The Berlin Airlift
Narrator : March 1948.
旁白：1948 年 3 月。
A British military train left Berlin and stopped in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany.
一列英国军用列车离开柏林，停在德国占领区的苏联地区。
Red Army guards performed what should have been a routine check.
红军警卫进行了本应是例行检查的工作。
Three years earlier, these allies together had destroyed Berlin to defeat the Nazis.
三年前，这些盟友共同摧毁了柏林，击败了纳粹。
America and Britain from the air, the Soviets in a final ground assault against desperate German resistance.
美国和英国从空中，苏联对德国的绝望抵抗进行了最后的地面攻击。
Now, the alliance that had won the war was breaking down.
现在，赢得战争的联盟正在瓦解。
The Soviets were increasingly obstructing movement through their zone and wanted to check every passenger.
苏联人越来越多地阻碍通过他们区域的行动，并希望检查每一位乘客。
Allied military officials objected to the Soviet restrictions.
盟军军事官员反对苏联的限制。
They ordered the train return to Berlin.
他们命令火车返回柏林。
Since 1945, Berlin had been surrounded by the Soviet controlled zone of occupied Germany.
自1945年以来，柏林一直被占领德国的苏联控制区包围。
A road and a railway line were all that connected it with the rest of Europe.
一条公路和一条铁路线将它与欧洲其他地区连接起来。
The four powers -- the U.S., Britain, France and Russia -- each controlled their own sector of the city, home to more than two million people.
美国、英国、法国和俄罗斯这四个大国各自控制着这座城市的自己的区域，该区域拥有超过 200 万人口。
Now Berlin was in limbo.
现在柏林陷入了困境。
The four powers could not agree what to do with it.
四大势力无法就如何处理它达成一致。
The Western allies wanted to revive the German economy and get business going.
西方盟国希望重振德国经济并开展商业活动。
The Soviets wanted communist planning throughout their zone.
苏联人希望在整个地区实行共产主义规划。
The economic stalemate created a black market for goods.
经济僵局催生了商品黑市。
Security concerns along the border between East and West Berlin increased.
东柏林和西柏林边境沿线的安全担忧有所增加。
Sam Young was part of an American military unit charged with policing the city.
萨姆·杨（Sam Young）是负责维持该市治安的美国军事部队的成员。
Sam Young, U.S. Army : You saw nothing but destruction.
Sam Young，美国陆军：除了破坏，你什么也没看到。
Wherever you looked, all around.
无论你往哪里看，到处都是。
It was terrible.
太可怕了。
And for an 18 year old kid that was really apprehensive.
对于一个18岁的孩子来说，这真的很令人担忧。
You know, I have never seen anything like that before.
你知道，我以前从未见过这样的事情。
Narrator : Whole sections of Berlin were reduced to rubble.
旁白：柏林的整个地区都变成了废墟。
Clearing it became residents' main occupation.
清理这里成了居民的主要工作。
But for young Sybille Griese, newly arrived from the German countryside, the capital still had its attractions.
但对于刚从德国乡村来到这里的年轻西比尔·格里斯来说，首都仍然有其吸引力。
Sybille Griese, Berliner (subtitles) : It was hard to get a room.
Sybille Griese，柏林（字幕）：很难找到房间。
There was a lot of destruction.
有很多破坏。
It really looked very sad.
看起来确实非常悲伤。
But not as sad as my home town.
但不像我的家乡那么悲伤。
For me, Berlin was the big city.
对我来说，柏林是大城市。
Everything I saw was new.
我所看到的一切都是新的。
Narrator : Three years after the war, the city showed signs of returning to normal, but food remained in short supply.
旁白：战后三年，这座城市出现了恢复正常的迹象，但食物仍然短缺。
Three Western powers had taken on the responsibility of feeding Berlin.
三个西方国家承担了为柏林提供食物的责任。
Mercedes Wild, Berliner (subtitles) : The best thing was the biscuit soup the Americans gave us.
Mercedes Wild，柏林（字幕）：最好的东西是美国人给我们的饼干汤。
You had a little food container.
你有一个小食物容器。
Maybe it had a lid, maybe it didn't.
也许它有盖子，也许没有。
You filled it with food and you took it home for your family.
你把它装满食物，然后带回家给你的家人。
Sometimes it was the only hot meal of the day.
有时这是一天中唯一的热餐。
Narrator : But the city could not be kept on a breadline forever.
旁白：但是这座城市不可能永远处于救济边缘。
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin wanted full control of his half of Germany.
苏联领导人约瑟夫·斯大林希望完全控制他的一半德国。
The presence of the Western allies in Berlin was a thorn in his side.
西方盟友在柏林的存在对他来说是一个眼中钉。
Along with the Soviet Union, the three Western powers governed Berlin through a joint council called the Allied Kommandantura.
三个西方国家与苏联一起通过一个名为“盟军指挥部”的联合委员会统治柏林。
As long as the Western powers were in the city, it was difficult for the Soviets to create a communist economy in their zone.
只要西方列强还在这座城市，苏联就很难在他们的地区建立共产主义经济。
And they were convinced the Western Allies were plotting to push them out of Berlin.
他们确信西方盟国正密谋将他们赶出柏林。
On June 16, 1948, the Soviets pulled out of the Kommandantura.
1948 年 6 月 16 日，苏联撤出指挥部。
Just days later the Allies issued a new currency for Western Germany -- the Deutschmark.
几天后，盟军为西德发行了一种新货币——德国马克。
Then, the Soviets announced that they would do the same for their zone -- and throughout Berlin.
然后，苏联宣布他们将在他们的地区以及整个柏林做同样的事情。
But the Allies had already smuggled two hundred and fifty million Deutschmarks into the city.
但盟军已经向这座城市走私了两亿五千万德国马克。
The Soviets prepared a counter move.
苏联人准备采取反击行动。
On June 23 Soviet forces in Berlin sent a secret order to cut the city off from the West.
6月23日，驻柏林的苏联军队发出秘密命令，切断该市与西方的联系。
The next day highways and railway lines were closed.
第二天，高速公路和铁路线被关闭。
No coal, no food could get through to the city.
没有煤炭，没有食物可以运进城市。
Mercedes Wild : My mother was very upset.
Mercedes Wild：我妈妈非常难过。
She said: now we'll have nothing to eat.
她说：现在我们就没东西吃了。
We've been blockaded.
我们被封锁了。
I didn't know what 'blockade' meant.
我不知道“封锁”是什么意思。
But they used that word, right from the start.
但他们从一开始就使用了这个词。
And I'll never forget my grandmother's words:'Just as long as we don't end up Russian.'
我永远不会忘记祖母的话：“只要我们最终不成为俄罗斯人。”
Narrator : Berlin's power station was in the city's Eastern sector.
旁白：柏林的发电站位于该市的东区。
Gerhard Bürger, Berliner (subtitles) : It was like an eclipse of the sun.
Gerhard Bürger，柏林（字幕）：就像日食一样。
Nobody knew what was going on.
没有人知道发生了什么事。
We asked the Americans, what's up?
我们问美国人，怎么了？
They said, 'we've packed our bags.'
他们说：“我们已经收拾好行李了。”
Narrator : There were twenty thousand American, British and French troops in Berlin.
旁白：柏林有两万名美国、英国和法国军队。
It was enough to police the Allied sectors, but totally inadequate to defend them in the event of a Soviet attack.
它足以维持盟军防区的治安，但在苏联发动袭击时却完全不足以保卫它们。
In the U.S. President Harry Truman was in the midst of an election campaign he was expected to lose.
美国总统哈里·杜鲁门 (Harry Truman) 正在进行竞选活动，预计他会失败。
Truman issued a forceful response to the Soviet blockade.
杜鲁门对苏联的封锁作出了强有力的回应。
President Truman (archival) : What the world needs in order to regain a sense of security, is an end to Soviet obstruction and aggression.
杜鲁门总统（档案）：为了重新获得安全感，世界需要的是结束苏联的阻挠和侵略。
Narrator : Then Truman's advisors gave him sobering news.
旁白：然后杜鲁门的顾问给了他一个发人深省的消息。
Berlin had just 36 days worth of food and 45 days worth of coal.
柏林只有 36 天的粮食和 45 天的煤炭。
The president could not defend the city.
总统无法保卫这座城市。
But to withdraw would be disastrous for America's image -- and for his own hopes of re-election.
但退出对于美国的形象以及他自己连任的希望来说都是灾难性的。
Truman's military governor in Germany, General Lucius Clay, suggested the U.S. call Stalin's bluff.
杜鲁门的德国军事总督卢修斯·克莱将军建议美国识破斯大林的虚张声势。
Clay proposed sending armed troops along the road to Berlin.
克莱提议沿着通往柏林的道路派遣武装部队。
Truman knew this might spark a war neither side could afford.
杜鲁门知道这可能引发一场双方都无法承受的战争。
Yet, he decided not to abandon the city.
然而，他决定不放弃这座城市。
"We stay in Berlin," he declared.
“我们留在柏林，”他宣称。
"Period."
“时期。”
Truman considered another option: flying supplies into the Western sectors of Berlin.
杜鲁门考虑了另一种选择：将物资空运到柏林西区。
If the Soviets wanted to stop Allied planes they would have to shoot them down.
如果苏联想要阻止盟军飞机，他们就必须将其击落。
And that put the pressure on the Russians.
这给俄罗斯人带来了压力。
But no one knew if it was even possible to supply two million people with food and fuel by air.
但没有人知道是否有可能通过空运向 200 万人提供食物和燃料。
American officials turned to their British allies for answers.
美国官员向英国盟友寻求答案。
Britain had endured nearly ten years of rationing during the War.
英国在战争期间经历了近十年的配给制。
According to the British calculations, it would take seventeen hundred calories a day per person.
根据英国人的计算，每人每天需要消耗一千七百卡路里。
That meant fifteen hundred tons of food, plus another twenty-five hundred tons of coal and gasoline -- a total of four thousand tons per day.
这意味着一千五百吨食物，再加上两千五百吨煤炭和汽油——每天总共四千吨。
The Allies' C-47 plane was capable of carrying just three tons.
盟军的 C-47 飞机只能运载 3 吨。
Many doubted an airlift would work.
许多人怀疑空运是否有效。
Nevertheless, the Berlin Airlift began on June 26, 1948.
尽管如此，柏林空运还是于 1948 年 6 月 26 日开始。
The first flights were reported live to the city by RIAS, Radio in the American sector.
美国地区的广播电台 RIAS 向该市现场报道了第一批航班的情况。
Original Radio recording : In diesem Augenblick kommt die die grosse Lockheed Sunderland Maschine.
原始无线电录音：In diesem Augenblick kommt die diegrose Lockheed Sunderland Maschine。
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Narrator : Berliners came out by the thousands to watch flying boats land on the city's lakes.
旁白：成千上万的柏林人前来观看飞艇降落在城市的湖泊上。
The planes carried salt.
飞机携带盐。
No other aircraft could transport the precious cargo because it would corrode their fuselage.
没有其他飞机可以运输这些珍贵的货物，因为这会腐蚀它们的机身。
Even though Berlin's elected mayor, Ernst Reuter, was a former Communist, the Soviets had kept him from taking office.
尽管当选的柏林市长恩斯特·路透 (Ernst Reuter) 是一名前共产党员，但苏联却阻止他上任。
Now, Reuter called a rally to reassure bewildered citizens and boost their morale.
现在，路透召集了一场集会，以安抚困惑的公民并鼓舞他们的士气。
Ernst Reuter (archival, subtitles) : Berlin will not be next on the Soviet list!
恩斯特·路透（档案，字幕）：柏林不会是苏联名单上的下一个！
We'll used every means at our disposal to resist the forces of oppression who want to make us slaves of a single party system!
我们将利用一切手段，反抗那些想把我们变成一党制奴隶的压迫势力！
Narrator : Following the rally, General Clay summoned Reuter.
旁白：集会结束后，克莱将军召见了路透。
Robert Lochner, Interpreter (subtitles) : He explained to Reuter the hardships for the population and said he couldn't guarantee it was even possible.
罗伯特·洛克纳（Robert Lochner），口译员（字幕）：他向路透解释了民众所面临的困难，并表示他无法保证这是否可能。
No one had ever tried to supply a city by air.
没有人尝试过通过空运为一座城市提供补给。
Would the Berliners stick it out, so soon after the War?
战后这么快，柏林人会坚持下去吗？
And Reuter simply answered: 'You take care of the airlift, I'll take care of the Berliners.'
路透简单地回答道：“你负责空运，我负责柏林人。”
Narrator : American and British transport planes were dispatched to Germany from all over the world.
旁白：美国和英国的运输机从世界各地派往德国。
Powdered eggs and milk, flour and coal began to make their way to Berlin.
蛋粉、牛奶粉、面粉和煤炭开始运往柏林。
A world away, in Mobile, Alabama, Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen was enjoying post-war life.
在另一个世界的阿拉巴马州莫比尔，空军飞行员盖尔·哈尔沃森正在享受战后的生活。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : So I had a four-door, brand new Chevrolet car.
盖尔·哈尔沃森 (Gail Halvorsen)，美国空军：我有一辆全新的四门雪佛兰汽车。
This was just before the Airlift started.
这是空运开始之前。
This was in early '48.
那是在 48 年初。
So then I was doing big-time.
所以那时我做得很出色。
I called a girl for a date.
我打电话给一个女孩约会。
I'd take her in the car.
我会带她上车。
She said 'Wow, this is pretty neat.
她说‘哇，这太漂亮了。
New car.
新车。
Very few new cars then.
那时新车很少。
That was the car when I got the telephone call about the Airlift, I didn't have time to do anything with it.
当我接到有关空运的电话时，这就是那辆车，我没有时间对它做任何事情。
I just drove it under the pine trees on the air base at Brookley, took the keys, and left the car there.
我只是把它开到布鲁克利空军基地的松树下，拿了钥匙，然后把车留在那里。
I never saw it again.
我再也没有见过它。
Narrator : Halverson flew to Germany that same day.
旁白：霍尔沃森当天飞往德国。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : My feelings for the Germans were not very good.
盖尔·哈尔沃森，美国空军：我对德国人的感情不是很好。
I mean, Hitler started this thing, he caused all this chaos, he caused one of my buddies to get shot down, I don't know where he is yet.They never did find his body.
我的意思是，希特勒开始了这件事，他造成了所有这些混乱，他导致我的一个朋友被击落，我还不知道他在哪里。他们从未找到他的尸体。
So I didn't have good feelings about the Germans.
所以我对德国人没有好感。
Narrator : For Berliners, the sound of Allied planes overhead brought back terrible memories.
旁白：对于柏林人来说，头顶上空的盟军飞机的声音勾起了可怕的回忆。
Mercedes Wild (subtitles) : I sat through so many air raids in our apartment, and suddenly there was that sound again.
Mercedes Wild（字幕）：我在我们的公寓里经历了多次空袭，突然又听到了那种声音。
The sound of planes flying over the building, and with that the fear came back that the bombs would fall again.
飞机飞过大楼的声音，人们再次担心炸弹会再次落下。
Narrator : Halverson made his first landing at Berlin's Tempelhof airport.
旁白：霍尔沃森在柏林滕珀尔霍夫机场首次着陆。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : I had 20,000 pounds of flour on the airplane, 20,000 pounds of flour.
盖尔·哈尔沃森 (Gail Halvorsen)，美国空军：我飞机上有 20,000 磅面粉，20,000 磅面粉。
Landed at Tempelhof, and I wondered what these supermen were going to look like; you know, all this propaganda built up through the years, coming face to face with them.
降落在滕珀尔霍夫，我想知道这些超人会是什么样子；你知道，所有这些宣传都是多年来积累起来的，与他们面对面。
The back doors of my airplane opened and about eight Germans came piling in to the back of the airplane.
我的飞机后门打开，大约八名德国人涌到飞机后部。
And that first man, the first three or four came up, straight up to me and put out their hand, and their eyes were moist, and I couldn't understand what they said but I could understand their feeling immediately.
那第一个男人，前面的三四个人，径直走到我面前，伸出了手，他们的眼睛湿润了，我听不懂他们在说什么，但我立刻就能理解他们的感受。
They looked at the flour and looked back at me like I was an angel from heaven.
他们看着面粉，又看着我，就像我是来自天堂的天使一样。
Narrator : In Moscow, Stalin was confident that Britain and the United States would not be able to keep Berlin fed from the air.
旁白：在莫斯科，斯大林确信英国和美国无法保证柏林的空运。
As a show of force, Truman sent sixty B29 bombers to England.
作为武力展示，杜鲁门向英国派遣了 60 架 B29 轰炸机。
For the Airlift pilots, the pressure mounted.
对于空运飞行员来说，压力越来越大。
Two weeks into the Airlift supplies reaching Berlin were increasing, but not enough.
空运抵达柏林两周后，物资不断增加，但还不够。
At first the Allies transported just ninety tons a day.
起初，盟军每天只运输九十吨。
Now, they managed a thousand tons.
现在，他们管理了一千吨。
But it was just a quarter of the daily minimum required.
但这只是每日最低需求量的四分之一。
And Airlift operations were still chaotic.
空运操作仍然混乱。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : I came in over Tempelhof and the weather was very bad.
盖尔·哈尔沃森 (Gail Halvorsen)，美国空军：我飞越滕珀尔霍夫，天气非常糟糕。
And suddenly, coming the other direction, into the homing beacon, was another C-54, right at my altitude.
突然，另一架 C-54 从另一个方向飞来，进入寻的信标，就在我的高度。
We just almost hit propellers.
我们差点撞到螺旋桨。
I could see the pilot's eyes, coming the other way.
我可以看到飞行员的眼睛从另一个方向看过来。
Mercedes Wild (subtitles) : At first I heard the usual engine sound.
Mercedes Wild（字幕）：起初我听到了常见的发动机声音。
Then the pitch went up.
然后音高就升高了。
Then there was a crash.
然后发生了车祸。
And then complete silence.
然后就是彻底的沉默。
It was the first accident of many.
这是许多人的第一次事故。
The skies were too crowded, the men and the machines overworked.
天空太拥挤了，人和机器都过度劳累。
Narrator : In July General William Tunner arrived in Berlin.
旁白：七月，威廉·特纳将军抵达柏林。
During the war his transport planes had flown over the Himalayas to supply anti-Communist forces in China.
战争期间，他的运输机飞越喜马拉雅山，为中国的反共势力提供补给。
Now, Tunner was charged with organizing the Berlin Airlift.
现在，特纳负责组织柏林空运。
His plan was to make each of the three Allied air corridors a one-way route -- two going in, one coming out.
他的计划是使盟军的三个空中走廊都成为单向路线——两条进，一条出。
Planes would fly three minutes apart, at five levels simultaneously.
飞机将在五个高度同时飞行，间隔三分钟。
On a clear day pilots would see the aircraft flying above and below them.
在晴朗的日子里，飞行员会看到飞机在他们的上方和下方飞行。
'I want rhythm', Tunner said, on a beat 'as constant as jungle drums.' Soon pilots met Tunner's targets, then exceeded them.
“我想要节奏”，特纳说，节奏“像丛林鼓一样恒定”。很快，飞行员就达到了特纳的目标，然后又超过了目标。
They flew more than fifteen hundred flights a day and delivered more than forty-five hundred tons.
他们每天飞行 1500 多个航班，运送超过 4500 吨货物。
Planes now took just minutes to unload.
现在飞机只需几分钟就能卸货。
They remained on the ground for no longer than thirty minutes.
他们在地上停留的时间不超过三十分钟。
And the pilots only had one chance to land.
而且飞行员只有一次着陆的机会。
Otherwise, they had to return their planes fully loaded.
否则，他们就必须满载返回飞机。
Tunner insisted that pilots stay close to their planes while on the ground.
特纳坚持要求飞行员在地面时保持靠近飞机的距离。
He made sure that coffee and hot food were waiting for them on the runway.
他确保跑道上有咖啡和热食等着他们。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : It wasn't just the coffee, it wasn't just the hamburgers.
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：这不仅仅是咖啡，也不仅仅是汉堡。
In my case, I drank hot chocolate.
就我而言，我喝了热巧克力。
That was a good thing ...
那是一件好事...
but he put some beautiful German Frauleins in that snackbar.
但他在小吃店里放了一些漂亮的德国小姐。
They knew we couldn't date them, we had no time.
他们知道我们不能和他们约会，我们没有时间。
So they were very friendly.
所以他们非常友好。
The first thing we'd do is we'd get a big smile, and then worry about the hamburger and the hot chocolate later.
我们要做的第一件事就是得到一个灿烂的微笑，然后再担心汉堡和热巧克力。
Narrator : The Soviets did not interfere directly with the flights.
旁白：苏联人并没有直接干扰飞行。
Instead, they launched a propaganda campaign against them.
相反，他们发起了针对他们的宣传运动。
East Newsreel (Original soundtrack, subtitles) : Haven't we heard that before?
East Newsreel（原声带、字幕）：我们以前没听过吗？
Think back.
回想一下。
How was it again?
又怎么样？
Once upon a time our benefactors came with bombs and phosphor.
曾几何时，我们的恩人带着炸弹和荧光粉来了。
Narrator : The British responded with a campaign of their own.
旁白：英国人以他们自己的运动作为回应。
British Film (Original soundtrack) : No longer night, and not yet day.
英国电影（原声带）：不再是夜晚，也不是白天。
And as the sun rises, bombers are readied.
当太阳升起时，轰炸机就做好了准备。
Bombers, once the heralds of death, today, in the summer 1948, in the service of Life and Freedom.
轰炸机，曾经是死亡的使者，今天，1948 年夏天，为生命和自由服务。
Narrator : The Americans used a different public relations tool -- the RIAS radio station.
旁白：美国人使用了另一种公关工具——RIAS广播电台。
RIAS played American music the Nazis had banned -- country tunes, popular songs, and especially, jazz.
RIAS 播放纳粹禁止的美国音乐——乡村音乐、流行歌曲，尤其是爵士乐。
The broadcasts helped spark a West German love affair with American music that would last a generation.
这些广播激发了西德人对美国音乐的热爱，这种热爱持续了一代人。
The Soviets tried to counter, but dancing Cossacks could not erase the horrors of the Soviet takeover in 1945.
苏联试图反击，但跳舞的哥萨克无法抹去 1945 年苏联接管的恐怖。
Berliners would never see Stalin as 'Germany's best friend.'
柏林人永远不会将斯大林视为“德国最好的朋友”。
On the ground the Cold War was heating up.
在地面上，冷战正在升温。
On September 6, East German Communists occupied the city's civilian council house to block new elections.
9月6日，东德共产党占领了该市的民事议会大厦，阻止新的选举。
Three days later RIAS Radio urged West Berliners to protest the East German actions.
三天后，RIAS 电台敦促西柏林人抗议东德的行动。
A crowd gathered at the Brandenburg Gate, next to the Reichstag, the ruined German Parliament.
人群聚集在德国国会大厦旁边的勃兰登堡门。
The Airlift was working so far, but many West Berliners feared the Allies would eventually abandon them to the Russians.
到目前为止，空运仍在发挥作用，但许多西柏林人担心盟军最终会将他们抛弃给俄罗斯人。
Addressing half a million people -- a quarter of the population -- Ernst Reuter delivered an impassioned plea.
恩斯特·路透向 50 万人（占总人口的四分之一）发表了热情洋溢的呼吁。
Ernst Reuter (Archive, subtitles) : You peoples of the world.
恩斯特·路透（Ernst Reuter）（档案，字幕）：世界各国人民。
You people of America, of England, of France,
你们美国人民、英国人民、法国人民，
look on this city, and recognize that this city, this people
看看这个城市，认识到这个城市，这个人民
must not be abandoned -- cannot be abandoned!
不能被抛弃——不能被抛弃！
Narrator : Lifted by Reuter's words, the crowd surged towards the city's Eastern sector, a few hundred yards beyond the Brandenburg Gate.
旁白：在路透的话的鼓舞下，人群涌向距离勃兰登堡门几百码的城市东区。
Someone ripped down the Red Flag, the symbol of Soviet victory.
有人扯下了苏联胜利的象征——红旗。
Soviet police responded, killing one young demonstrator.
苏联警方做出回应，杀死了一名年轻示威者。
Three months of fear, anger and mistrust were taking their toll.
三个月的恐惧、愤怒和不信任给他们带来了损失。
In the Western sector, however, the airlift had already become an inspiration for young children.
然而，在西部地区，空运已经成为幼儿的灵感来源。
Narrator : It was a sign that the Allies were winning over the next generation.
旁白：这是盟军正在赢得下一代的一个迹象。
At Tempelhof airport, the real Airlift drew children like a magnet, groups of boys gathered at the perimeter, waiting for a plane with a special delivery.
在滕珀尔霍夫机场，真正的空运像磁铁一样吸引着孩子们，成群结队的男孩聚集在机场周边，等待一架带有特殊快递的飞机。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : I wiggled the wings of the airplane, and they went crazy.
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：我摆动飞机的机翼，它们就疯狂了。
I can still see their arms and hands up to the sky -- and, er, just went mad.
我仍然可以看到他们的手臂和双手举向天空——而且，呃，简直疯了。
Narrator : Halvorsen had started dropping candy to the waiting children.
旁白：哈尔沃森开始向等待的孩子们扔糖果。
It became the biggest public relations coup of the airlift.
这成为此次空运最大的公关妙招。
And Gail Halvorson its biggest hero.
盖尔·霍尔沃森（Gail Halvorson）是其最大的英雄。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : Before I got donations from big candy companies, the children of America were sending me donations, and sending me money so we could go to the base exchange and buy the things to drop to the children of Berlin.
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：在我从大型糖果公司获得捐款之前，美国的孩子们给我捐款，给我寄钱，这样我们就可以去基地交易所购买东西，然后送给柏林的孩子们。
Narrator : But one little girl wanted something special.
旁白：但是有一个小女孩想要一些特别的东西。
Mercedes Wild (subtitles) : So I wrote to him: 'Dear Chocolate -- Uncle, you fly over Friedenau every day.
Mercedes Wild（字幕）：所以我写信给他：“亲爱的巧克力——叔叔，你每天都飞越弗里德瑙。
Please drop a parachute over the garden with the white chickens.
请在有白鸡的花园上空投下降落伞。
They've stopped laying.'
他们已经停止产卵了。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : They think you're a chicken-hawk, and the eggs aren't coming any more, and their feathers are falling out.
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：他们认为你是一只鸡鹰，鸡蛋不会再下，而且它们的羽毛也会脱落。
And then the last letter, the last part of the letter she said, 'when you see the white chickens, drop it there'.
然后是最后一封信，信的最后一部分她说，“当你看到白鸡时，把它扔在那里”。
Mercedes Wild (subtitles) : If you drop a parachute, I don't mind if you hit them.
Mercedes Wild（字幕）：如果你丢下降落伞，我不介意你击中它们。
Your Mercedes.
你的梅赛德斯。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : I told my buddies who were dropping them.
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：我告诉了我的朋友们，他们正在扔掉它们。
I said, 'When you're coming in to Tempelhof, drop on the approach, at apartment houses wherever you see them.
我说，‘当你来到滕珀尔霍夫时，顺着路走，无论你看到什么公寓楼。
We gotta hit Mercedes.
我们得打梅赛德斯。
We didn't hit Mercedes.
我们没有撞到梅赛德斯。
Took a big pack of government candy in Berlin, mailed it to Mercedes.
在柏林拿了一大包政府糖果，邮寄给梅赛德斯。
Mercedes Wild : The chocolate was okay.
Mercedes Wild：巧克力还可以。
But the important thing was the letter.
但最重要的是那封信。
He had written back.
他已经回信了。
I had written to him, so I was waiting for an answer.
我已经写信给他了，所以我正在等待答复。
And I still have that letter.
我还保留着那封信。
It was wonderful.
太棒了。
Narrator : Dear Mercedes: If I did a couple of circuits over Friedenau, I'm sure I'd find the garden with the white chickens.
旁白：亲爱的梅赛德斯：如果我在弗里德瑙上空绕几圈，我确信我会找到有白鸡的花园。
But I'm afraid I haven't got the time.
但恐怕我没有时间。
I hope that you will enjoy the enclosed.
我希望您会喜欢所附的内容。
Your chocolate uncle, Gail Halvorsen.
你的巧克力叔叔盖尔·哈尔沃森。
Mercedes Wild (Subtitles) : My father had gone missing as a pilot during the war.
梅赛德斯狂野（字幕）：我的父亲在战争期间作为飞行员失踪了。
Now I saw this Chocolate Uncle as my father who was showing me that he was there for me.
现在我把这个巧克力叔叔视为我的父亲，他向我表明他就在我身边。
Narrator : Throughout October 1948, flights continued day and night.
旁白： 1948 年 10 月，航班日夜不间断。
As winter approached more food and fuel were needed, but American commanders would not be deterred.
随着冬季的临近，需要更多的食物和燃料，但美国指挥官不会被吓倒。
General Lucius Clay (archival) : We are not going to be forced out of Berlin.
卢修斯·克莱将军（档案）：我们不会被迫离开柏林。
Journalist (archival) : Will you be able to continue the present air supply indefinitely?
记者（档案）：你们能无限期地继续目前的供气吗？
General Clay (archival) : We will increase it, and we can continue it indefinitely.
克莱将军（档案）：我们会增加它，并且我们可以无限期地继续下去。
Narrator : To build a new airport, the Allies employed eighteen thousand Berliners -- half of them women.
旁白：为了修建新机场，盟军雇佣了一万八千名柏林人——其中一半是女性。
They completed the job in two months.
他们在两个月内完成了这项工作。
But an extra airport was not enough.
但额外的机场还不够。
The airlift needed more pilots.
空运需要更多飞行员。
Former bomber pilot Ken Slaker was called out of civilian life in the U.S. and pressed into emergency service on night flights.
前轰炸机飞行员肯·斯莱克（Ken Slaker）被召回美国平民生活，并被迫在夜间航班上执行紧急任务。
Ken Slaker, U.S. Air Force : We'd just been 20 minutes into Eastern Germany when we lost both engines simultaneously.
肯·斯莱克（Ken Slaker），美国空军：我们刚进入德国东部 20 分钟，两台发动机就同时失去了。
And went through emergency procedures.
并办理了紧急程序。
We couldn't get them started again.
我们无法让他们重新开始。
So I just bailed out.
所以我就逃了出来。
I said to myself, this is it.
我对自己说，就是这样了。
When I got my memory back and it was daylight.
当我恢复记忆时，天已经亮了。
And then I heard a noise.
然后我听到一声响动。
And there was the sound of a airlift aircraft overhead.
头顶上传来空运飞机的声音。
So I knew where I was.
所以我知道我在哪里。
Let's say that I was right on the route to Berlin.
假设我正好在去柏林的路上。
I realized I was in a real, real trouble.
我意识到我真的遇到了麻烦。
I ran face-to-face with a German.
我和一个德国人面对面跑步。
And I told him, where's Fulda.
我告诉他，富尔达在哪里。
He said, 'Fulda nein good.' I said, Fulda's good for me.
他说：“富尔达不好。”我说，富尔达对我有好处。
I told him I'm an American pilot on the airlift.
我告诉他我是空运的美国飞行员。
And when I said that he had immediate respect for me.
当我说他立即尊重我时。
He opened his coat and pulled out some papers.
他打开外套，拿出一些文件。
And they were his discharge papers from the American prisoner for two years and so we were able to communicate.
这些是他从美国囚犯那里获释两年的文件，所以我们能够进行交流。
Narrator : Risking his freedom, Rudolph Schnabel took Slaker back to his own home.
旁白：鲁道夫·施纳贝尔冒着自由的危险，将斯莱克带回了自己的家。
Magdalena Schnabel (subtitles) : I made something to eat and said, 'Come on, you eat too.' At first he said: 'No, you haven't got enough.' So I said: What feeds two will also feed three.' He was a very good looking man, neat as a pin, tip-top, with the uniform and all ...
Magdalena Schnabel（字幕）：我做了一些吃的东西并说，“来吧，你也吃吧。”起初他说：“不，你还不够。”所以我说：喂饱两个人的东西也能喂饱三个人。他是一个非常英俊的男人，整洁如针，衣冠楚楚，穿着制服等等……
Ken said goodbye very nicely and so did my husband and we hugged, and said: "Let's hope it'll be okay.
肯非常友善地道别，我丈夫也和我们拥抱在一起，说道：“希望一切都会好起来的。
And I said:'Say a quick Our Father and it'll be all right.' And he said, 'You say one too.
我说：“快说一声‘我们的天父’，就没事了。”他说，‘你也说一个。
Then it will be all right.' Schnabel made contact with agents willing to help Slaker escape.
然后就没事了。施纳贝尔与愿意帮助斯莱克逃跑的特工取得了联系。
Ken Slaker, U.S. Air Force : They told us what we had to do to get through the border.
肯·斯莱克（Ken Slaker），美国空军：他们告诉我们必须做什么才能通过边境。
That they'd buy -- and I gave them some West marks, they bought off the East German policeman who was on the bridge on the river from 8:00 to 8:30 when the Soviet guard changed.
他们会买——我给了他们一些西方马克，他们买下了8:00到8:30苏联卫兵换岗时在河上桥上的东德警察。
Well, my heart was in my mouth when we started crossing the bridge because that German policeman was coming straight towards us.
好吧，当我们开始过桥时，我的心提到了嗓子眼，因为那个德国警察径直向我们走来。
And about two meters from us he stopped, turned around and ignored us.
距离我们大约两米，他停了下来，转身不理我们。
So he'd been paid off.
所以他已经得到了回报。
Narrator : Just before the border, they met up with others hoping to escape.
旁白：就在边境之前，他们遇到了其他想要逃跑的人。
Ken Slaker, U.S. Air Force : And so we started up the incline.
肯·斯莱克（Ken Slaker），美国空军：于是我们开始上斜坡。
My back was killing me.
我的背痛死了我。
I got halfway up the ridge.
我已经爬到山脊的一半了。
My back gave out and I fell and rolled back down to the bottom.
我的背部无力了，我摔倒了，滚回了底部。
And the girl said, "The captain has fallen.
女孩说：“船长倒下了。
" And they stopped.
”他们停了下来。
They came back down there and they pulled me up that incline.
他们回到那里，把我拉上斜坡。
If they had not have done that, I would not be here.
如果他们没有这样做，我就不会在这里。
Narrator : Schnabel was not so lucky.
旁白：施纳贝尔就没那么幸运了。
On the return journey he was captured and interrogated for weeks by the Communist authorities, but gave nothing away.
在回程中，他被共产党当局抓获并审讯了数周，但没有透露任何信息。
Eventually, Slaker was able to help the Schnabels leave their homeland and escape to the West.
最终，斯莱克帮助施纳贝尔一家离开家园逃往西方。
As the airlift entered its fifth month, temperatures dropped and flying conditions worsened.
随着空运进入第五个月，气温下降，飞行条件恶化。
There were days when no planes could fly.
曾经有几天没有飞机可以飞行。
With the airlift periodically grounded, Berliners had to find fuel wherever they could.
由于空运定期停飞，柏林人不得不尽可能寻找燃料。
Electricity delivery was unreliable, but many found ingenuous ways to keep the power going.
电力输送并不可靠，但许多人找到了保持电力供应的巧妙方法。
And finding fresh meat was even more of a challenge.
寻找新鲜的肉更是一个挑战。
Mercedes Wild, Berliner (subtitles) : My grandmother caught a sparrow flying around our apartment.
梅赛德斯狂野，柏林（字幕）：我的祖母抓住了一只在我们公寓周围飞来飞去的麻雀。
And that lunchtime I had a portion of meat -- tiny piece of meat and bones.
那个午餐时间我吃了一份肉——一小块肉和骨头。
And I knew it was the sparrow.
我知道那是麻雀。
I didn't eat it.
我没吃。
Narrator : As shortages grew, Soviet authorities offered to provide West Berliners with food imported from Eastern Europe.
旁白：随着短缺的加剧，苏联当局提出向西柏林人提供从东欧进口的食品。
But only if West Berliners transferred their ration cards to the Soviets.
但前提是西柏林人将他们的配给卡转移给苏联人。
East Newsreel Narration (Subtitles) : Since 1 August every Berlin housewife -- in any sector -- can register her ration card in the Soviet sector.
East Newsreel 旁白（字幕）：自 8 月 1 日起，每个柏林家庭主妇——无论在哪个地区——都可以在苏联地区登记她的配给卡。
Supplies to Berlin's millions are guaranteed by the deliveries from the Soviet Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
柏林数百万人的供应由苏联、波兰和捷克斯洛伐克的交付保证。
Narrator : Sensing a trick, only a small percentage took up the offer.
旁白：感觉到有诡计，只有一小部分人接受了这个提议。
Hans-Günther Richardi, Berliner (subtitles) : Somehow my mother somehow got hold of a card.
Hans-Günther Richardi，柏林（字幕）：不知何故，我母亲拿到了一张卡片。
And she sent me over to East Berlin to Alexanderplatz.
她把我送到东柏林的亚历山大广场。
There was a big market hall -- I can still see it now -- and I bought some bread.
有一个很大的市场大厅——我现在还能看到它——我买了一些面包。
And each time, my mother begged me -- almost on her knees -- not to eat any of it.
每次，我母亲几乎跪下来求我不要吃任何东西。
But to my shame, I never managed to get home, without taking one or two bites, I was so hungry.
但令我羞愧的是，我没能回家，没吃上一两口，我太饿了。
Narrator : In December 1948, Berliners prepared for new municipal elections.
旁白：1948 年 12 月，柏林人准备举行新的市政选举。
East Berlin authorities once more organized demonstrations against them.
东柏林当局再次组织示威游行反对他们。
Banner (subtitle) : 'The divisive vote on 5th December means war!'
横幅（副标题）：“12 月 5 日的分裂投票意味着战争！”
Narrator : The Communists boycotted the elections and appointed their own mayor for the Soviet sector.
旁白：共产党抵制选举并任命自己的苏区市长。
Friedrich Ebert would rule East Berlin for 19 years.
弗里德里希·艾伯特统治东柏林 19 年。
In the Western sectors the vote went ahead.
在西部地区，投票继续进行。
The political division of Berlin was now complete.
柏林的政治分裂现已完成。
Ernst Reuter was reelected mayor of the Western zone.
恩斯特·路透再次当选西部区市长。
Ernst Reuter (archival) : The people of Berlin wants nothing else than to be a free people.
恩斯特·路透（档案）：柏林人民除了成为自由人民之外别无所求。
No dictatorship will stop our free election.
任何独裁政权都不会阻止我们的自由选举。
Narrator : With husbands and fathers still in Soviet prison camps, many families in Berlin were barely scraping by.
旁白：由于丈夫和父亲仍在苏联战俘营中，柏林的许多家庭勉强度日。
In between power cuts they turned to the radio for news of their loved ones.
在停电期间，他们通过收音机收听亲人的消息。
Hans-Günther Richardi, Berliner (subtitles) : My mother suffered greatly from her husband's absence, and of course it was vital for her to have a source of information to tell her how he was.
Hans-Günther Richardi，柏林（字幕）：我的母亲因丈夫的缺席而承受了巨大的痛苦，当然，拥有一个信息来源来告诉她他的近况对她来说至关重要。
And every night on RIAS, about half past nine after the news -- there came:
每天晚上 RIAS 节目，大约九点半左右，新闻发布后——都会传来：
Original Radio Sound (subtitle) : 'This is the Task Force against Inhumanity.'
原始广播声音（副标题）：“这是反对不人道的特别工作组。”
Hans-Günther Richardi, Berliner (subtitles) : And they passed on news from the different camps.
Hans-Günther Richardi，柏林（字幕）：他们传递了来自不同阵营的消息。
And one evening, when I was eight, my mother was washing me in the bathtub.
一天晚上，当我八岁的时候，我妈妈正在浴缸里给我洗澡。
I'll never forget it.
我永远不会忘记它。
She was listening to the radio and the Task Force against Inhumanity came on and the voice said: 'Railway engineer Günther Richardi has died in the Neubrandenburg Concentration Camp.
她正在听广播，反对不人道特别工作组的声音传来：“铁路工程师冈瑟·理查迪死在新勃兰登堡集中营。”
My mother had no idea it was coming.
我妈妈不知道它会来。
She let out a single cry.
她发出一声哭叫。
It was a disaster for her.
这对她来说是一场灾难。
Original Radio Sound(subtitles) : 'We'll keep you informed!'
原始广播声音（字幕）：“我们会随时通知您！”
Narrator : But even amidst the bleak Berlin winter, the airlift continued to bring people together in unexpected ways.
旁白：但即使在柏林寒冷的冬天，空运仍然以意想不到的方式将人们聚集在一起。
Sybille Griese, Berliner (subtitles) : Meeting an American was something special.
Sybille Griese，柏林（字幕）：会见美国人是一件很特别的事情。
They were supposed to have money.
他们应该有钱。
They were good looking, they had uniforms, and they were attractive young men.
他们相貌英俊，穿着制服，是有魅力的年轻人。
Sam Young, U.S. Army : I was just as I am.
Sam Young，美国陆军：我就是这样。
I mean I didn't do anything to impress her, I don't think, because that's why she called me the obnoxious American.
我的意思是我没有做任何事情来打动她，我不这么认为，因为这就是为什么她称我为令人讨厌的美国人。
As a matter of fact ...
事实上...
that was my real first date, too.
那也是我真正的第一次约会。
Narrator : But conditions for romance were far from ideal.
旁白：但是浪漫的条件远非理想。
Sam Young, U.S. Army :They were bad.
Sam Young，美国陆军：他们很糟糕。
Cold.
寒冷的。
You didn't have to worry about taking your coat off because it was too cold when you went to visit.
您不必担心去参观时会因为太冷而脱掉外套。
Oh, we would sit close together and stuff like that.
哦，我们会坐在一起，诸如此类。
But we didn't have much room.
但我们没有太多空间。
I mean it, had, her bed, her bed couldn't have been more than, smaller than a rollaway bed.
我是说真的，她的床，她的床不可能比折叠床更小。
Sybille Griese, Berliner (subtitles) : He never had much money, but there were benefits.
Sybille Griese，柏林（字幕）：他从来没有多少钱，但也有好处。
We went out to eat and there was coffee and candy.
我们出去吃饭，有咖啡和糖果。
We didn't get much of that.
我们没有得到太多。
Yes, there were benefits.
是的，有好处。
Sam Young, U.S. Army : They said, 'Well, you can buy care packages down at the quartermaster for $12,' and if she didn't eat a lot that would last her for probably a couple, three weeks.
Sam Young，美国陆军：他们说，“好吧，你可以在军需处花 12 美元购买护理包”，如果她吃得不多，这些护理包可能会持续她几个星期、三个星期。
But if I took candy down there, I took candy once, one time in particular.
但如果我在那里拿糖果，我就拿糖果一次，特别是一次。
And ...
还有...
hid it in the closet.
把它藏在衣柜里。
Yea.
是的。
Went back the next day and it was all gone.
第二天回去，一切都消失了。
She ate it all at once, the whole package of chocolate because we didn't get that too often.
她一下子就吃完了，整包巧克力，因为我们不常吃。
Sybille Griese, Berliner (subtitles) : Yes, it was a nice time, really.
Sybille Griese，柏林（字幕）：是的，那确实是一段美好的时光。
It was a nice time, but it was also an uncertain time, because Sam could have gone back to America at any time.
那是一段美好的时光，但也是一段不确定的时光，因为萨姆随时都可能回到美国。
Narrator : Young talked over the options with his best friend.
旁白：Young 和他最好的朋友讨论了这些选择。
Sam Young, U.S. Army : 'John, what are we going to do about these ladies?
美国陆军萨姆·杨（Sam Young）：“约翰，我们要对这些女士做些什么？
They're awfully nice ladies.' Said, 'we can't just take off and go back to the states and say adios or auf Wiedersehen or whatever.' And he said, 'yeah, you're right.' He said, 'we better be talking seriously about it while we can.' I said, 'well right now's a good time.' 'I said, let's talk about it.' So we did.
她们是非常好的女士。他说，“我们不能就起飞回到美国说‘再见’或‘auf Wiedersehen’之类的。”他说：“是的，你是对的。”他说，“我们最好尽可能认真地讨论这件事。”我说：“现在正是好时机。” “我说，我们来谈谈吧。”所以我们做到了。
We sat down there in a doorway of a business place at about 10:30 or 11:00 o'clock at night.
晚上10：30或11：00左右，我们在一个营业场所的门口坐了下来。
And we, we decided well, we'll ask them.
我们，我们决定得很好，我们会问他们。
So we did and they said 'yes.' So that's how the romance really got started.
所以我们就这么做了，他们说“是的”。这就是浪漫的真正开始。
Narrator : In January 1949, British authorities added a new twist to the airlift.
旁白：1949 年 1 月，英国当局对空运进行了新的调整。
They began using their empty planes to transport German families who wanted to leave Berlin.
他们开始使用空飞机运送想要离开柏林的德国家庭。
Royal Air Force pilot John Irvin Eddy prepared for a night flight to Lübeck in West Germany.
英国皇家空军飞行员约翰·欧文·艾迪准备夜间飞往西德吕贝克。
One of his twenty-two passengers was ten-year-old Peter Zimmermann.
十岁的彼得·齐默尔曼（Peter Zimmermann）是他的二十二名乘客之一。
Peter Zimmerman, Berliner (subtitles) : There were hours of waiting.
Peter Zimmerman，柏林（字幕）：等待了几个小时。
They kept saying the plane wasn't ready or it had to be repaired.
他们一直说飞机还没有准备好或者必须修理。
I don't think we were afraid, at least, I wasn't, and my sister didn't really know what was happening.
我不认为我们害怕，至少我没有，而且我姐姐也不知道发生了什么。
Narrator : It was pilot Eddy's third round trip flight of the day.
旁白：这是飞行员艾迪当天的第三次往返飞行。
Weather conditions were not ideal.
天气条件并不理想。
For the passengers, it was the first flight of their lives.
对于乘客来说，这是他们人生中的第一次飞行。
John Irvin Eddy, Royal Air Force : Coming back from Berlin as far as the flight was concerned, the take off and everything was normal.
约翰·欧文·艾迪（John Irvin Eddy），英国皇家空军：从柏林回来，就航班而言，起飞一切正常。
There was no, no ...
没有，没有……
it wasn't until we got towards Lübeck itself that they told us that there was this full cloud cover and, and how far it was from the ground, from the airfield surface.
直到我们到达吕贝克本身，他们才告诉我们，那里有完全的云层，以及它距离地面、机场表面有多远。
And they said, well, the instruction was to descend and do a visual circuit.
他们说，好吧，指令是下降并进行视觉循环。
And when we broke cloud it was inky black.
当我们打破云时，它是漆黑的。
There was not a sign of a light or anything.
没有任何光亮或任何东西的迹象。
Peter Zimmerman, Berliner (subtitles) : There was a slight scraping sound and a moment later there was a louder scraping sound, and then another.
Peter Zimmerman，柏林（字幕）：有轻微的刮擦声，过了一会儿，有更大的刮擦声，然后是另一声。
John Irvin Eddy : But unfortunately the trees stretched up to 200, 300 feet.
约翰·欧文·艾迪：但不幸的是，这些树高达 200、300 英尺。
And we hit them.
我们击中了他们。
And as far as I know, I pushed the throttles forward but we didn't get away.
据我所知，我把油门向前推了，但我们并没有逃脱。
Peter Zimmerman, Berliner (subtitles) : All I can remember
彼得·齐默尔曼，柏林（字幕）：我所记得的一切
is that last loud bang, and then the fuel exploding.
最后一声巨响，然后燃料爆炸。
John Irvin Eddy : And the next thing I knew I was lying on my back on the ground, looking up at the sky and seeing all the stars, which was ridiculous because it was full cloud cover.
约翰·欧文·艾迪：接下来我知道我仰面躺在地上，抬头看着天空，看到了所有的星星，这很荒谬，因为天空完全被云层覆盖。
But I could see every star in the sky.
但我可以看到天空中的每一颗星星。
Narrator : Peter Zimmermann was pulled from the wreckage by fellow passengers.
旁白：彼得·齐默尔曼被其他乘客从残骸中救了出来。
Peter Zimmerman, Berliner (subtitles) : You can't imagine how bad it was -- utter chaos, utter helplessness.
彼得·齐默尔曼，柏林（字幕）：你无法想象情况有多糟糕——完全混乱，完全无助。
Pieces of the plane were lying around.
飞机碎片散落在各处。
The plane was on fire.
飞机着火了。
There was a terrible smell,and the most terrible thing of all was a smell of grilled meat.
一股难闻的味道传来，其中最难闻的是烤肉的味道。
It was roasted human flesh.
这是烤人肉。
Narrator : Later, Zimmerman learned that his mother and sister were killed in the crash.
旁白：后来，齐默尔曼得知他的母亲和妹妹在空难中丧生。
But such accidents were rare and as the spring of 1949 approached, the airlift entered a new phase.
但此类事故并不多见，随着 1949 年春天的临近，空运进入了一个新阶段。
The Allies began employing their former enemies, including German Air Force technicians.
盟军开始雇用他们以前的敌人，包括德国空军技术人员。
Walter Riggers : I still don't understand it.
沃尔特·里格斯：我还是不明白。
How, so soon after the war, they could just say to us, come on, work for us ...
战争结束后不久，他们就可以对我们说，来吧，为我们工作......
I don't understand where they got the idea that it might work ...
我不明白他们从哪里想到这可能有效......
I just don't know.
我只是不知道。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : That guy up there's a German!
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：上面那个人是德国人！
He used to work on a Luftwaffe airplane.
他曾经在德国空军飞机上工作。
And now he's working on my airplane?
现在他在我的飞机上工作？
Here is this man, who supported the fighters against us, or the transports or whatever else, is now working on our plane.
这个人曾经支持战士对抗我们，或者运输机或其他什么东西，现在正在我们的飞机上工作。
Wow, it's a crazy world, you know ...
哇，这是一个疯狂的世界，你知道......
Walter Riggers : They had real confidence in us and we proved ourselves.
Walter Riggers：他们对我们充满信心，我们证明了自己。
They said: 'Do something.' And we did it.
他们说：“做点什么吧。”我们做到了。
Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force : These guys were good!
盖尔·哈尔沃森（Gail Halvorsen），美国空军：这些人很棒！
And they learned the American system very quickly, and it was a good partnership.
他们很快就了解了美国的体系，这是一个很好的合作伙伴关系。
Ein gutes Mannschaft.
Ein gutes Mannschaft。
Ja.
贾。
Narrator : Increasingly, the the Allies began using a fleet of much bigger aircraft.
旁白：盟军开始越来越多地使用更大的飞机机队。
Giants like the C-74 'Globemaster carried twenty-five tons.
像 C-74 'Globemaster 这样的巨型飞机可以运载 25 吨重。
As did the new C-97 'Stratofreighter,' eight times the capacity of a C-47.
新型 C-97“Stratofreighter”也是如此，容量是 C-47 的八倍。
With the new planes, General Tunner's operation set an airlift record on Easter Sunday 1949.
凭借这些新飞机，特纳将军的行动在 1949 年复活节创下了空运记录。
Nearly 1400 flights and 13,000 tons of supplies delivered in a single day.
单日运送近1400个航班、1.3万吨物资。
May 12th, 1949 -- the Soviets relented and lifted their blockade of Berlin.
1949 年 5 月 12 日——苏联态度软化，解除了对柏林的封锁。
Newsreel Sequence : The hottest spot in the Cold War is eliminated.
新闻片序列：冷战最热点被消除。
Allied vehicles await the removal of the barriers and the signal for the dash to Berlin.
盟军车辆等待障碍物拆除和冲向柏林的信号。
With the opening of the gates a new chapter in postwar history begins to unroll down German highways.
随着大门的打开，战后历史的新篇章开始沿着德国高速公路展开。
Just 10 months and 23 days after the capital was sealed off from the ground, traffic is rolling toward Europe's number one trouble spot.
首都被封锁仅10个月零23天，交通就开始涌向欧洲第一大麻烦点。
Its a day of [unintelligible] for band of men in the airlift who kept Berliners eating while they were held in an iron ring.
对于空运中的一群人来说，这是[难以理解]的一天，他们让柏林人在被关在铁圈里的时候吃饭。
Narrator : Lucius Clay returned home and was greeted with a ticker tape parade in New York.
旁白：卢修斯·克莱回到家，迎接纽约的是一场自动收报机游行。
At Tempelhof airport children got their chance to thank some of the departing airlift pilots.
在滕珀尔霍夫机场，孩子们有机会向一些即将离港的空运飞行员表示感谢。
Hans-Günther Richardi, Berliner (subtitles) : And now trucks were coming in from the West -- and interestingly, the first thing they brought was masses of oranges.
Hans-Günther Richardi，柏林（字幕）：现在卡车从西方驶来 - 有趣的是，他们带来的第一件事是大量的橙子。
And I said to my friend, "let's go down to the end of the Autobahn where they arrive and maybe we'll be lucky.
我对我的朋友说：“让我们走到高速公路的尽头，他们就到了，也许我们会很幸运。
And they were throwing oranges to the crowd -- still nicely wrapped back then -- and some kids were lucky and they caught some.
他们向人群扔橘子——当时还包装得很好——一些孩子很幸运，他们抓住了一些。
But I didn't get any, and neither did my friend, and we went home really downhearted.
但我什么也没得到，我的朋友也没有，我们垂头丧气地回家了。
Just like kids are, because they would have been my very first oranges.
就像孩子们一样，因为他们是我的第一个橙子。
So I came home, went into the kitchen and I couldn't believe my eyes.
于是我回到家，走进厨房，我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。
There on the table were two oranges, cut open like a water lily.
桌子上有两个橙子，像睡莲一样切开。
Narrator : The Berlin Airlift officially ended on September 30, 1949.
旁白：柏林空运于1949年9月30日正式结束。
By October, Germany was split into communist and capitalist halves.
到十月，德国分裂为共产主义和资本主义两半。
The divided city of Berlin was where the Cold War began, and this was where it would end, forty years later.
分裂的柏林市是冷战开始的地方，也是四十年后冷战结束的地方。
The airlift had lasted 15 months and delivered more than 2.4 million tons of supplies to Berlin.
这次空运历时15个月，向柏林运送了超过240万吨物资。
Seventy-nine people lost their lives in the effort, including thirty-one Americans.
七十九人在这次行动中丧生，其中包括三十一名美国人。
The Berlin blockade and subsequent airlift proved to be a public relations bonanza for the United States in the Cold War against the Soviet Union.
柏林封锁和随后的空运被证明是美国在对抗苏联的冷战中的一笔公共关系财富。
Gail Halvorsen conjured a special idea for lifting the spirits of children of West Berlin.
盖尔·哈尔沃森想出了一个特殊的想法来振奋西柏林儿童的精神。
Reuter's business cards read, "Ernst Reuter, the Elected but Unconfirmed Lord Mayor of Berlin."
路透的名片上写着：“恩斯特路透，当选但未经确认的柏林市长。”
Lucius Clay graduated from West Point in 1918 and became a military engineer, rising through the ranks to become the Army's youngest brigadier general in World War II.
卢修斯·克莱 (Lucius Clay) 1918 年从西点军校毕业，成为一名军事工程师，并在二战中晋升为陆军最年轻的准将。
President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany.
富兰克林·罗斯福总统、英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔和苏联领导人约瑟夫·斯大林在雅尔塔会面，确认了分裂德国的计划。
Beloved "candy bomber" to thousands of Berlin children, Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen parachuted hope into a city facing its darkest hour.
盖尔·哈尔沃森中尉是数千名柏林儿童喜爱的“糖果轰炸机”，他为这座面临最黑暗时刻的城市带来了希望。
When the Russians took decisive moves to drive the Allies out in June 1948, no one knew whether an airlift response could succeed.
1948 年 6 月，当俄罗斯采取果断行动驱逐盟军时，没有人知道空运反应能否成功。
At the beginning of the airlift, the conventional wisdom on both the Allied and Soviet sides was that Berlin could not be supplied indefinitely by air.
在空运开始时，盟军和苏联双方的传统观点是，柏林不可能无限期地由空运供应。