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President Harry S. Truman of United States travels to Berlin, for Peace Conference, after World War II in Europe

A film titled 'Berlin conference 1945' shows United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) while on their way to Germany for Three-Power Berlin Peace Conference. Several views of President Truman aboard the USS Augusta. He salutes with hand over heart as U.S. Navy warships pass in review. Truman and Secretary of State, Byrnes, descend a stair on the ship. They are seated on deck and President Truman waves his hat at people on the shore, as the Augusta enters port at Antwerp, Belgium. Senior Allied officers come aboard to greet the President and his party. President Truman walks down the gangplank to the pier, followed by Secretary Byrnes. Truman and Byrnes in back seat of an open car, accompanied by Secret Service agents, waves to spectators as they drive off the pier. Later, a motorcade is seen passing parked airplanes. Truman greets Officers of the U.S. Army 35th Division. He boards Air Force One, the "Sacred Cow," a VC-54C aircraft (tail number: 2107451) at Brussels Airport, Belgium. The Air Force One seen in flight above clouds and then parking at airfield in Germany. Presidential motorcade in Berlin, on Unter Den Linden, and passing through the Brandenburg Gate. Portraits of Truman, Stalin, and Churchill, on stone pillars. Inserted scenes of Hitler in motorcade and speaking in Berlin. President Truman speaking in an outdoor venue, with General Omar Bradley and other high ranking American officers standing behind him. His remarks are broadcast and people shown listening in America

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037972
Internees from Brussels at the Buchenwald concentration camp interviewed in Germany.

Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Jean Blume, leader of socialist national movement against occupation in Belgium, shares his experiences of the days spent as a prisoner at Breendonk concentration camp in Belgium. He expresses joy at being liberated by American Army from Buchenwald concentration camp. (Note: Jean Blume was a Resistance Leader during the Nazi occupation in World War 2. The Gestapo arrested him on January 19, 1943 and he was imprisoned in Breendonk. In May 1944, he and many others, were sent to Buchenwald. They were released on April 11, 1945.)

Location: Buchenwald Germany
Date: 1945, April 26
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049479
Battle of the Bulge and U.S. stand at Bastogne during World War II

U.S. Army forces during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II . American GIs from the Headquarters Company, 75th Infantry Division celebrate Christmas, 1944, with a makeshift Christmas tree covered in ornaments. (The soldier at extreme left in the scene has been identified as T4 Jack S. De Rosa.) A pig moves on a muddy street. U.S. forces retreat during German breakhrough in the Ardennes. German refugees move with belongings on a road. A loaded bullock cart moves along with some refugees. German planes bomb U.S. forces, who respond with antiaircraft fire. Numerous U.S. Army vehicles and weapons destroyed by the German attacks. Fallen American soldiers lie on the ground. Wounded American troops at a field hospital. U.S. Army holds the line at Bastogne. U.S. troops operating amid heavy snowfall. Several Germans who infiltrated U.S. lines, wearing American uniforms, are apprehended and executed by firing squad. Americans fire 155mm long tom artillery pieces.

Location: Belgium
Date: 1944, December
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024445
U.S. soldiers questioning Nazi prisoners captured in Ardennes in Luxembourg during World War II.

Nazi prisoners captured in Ardennes in Luxembourg during World War II. A large group of German prisoners in a snowy field. Two medics standing with the soldiers and prisoners with Red Cross emblem. U.S. soldiers inspect packs and personal belongings of the prisoners. The U.S. soldiers question a German paratrooper. The prisoner opens his coat and displays decorations on the sweater. The prisoners loaded into trucks. Colonel Richard G Stilwell watching the prisoners.

Location: Ardennes Luxembourg
Date: 1945, January 11
Duration: 4 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075831
U.S. C-47s drop supplies to troops at Bastogne. General Taylor congratulates General McAuliffe for his defense of Bastogne

Map shows Allied army drives toward Germany in World War 2, and Battle of the bulge counter attack by Germans. Smoke rising from ruins. An American Army engineer douses a fire. In the ruins of Malmedy, Belgium, a sign reads: "Tower Room Malamedy, Protestant Church." Map shows Bastogne. Some of 400 C-47 transport aircraft resupply flights are seen in the air after weather clears. They airdrop food and ammunition to U.S Army troops who had been holding their position and preventing Germans from overtaking in the snow at Bastogne. U.S. gliders, that brought medical assistance, are seen on the snow-covered ground. Aerial view snow covered town. View of food bundles and supplies. Elements of General Patton's 3rd Army arriving to break through German lines and reach the embattled 101st Airborne at Bastogne. Dead and captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW). Destroyed tanks and equipment. Later (January, 1945) Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, Major General Maxwell Davenport Taylor congratulates Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe for his defense of Bastogne. American troops in Bastogne find time to rest up and smile for the camera after enduring difficult battle.

Location: Belgium
Date: 1944, December
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044546
Several P-47 Thunderbolt fighters operating in Belgium during World War II..

P-47 Thunderbolts in Belgium during World War 2. Sunrise on a partly cloudy day in Belgium. P-51 Mustang parked on flight line in the foreground. P-47 Thunderbolts taking off in background. One P-47 making emergency landing with right tire missing. Pilot touches down on left wheel and sparks fly from the right wheel as it scrapes the runway during rollout. The P-47 is number: 42-26460, O7-A , of 514th Fighter Squadron, 406th Fighter Group. P-47s taxiing to end of runway then taking off.

Location: Belgium
Date: 1945, February
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047577
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