President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Motorcade of President Truman returning after visit to the damaged city of Berlin in Germany. A continuous line of refugees walking along the express highway from Berlin. Man and woman carry their luggage on a cart, their small children push the cart from behind. Signboard indicating 'Zehlendorf 1000 m'. Another signboard indicating the region of the 'US Berlin District'.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Signboards on a tree near the highway to Berlin. Babelsberg, a suburb of Berlin. Trees along the road. Lake Gribnitz at Babelsberg seen from among the trees. A house near the lake with its name written in German language. A bridge built on a river and another house near the lake.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Babelsberg, a suburb near Berlin. Kaiser Strasse or 'The Little White House' in Babelsberg. Exteriors of the house. A spacious garden with beautiful flowers. Lake Gribnitz near side the White House. Beautiful flowers and garden in the compound.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Meeting of U.S. President Truman and British Prime Minster Winston Churchill at Kaiser Strasse or 'The Little White House', in Babelsberg near Berlin. President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill walk out of The Little White House. Both leaders pose for photograph and talk to each other. Other officials watching. Churchill as he leaves the place. British Army and Navy officers leave the Little White House.
President Harry S Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. An official ceremony of raising the U.S. National Flag in Berlin. Military commanders and soldiers at the ceremony. President Harry Truman, Secretary Henry Stimson, General Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, General Patton, General Clay and General Parks at the ceremony. The U.S. National Flag is raised and soldiers salute. Officials and Generals talk to each other.
Film opens showing aerial view of a United States B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in flight, then scenes of numerous U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes and bombing (partially obscured by on screen newsreel text). Next, crowds are seen jamming Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating victory over Japan in World War 2. (Known as V-J Day or Victory over Japan day, marking the end of World War 2, on 14 August, 1945.) A facsimile of the Statue of Liberty has been set up in the square. Moving lights on Times Building motograph news zipper or ticker announce Japanese surrender. Jubilant celebrations and smiling Americans wave American flags. Closeup of the Statue of Liberty facsimile. A woman dances the Lindy Hop with a U.S. Navy sailor, as others (including many servicemen in uniform) watch.
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