Aftermath of World War II in Berlin, Germany. German men and women read notices posted on fence in Berlin, Germany. Two German railroad personnel talk to civilians.
Aftermath of the Battle of Berlin in World War II. Aerial views of a large Siemens factory damaged by Allied bombings. Anhalter Bahnhof (Askanischer Pl. 6, 10963 Berlin, Germany) railroad station shows damage caused by Allied bombings. Unter Den Linden and Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Marshalling yards in the city and the Reichstag building.
Destroyed infrastructure and wrecked buildings in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Aerial view of Berlin from low flying aircraft. Destruction and rubble everywhere showing effects of bombing in Berlin, Germany. Damaged infrastructure seen. Toward the end of the clip, the low flying aircraft flies directly over the Spree River and at low altitude above the remains of the Berlin Palace, the Berlin Cathedral, and the Altes Museum.
Bomb damage in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Civilians pass by the heaps of debris of the damaged buildings. View of bomb-damaged Berlin Sports Palace or Berliner Sportpalast. Mural of ice skaters on a damaged wall. Sign board on a damaged building read "Berliner Sportpalast" (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany). Interior of the palace show bomb damage.
Bomb damage in Berlin, Germany after World War II. View of bomb damage caused to Berlin Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Schöneberg. Heaps of debris in front of the bomb-damaged buildings. Civilians walk on streets. Vehicles pass by. German civilians haul belongings in a cart.
Unveiling of new Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) in Berlin Germany, during Russian Revolution anniversary celebrations (28th anniversary), in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War II. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov inspects British, French, American and Russian units. Trees in the background. Zhukov and United States Army Major General James Maurice Gavin in a grandstand. A Russian officer speaks from the grandstand in front of the Soviet War Memorial (then also called Russian Victory Monument by Allied forces) on Charlottenburger-Chaussee. A Russian Army band plays. A statue of a Russian soldier atop the Victory Monument. Russian troops parade after unveiling of the Memorial. Honor company of United States Army 82nd Airborne Division marches past. Allied troops seen marching in formation on nearby streets of Berlin. Major General Gavin shakes hands with Soviet leader Marshal Zhukov. Officers place wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Russian artillery fires salute. Photographers take photographs. The officers salute in front of the War Memorial. Wreaths placed at the base of the Memorial.