Summary

“Lifeline to Freedom” is the story of CIA funded Radio Free Europe during the early the years of the Cold War produced by the American propaganda campaign Crusade for Freedom “Let Us Live” is an unfished American propaganda film about the lives of Cold War refugees in West Berlin 00:25-01:12 MFS of narrator John Daly talking about the Radio Free Europe campaignVarious good shots of cargo planes approaching, landing, on the runway and taxiing during the Berlin AirliftWS of a rail yardFS of rail road tracksWS PAN of empty roadwayVarious shots of workers unloading cargo from a planeLA WS of an American aircraft approaching a runway 01:12-02:01 Map of the Eastern European countries under Soviet influenceWS a Polish city with river and boatsWS PAN of buildings in Czechoslovakia EWS of the Danube river in HungaryWS of a Romanian city with river and boatsEWS of a Bulgarian city with riverVarious shots of Eastern European womenWS of crowdMS of unidentified man addressing crowdVarious PANNING shot Eastern European crowds in a cityFS of a woman rummaging through destroyed streetsVarious shots of people carrying bags and carting belongingsMFS of a silhouette of woman in dark roomMFS of children under a blanket in rundown roomMS of a person with head in their lapMFS of people and statue of Joseph StalinWS Panning of crowds with flags 02:01-03:02 WS and CU of the Freedom BellMFS of US Army General Lucius D Clay in front of microphoneLA WS of an American airplane approaching a runwayFS of the Freedom BellMFS of women puling ringing Freedom Bell in front of partial billboard that says “Sign the Freedom Scroll”MS of Dwight Eisenhower and two men ringing the Freedom BellLA FS TILT of a radio towerCU of radio vacuum tubeHA WS of soldiers at a border crossingMS PAN of barbwire fenceWS of a guard towerMFS of narrator John Daly at desk saying Crusade for Freedom funded Radio Free Europe 03:02-03:57 MS TILT of 1940s cars and WS of man in front of a Crusade for Freedom billboardMS of a man in front of a section the billboard that says “Help lift the Iron Curtain Everywhere! Join the Crusade for Freedom”Aerial WS possibly Radio Free Europe headquartersFS TILT of men walking past Radio Free Europe signINT MS of a man reading into microphone with RFE flagINT MFS of people reading scripts with during radio showMFS of Eastern Europeans crossing a fieldINT Various shots of Eastern European trialINT MS of Bulgarian politician Nikola Petkov on trialINT Various MS of Eastern European officials during a trialINT WS of an empty churchINT MS of Hungarian Cardinal Josef Mindszenty on trial 03:57-04:57 INT Various good shots of a children in a communist schoolINT MFS of a child in military uniform writing on a blackboardINT MS of children military uniforms in schoolINT FS of school boys standing in front of Joseph Stalin portraitWS of children walking towards and waving at Joseph Stalin statueMFS of Joseph Stalin statue 04:57-06:10 WS of a 1940s entering a compound with guard closing gateINT MS of a person reading a newspaper into a microphone with RFE flagINT CU of newspapersINT FS of Radio Free Europe employees typingINT MS of man and woman with a Radio Free Europe microphone between themINT OTS MS of a woman reading newspapersINT CU of hand underlining sentences in newspaper and turning pagesAerial WS possibly of Radio Free Europe headquartersINT MS radio host reading into RFE microphoneINT Various good shots of RFE engineers operating radio equipmentVarious shots of transmitter constructionAnimated map of Europe with radio towers broadcasting into Eastern Europe 06:10-07:24 EXT TILT WS of soldiers standing in front of a mural of StalinINT CU of “On Air” signINT various shots of unidentified communist leadersINT MCU an CU of Eastern European womenWS and MFS of people holding signs with hands raised in airVarious shots of people fighting during riots in East BerlinMFS of RFE announcer speaking into a microphoneHA WS of tanks driving on a streetINT Various shots of detained men 07:24-08:24 WS of a border guard with dogINT MFS of narrator John Daly saying people escaped Eastern EuropeINT MS of unidentified Polish professorLA WS of the United NationsINT FS of unidentified Polish professor testifying before CongressVarious INT interview shots w/unidentified Polish professor saying Poles hate communism 08:24-9:01 Various shots of Nikita Khrushchev exiting an airplane and shaking hands with dignitariesMFS of people running towards a car and waivingWS of Khrushchev walking inside a factoryMS of unidentified Communist military officer addressing crowdINT FS of works with a giant wheelMS of unidentified Communist military officer possibly with Boleslaw Beirut 09:01-09:52 INT MS of RFE engineer operating equipmentINT MCU of woman talking into RFE microphoneFS of Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, US President Dwight Eisenhower, French Prime Minister Edgar Faure and British Prime Minister Anthony Eden at Geneva SummitINT MCU of Vyacheslav Molotov speaking at Geneva SummitINT MFS of dignitaries shaking hands with Nikita KhrushchevINT Various shots of dignitaries toasting during Geneva Summit 09:52-11:43 Various shots of rural children in Eastern EuropeMS of Nikita Khrushchev speakingMFS of Joseph Stalin statueINT MFS of RFE worker typingINT MS of RFE worker on phone at radio control boardINT MS of RFE announcers reading into microphoneINT MFS of RFE engineer and producer shot from sound boothWS of people walking towards camera with guard tower behind themVarious shots of Polish workers protestingWS of a tank turret turning in Budapest during Hungarian Revolution of 1956FS of a Hungarian firing an automatic rifle from coverVarious shots of Soviet tanks in BudapestHA WS of Hungarians on a Budapest streetVarious shots of Hungarians attacking secret policeWS of Hungarians tending to woundedWS of Catholic Church officials in PolandVarious shots of Wladyslaw Golmulka waving to Poles 11:43-12:56 Good WS TILT of numerous radio antennasINT MFS of three people singing into RFE microphoneINT FS of an RFE engineer in a control roomVarious shots of people in the Communist blocAerial WS of FRE antennasFS of the Freedom Bell with people likely signing the Freedom ScrollMFS of narrator John Daly saying Radio Free Europe and the airlift must be sustainedMCU Tilt of radio towerTitle card asking for contributions to Crusade for Freedom 13:11-15:37 HA Panning EWS of BerlinEXT Night WS of people walking in West BerlinVarious shots of people with luggage walking up steps into West Berlin at nightMS Panning shot of refugees waiting to register in West BerlinVarious EXT shots of refugee camps in West Berlin known as Acceptance CampsINT Various shots of a family giving paperwork to nursesINT MS of a seated nurse writing in a ledgerINT MS of refugees of different agesINT OTS MS of a man signing papers and given a card by a nurse 15:37-17:34 INT MFS of refugees in West Berlin given blankets and a tin bowlINT MFS of a female refugee and her child entering their assigned shared roomINT Various shots of refugee woman and child inside they shared roomINT OTS MFS of a female refugee playing an accordionINT MFS of female refugee and child hanging laundry in shared roomEXT HA EWS of male refugees walking in courtyard carrying bedsINT WS of room were male refugees liveINT MFS of a male refugee sowingINT MS of a male refugee writing a letterINT MFS of refugee laying down with one playing a harmonicaINT FS of a male refugee walking with a cane from behind 17:34-19:05 INT FS of refugee children waiting to receive a hot mealINT CU of empty tin pans filled with foodINT ECU of soup from a large pot poured into a tin bowl with a ladleINT MFS of a refugee family praying at a table and then eating from tin bowlsINT MFS of refugee children singing with an adult at a tableINT MS of refugee children signingINT MS of an adult talking to refugee children about all they lost