HENRY RIES (1917–2004) Lot n° 40

HENRY RIES (1917-2004) | Air lift, a 'raisin bomber' approaches Tempelhof, Berlin 1948 Image Size: 29,3 x 33,6 cm English: Gelatin silver print, printed in 2003 on double-weight semi-matte paper 30,6 x 40,4 cm, in very good condition. Signed and annotated "12.11.03" in black felt-tip pen in the lower image at right. During the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948/49, American transport planes brought supplies to West Berlin by airlift, often with four-engined Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircrafts, as in this felicitous photograph. When aeroplane crews began dropping sweets and raisins for the waiting children on their own initiative shortly before landing and the actual distribution, they were known as "raisin bombers". German: Silver gelatin print, printed in 2003 on cardboard-thick, semi-matte paper 30.6 x 40.4 cm, in very good condition. Signed by the photographer in black felt-tip pen in the image lower right and annotation of the print date "12.11.03". During the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948/49, American transport planes brought supplies to West Berlin by airlift, often with four-engine Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft, as in this successful photograph. When airplane crews began dropping sweets and raisins for the waiting children on their own initiative shortly before landing and the actual distribution, these were known as "raisin bombers".