Representatives of Allied nations gathered for Potsdam Conference at Schloss Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. Prime Minster of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,President of the United States Harry S Truman and Premier of the Soviet Union Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin seated at the Cecilienh of garden for the Potsdam Conference.
Representatives of Allied nations gathered for Potsdam Conference at Schloss Cecilienhof Palace (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. Interiors of the conference room. United States Secretary of States James Francis Byrnes speaks with Minister of War, Anthony Eden of Great Britain. He shakes hands with other representatives. Byrnes takes his seat at conference table. Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov enters and shake hands with Byrnes and staff. Representatives take their seats around the conference table. Document files kept on the table in front of them.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman seated at desk in cabin of a ship. He reads prepared speech stating that a single American aircraft dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. He reminds listeners that the Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the U.S. Armed Forces and the production of atomic bombs in the United States. The President states that the U.S. is now prepared to completely destroy every productive enterprise of Japan, by bombing Japanese docks, factories, and communications. Truman states that the U.S. shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. President Truman notes that acceptance of the Ultimatum of July 26th issued at Potsdam, could have saved the Japanese people much suffering. But it was rejected by Japan's leaders. He states that the U.S. have spent more than two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history and have won. This is due to the greatest achievement of organized science in history.
Activities the day before the Trinity nuclear test conducted at White Sands Missile Range (USAAF Almogordo bombing and gunnery range) in the Jornado del Muerto desert of New Mexico, during World War II. This is for the the first atomic bomb test; and first ever detonation of a nuclear weapon in history. View of the White Sands Missile Range,the testing site for Trinity nuclear test. Mountains seen in the background. Men aboard a truck loaded with the plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed "Gadget". Men attach the gadget to hook of a crane. Crane hoists the gadget from truck and place it on ground. Men assemble the gadget.
Activities prior to the Trinity nuclear test conducted in the Jornado del Muerto desert of New Mexico during World War II. Crane lifts a tent canvas. Man lifts a ladder and places it to climb on the steel tower. The plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed the "Gadget" seen on the ground. It is the first atomic bomb test device. This is the day before the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in history. Men prepare for final arming of the device. Man climbs up a ladder to tower. Other men stand on a tower. Drape to cover the bomb is prepared.
United States 334th Infantry Regiment advances in Germany during World War II. Prisoners captured near Porta,Germany being marched with hands above head by the 334th Infantry Regiment. They walk over a rail track and a bridge. Soldier heats rations in a street over a small fire. Trees seen in the background.
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