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Jinx In Berlin

H. William Tetlow1948-12-24

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American composer Irving Berlin (1888-1989, centre, left) and British-born American comedian Bob Hope (1903 - 2003, right) help American actress Jinx Falkenburg (1919 - 2003) to slide down a cargo ramp from her plane onto the tarmac at Tempelhof airport, West Berlin, 24th December 1948. The stars are in the city to entertain troops and airlift personnel over Christmas during the Berlin Airlift. (Photo by H. William Tetlow/Keystone/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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  • Title: Jinx In Berlin
  • Creator: H. William Tetlow
  • Date Created: 1948-12-24
  • Date Published: 2008-02-14
  • Provenance: Archive Photos
  • Subject Keywords: People, Assistance, Horizontal, Looking At Camera, Full Length, Black And White, Smiling, Germany, Sliding, Cargo Airplane, Airport, Adult, Young Adult, Actor, Bob Hope, Music, Asphalt, Composer, Comedian, Cold War, West Berlin, Large Group Of People, Men, Women, Young Women, Portrait, Photography, Film Industry, Facial Expression, Songwriter, Irving Berlin, Jinx Falkenburg, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Postwar, Berlin Blockade, Tempelhof, American, Actress, Airlift, 1940-1949
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