walls in the working-class districts of Berlin.

Berliners on old narrow streets.

Medieval church buildings, architectural decorations, elements of medieval architecture.

View of part of an old city quarter (from above), spires of Gothic churches.

Statues on the streets and squares of Berlin, fragments of statues.

Sculptural decorations of one of the bridges on the Spree, the building of the cathedral (from bottom to top).

Views of architectural decorations of buildings.

Openwork lattice on the gates of the arch.

Passers-by on the old streets of Berlin.

A fountain on one of the city squares, fragments of the fountain depicting amphibians and reptiles.

Ancient sculptures on the streets of the city, fragments of sculptures.

View of the building of the cathedral.

Men watching fishermen fishing on the embankment.

Fishermen with fishing rods on the embankment.

A boat sails by (top).

A caught fish on a hook.

Sculptures of an Amazon and a lion slayer installed in front of the art museum.

Pigeons pecking at grain.

View of part of a city block (top).

Colonnade of the art museum on the island of Mitte.

Interior view of the central part of the museum.

Ancient Egyptian exhibits presented in the museum exposition.

Sculptural bas-reliefs in the museum exposition, fragments of bas-reliefs.

Fragments of paintings placed in the halls of the museum.

View of the central part of Berlin, clouds in the sky.

The building of the memorial to the heroes of World War I. Sculptural bas-reliefs decorating the building.

Cenotaph with a cross inside the memorial, a wreath of oak leaves.

Bas-relief depicting a human face.

Views of buildings in the center of Berlin.

A coachman on the box of a carriage moving along the city streets.

A wheel of a carriage.

A monument to Frederick the Great.

Panorama of the colonnade.

A street photographer on the sidewalk.

Cars on the streets of Berlin.

Cabbies on the city streets waiting for passengers.

A cabbie cleans the seats of a carriage.

A horse's head with blinders on its eyes.

A monument to Frederick the Great on a square in the center of Berlin, passers-by on the square.

Cabbies talking to each other.

A street vendor of hot sausages serves customers.

Forged metal decorations.

A young man on a bicycle approaches a street book stand.

People browse and choose books at street stalls.

An elderly newspaper seller.

The face of an old newspaper seller.

The movement of various types of transport on the streets of Berlin (from above).

The movement of public transport at the Brandenburg Gate.

Statues in the park.

Swan in a park pond.

Reflection of trees in the water.

A child throws a stone into the water.

People ride boats in the park.

Flora and fauna of an overgrown pond.

View of the tower of an ancient fortress.

Fragments of a horse-drawn quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate.

View of the Brandenburg Gate, airships flying over the gate.

Panorama of central Berlin (from above).

Faces of girls.

A double-decker bus passes by.

Street trading of postcards.

View of the Reichstag building.

Fragment of a statue.

An artist paints a landscape in the park on the bank of a pond, the artist's face.

Entrance to the museum building.

Lion statues near the main staircase.

Street sculpture, fountain.

Views of the Charlottenburg Palace building, the tomb of Queen Louise.

Views of the Charlottenburg Palace park in the evening.

Views of the forest in the Grunewald district.

A family of wild boars and a deer in the forest.

A boy climbs a tree.

A boy throws a stick into the water.

Reflection of the sun and clouds in the water.

The face of a girl.

Children playing on the bank of a pond.

Houses and forests in the southwest of Berlin.

Horses at the hitching post.

Views of the castle in Grunewald.

Cats on the cobblestones of the yard.

Views of parts of the castle.

Sights and recreation areas on the Havel River, river and coastal landscapes.

Swans on the water.

Views of Potsdam, ancient buildings and sculptures.

Views of the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam.

Sculptural decorations of the palace.

Monument to Frederick the Great against the background of the bell tower.

Fountain stream and statues in the palace park.

Views of parts of the palace.

Views of a windmill.

Sculptural and architectural decorations of park buildings.

Gilded sculptures of fairy-tale creatures.

An ancient artillery gun in the palace exhibition.

View of the palace park, fish in the pond.

A pleasure steamer with tourists goes along the Havel River.

Smoke from the chimney of the steamer.

Sailing yachts on the river.

Regatta on the Havel River.

Sailing ships on the Havel River.

Tourists on the deck of a steamboat.

Blossoming trees, amusement park rides.

Different types of rides.

Children's faces.

Riding a roller coaster.

Panorama of part of the amusement park.

Riding carousels and various rides.

Children jumping from a springboard in a water park.

Queue at the ticket office to enter the Wannsee water recreation area.

View of the beach in Wannsee.

People walking down the stairs to the beach.

Girls in bathing suits on the beach.

Panorama of the beach filled with vacationers.

Sunbathing girls.

Children playing in the sand in the water near the shore.

Photographer with a camera.

Girl combing her hair.

Girls sunbathing on the beach.

Beach vacation in Wannsee.

Vacationers on the beach.

Children eating ice cream, launching boats.

River landscapes, a seagull over the water.

A double kayak floats by (above).

Buildings on the embankment (panorama).

Entrance to the hotel.

The building of the Globus Hotel.

A passenger boards a bus at a bus stop.

Horse-drawn and public transport on the streets of Berlin.

The Potsdamer Platz tram stop.

A view of the new Columbus House building.

People walk past a street cafe.

Berlin office and company buildings.

Public transport, double-decker buses (above).

Passengers getting on and off the bus.

Pedestrians' feet on the sidewalk.

Views of the Columbus House building.

Flower sales on the streets of Berlin in spring.

Driving piles on one of the streets using a pile driver, trams drive past the pile driver.

Various works on the streets of Berlin.

Builders climb a high-rise building using a ladder.

High-rise builders at work.

One of the workers lights a pipe.

A view of part of the train station (above).

A worker descends using a winch, his comrades insure him.

Earthworks on one of the city streets.

Installation of a tram contact network.

Workers with jackhammers chip away at the old asphalt.

Installation of a tower crane boom.

Views of industrial enterprises, smoking factory chimneys.

Production processes in the foundry of the Borzig plant, the face of a steelmaker drinking water.

Workers at blast furnaces.

The process of smelting steel.

Production processes in the forge shop, the work of a pneumatic hammer.

The process of running pipes.

Interior panorama of the shop of a locomotive building plant.

Finished wheel pairs.

Production processes in the riveting shop.

Riveting a locomotive boiler.

Riveters at work.

A barge with cargo floats along the river.

Switching a railway switch.

A depot worker places a brake shoe on the rail, braking and stopping a car.

The process of coupling cars when forming a train.

Large-sized parts on railway platforms.

Rotation of gear transmissions of mechanisms.

The process of machining a part on a lathe, metal shavings come out from under the cutter.

Manufacturing of a large crankshaft.

Operation of various mechanisms.

Production processes in the shop of one of the machine-building plants.

Panorama of the power station.

The emergence of current in lamps.

Experiments with electricity.

Scaffolding on one of the buildings under construction.

The face of a builder.

Panoramas and views of the construction of various objects.

View of the new stadium.

Football match at the stadium.

Fragments of a football match, faces of fans.

Fragments and sculptural decorations of the stadium.

Summer cityscape.

Views of buildings in the center of Berlin.

A coachman on the box of a carriage moving along the city streets, horse hooves.

A wheel of a carriage.

Monument to Frederick the Great.

Panorama of the colonnade.

A street photographer on the sidewalk.

Cars on the streets of Berlin.

Cabbies on the city streets waiting for passengers.

A cabbie cleans the seats of a carriage.

Head of a horse with blinkers on its eyes.

Hooves of a horse.

A dog on the street.

Cabbies talking to each other.

A street vendor of hot sausages serves customers.

Forged metal decorations.

A young man on a bicycle approaches a street book stand.

People browse and choose books at street stalls.

An elderly newspaper seller.

The face of an old newspaper seller.

Movement of various types of transport and pedestrians on the streets of Berlin (from above).

Movement of public transport at the Brandenburg Gate.

Statues in the park.

A swan in a park pond.

Reflection of trees in the water.

A pair of swans in a pond.

A child throws a stone into the water.

People riding boats in the park.

Flora and fauna of an overgrown pond.

View of the tower of an ancient fortress.

Fragments of a horse-drawn quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate.

View of the Brandenburg Gate, airships flying over the gate.

Panorama of central Berlin (top).

Faces of girls watching the airships flying.

A double-decker bus passes by.

Street trading of postcards.

Entrance to the Alexanderplatz metro station.

Views of new buildings and streets of Berlin, public transport on the streets.

A cart loaded with barrels leaves the arch.

View of part of a city block.

Decorations and elements of Gothic architecture of one of Berlin's cathedrals, panorama of part of Berlin (top).

Views of squares and streets of Berlin (top), public transport movement.

A traffic controller at a pedestrian crossing, people crossing the street.

Street shoe shiners at work.

A rotating advertisement for ladies' shoes in a shop window.

A woman's face.

A man's suit in a glass display case.

Views of Berlin buildings, examples of architecture.

Courtyards, fragments of building walls in the working-class districts of Berlin.

Berliners on old narrow streets.

Street trade in postcards.

Views of the Reichstag building.

Fragments of statues.

A stream of a fountain spurting upwards.

An artist paints a landscape in a park on the bank of a pond, the artist's face.

Entrance to the museum building.

Statues of lions by the main staircase.

Street sculpture, fountain.

Views of the Charlottenburg Palace building, the tomb of Queen Louise.

Views of the Charlottenburg Palace park in the evening.

Views of the forest in the Grunewald district.

A family of wild boars and a deer in the forest.

Landscapes of Grunewald.

People riding in boats.

A boy climbing a tree.

A boy throwing a stick into the water.

Reflection of the sun and clouds in the water.

A girl's face.

Children playing on the bank of a pond.

Houses and forests in the southwest of Berlin.

Horses at the hitching post.

Views of the castle in Grunewald.

Cats on the cobblestones of the courtyard.

Views of the castle.

Sights and recreation areas on the Havel River, river and coastal landscapes.

Swans on the water and on the shore.

Views of Potsdam, ancient buildings and sculptures.

Views of the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam.

Sculptural decorations of the palace.

Monument to Frederick the Great against the background of the bell tower.

A stream of a fountain and statues in the palace park.

Views of the palace.

Views of a windmill.

Sculptural and architectural decorations of the park buildings.

Gilded sculptures of fairy-tale creatures.

An ancient artillery gun in the palace exhibition.

View of the palace park, fish in the pond.

A pleasure steamer with tourists goes along the Havel River.

Smoke from the chimney of the steamer.

Sailing yachts on the river.

Regatta on the Havel River.

Sailing ships on the Havel River.

Tourists on the deck of a steamboat.

Byzantine style temple buildings.

Views of the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Berlin.

Sculpture of a dragon's head.

Birds on the territory of a Buddhist temple in Berlin.

Children on the temple grounds.

Statue of Buddha.

Views of the territory and exotic birds on the temple grounds.

Animals in enclosures and on the territory of the Berlin Zoo.

View of part of a Buddhist temple.

Camels, giraffes, kangaroos in enclosures.

Leopard and lion cubs.

Felidae predators in the zoo.

Bear cubs frolic in the water.

Rhinoceros in an enclosure.

A zookeeper plays with a gorilla, an orangutan in a cage.

Children touch a monkey's hand.

Baby monkeys ride in a cart.

Children watch a show with trained monkeys.

A monkey rides a scooter.

Tigers in a cage.

Airplanes in the sky perform aerobatics, giraffes in a pen.

Polar bears by the pool and a rhinoceros in an enclosure.

Bears in an enclosure.

Children watch the animals through the bars.

Performance of sea lions.

A zookeeper feeds the sea lions.

Feeding a sea lion raw fish.

A sea lion goes into the pool.

A girl's face.

Penguins at the zoo.

Birds of various species.

A girl plays with a parrot.

A dinosaur statue.

Entrance to the building for amphibians, fish and reptiles.

Interior view of the hall with aquariums.

Crocodiles among tropical flora.

Crocodiles grab pieces of raw meat thrown to them with their jaws.

Snakes of various species in the zoo terrarium.

A boa constrictor swallows a rat carcass.

A swell on the boa constrictor's belly from the rat it swallowed.

A frog on a rock.

Fish of various species and a crab in an aquarium.

A squid with suckers behind the glass of an aquarium.

Various species of sea plants and stars in an aquarium.

Fish, stingrays, turtles in an aquarium.

Head of a turtle.

Dinosaur statue on the zoo grounds.

Crossbow target mounted on a pole.

Crossbow loading.

Man aiming a crossbow.

Aerial gymnast on a tightrope during a street circus performance (view through the cells of a safety trampoline).

Dance troupe performing the cancan in a park during the festival at the radio tower in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

Balloons released into the sky.

Faces of people looking up.

Drumbeat.

Participants in the festival dressed in medieval national costumes twirl banners around themselves.

Birds fly around the radio tower.

Wings of a windmill spinning at the foot of the radio tower, panorama of the tower (bottom to top).

The internal elevator of the tower ascending (top).

Views of Berlin from the elevator of the radio tower.

People on the observation deck of the tower.

Views of the parking lot and the area adjacent to the tower (top).

View of the radio tower.

Berliners go to watch a car racing competition.

Unloading one of the racing cars from a trailer.

Checking the engines before the competition, mechanics closing the engine covers.

Leading the racing cars to the starting point.

The start of the next stage of the racing.

Watching the race through homemade periscopes from behind the wall of the racing track.

Views of the racing track during the race (from above).

Racing cars on the track, spectators watching the race.

Racing cars on the track during a motor racing event in the mid-1930s near Berlin.

Mechanics change wheels on one of the cars, service the car during a pit stop.

Extinguishing a burning engine.

Children watch the race, climbing on lampposts.

View of the pit stop area during the extinguishing of a burning car.

Faces of fans.

Racing cars pass one of the sections of the track.

Faces of fans, a car on the pit stop area.

A driver stretches his legs during a pit stop, young fans eat ice cream.

A driver gets behind the wheel of a car (top).

A car starts from the pit stop area.

Fans in one of the stands.

The results of one of the stages of the race on a mechanical scoreboard.

Cars on the track, faces of the drivers behind the wheel of the cars.

Faces of fans.

Photojournalists take pictures of the winners of the next stage of the race.

Views of the streets of Berlin in the evening.

Electric city lights are turned on.

Table lamp being turned on.

Electric lights and illuminated advertisements being turned on.

Illuminated advertisements on the streets of Berlin in the evening.

Electric lights in the windows of houses and industrial buildings.

Views and panoramas of Berlin under electric light.

Part of the musical score of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra before the performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the conductor at the podium.

Spectators in the boxes.

Orchestra musicians during the performance of the symphony, views of the orchestra.

Panorama of the fountain with three bowls.

Views of Berlin at night, reflection of illuminated advertisements in the water.

Swans floating in the water.

Views of historic buildings in Berlin at night under electric light, statues in front of the buildings.

A tram passes under the Brandenburg Gate.

People at the fountain at night.

A dance ensemble performs a Russian dance on stage (above), the hands of the musicians pluck the strings.

Cancan performance on the stage of one of Berlin's theatres.

Performance of a figure skater.

Fragments of a hockey match.

Part of the musical score of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra before the performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the conductor at the podium.

Spectators in the boxes.

Orchestra musicians during the performance of the symphony, views of the orchestra.

Panorama of the fountain of three bowls.

Views of Berlin at night, reflection of illuminated advertising in the water.

Swans floating in the water.

Views of the streets and historical buildings of Berlin at night under electric lighting, statues in front of the buildings.

Views of the streets of Berlin at night, illuminated advertising, public transport and cars on the streets.

Selling hot sausages.

Reflection of advertising in the windows of trams.

Electric illumination, advertising, buses and people on the streets of Berlin at night.

Performance of a dance ensemble on the stage of a music hall.

Acrobats performing on a trampoline.

Spectators in the hall.

Artists backstage.

A juggler performing.

Performing acrobatic dance numbers.

Aerial gymnasts performing.