The Potsdam Conference in Germany towards the end of World War II. U.S. President Harry Truman joins Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower in a review of American troops in Frankfurt am Main city along the Main River in Germany. Exterior of the Cecilienhof in Potsdam. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Clement Attlee and his Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin return to the Potsdam Conference. Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, Attlee, Truman and others seated around a round table.
Entrance of a memorial with the years 1923 and 1939 posted above the doorway on large wreath. Two German Eagle statues stand on either side. A German military officer is exiting the doorway. Seen are remains of Bürgerbräukeller or Burgerbraukeller Hall, the historic site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich (Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 München, Germany) that was destroyed by decapitation strike using a time bomb. The explosion occurred 15 minutes after Hitler departed after giving speech there, marking memory of old veterans of the Nazi movement. Six veterans were killed outright and 60 injured in the blast. The building is a shambles, with steel girders collapsed. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler attends funeral ceremony for 8 victims of the bombing. Soldiers hold Nazi flags. Some of the Nazi veterans are seen bandaged with injuries. Hitler and his Deputy Rudolf Hess honor the dead with a Nazi salute. Hitler talks to relatives of the victims. A large wreath is carried bearing the name Adolf Hitler. Funeral procession moves along a road, as Nazi veterans carry the coffins of their comrades. The funeral procession moves through the Victory Gate (Siegestor 80539 Munich, Germany) in Munich. Hitler and Hess ride in a car and step down in a small plaza. Nazi movement veterans stand, some with bandaged injuries. Crowds in the streets of Munich. Hitler rides standing in open car as he is cheered by crowds. German bombers fly overhead in formation.
Military athletes (in civilian clothes) sightseeing, during their time in Germany for the International Military Games of the Conceil International Du Sports Militaire. They board their bus after visiting Pilgrimage Church of Wies in Weilheim-Schongau, Germany. View out the bus window of typical Bavarian mountains and forests, as they speed along an autobahn. Camera focuses on several, singly, and in conversation with others. The road takes them in more rural areas of fields, farms, and woods, and eventually into a more built-up neighborhood of substantial traditional Bavarian homes, inns, hotels, and businesses.
Scene is battle-damaged bridge over the Elbe River at Tangermunde, Germany, immediately following surrender of Germany in World War II. The bridge center has dropped so low, that one must climb considerable height to reach the other shore. German families and others cross to the American-occupied side of the river. Several women with children are seen. A man with head bandaged, and a weary woman cross over. A woman whose face is bleeding is helped by a German soldier. A German officer helps elderly people as they climb the last section of bridge. An exhausted woman makes her way toward the top of the bridge. Her companion, a young woman, rests her head while waiting for her friend. Then they go on together. A mother and father with two small children make it to the upper bank. Two men and several women stand and rest after their crossing. A small child is pulled close by a parent.
United States soldiers cross a mined river in Germany during World War 2. German prisoners assist small group of US infantrymen in crossing the river. A United States soldier directs a military vehicle to park. Soldiers cross a bridge. Two United States soldiers into brush at side of road to hide. German locals meet United States soldiers arriving in Murnau am Staffelsee, in the Oberbayern Region of Bavaria, Germany. United States soldiers follow a tank inside Murnau am Staffelsee. In the Murnau am Staffelsee town square, United States infantrymen apprehend more German prisoners.
The Potsdam Conference at the Cecilienhof (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany), Potsdam, Germany during World War 2. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, Russian Premier Joseph Stalin and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov shaking hands with each other as they pose for cameramen on steps of the Cecilienhof. President Truman and Marshal Stalin chats to each other. Closer view of Joseph Stalin and President Truman smiling. President Truman and Joseph Stalin stands together. General Dwight Eisenhower stands behind Stalin. The group enters the Cecilienhof together.
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