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
Nikita Khrushchev visits East Berlin during the Cold War. View of cameramen at Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) of the Berlin Wall. A cameraman puts on a Khrushchev's mask. Chairman Nikita Khrushchev arrives at Berlin Wall with other dignitaries; his position is that it protects the East Germans against imperialists who have designs on East Germany. Chairman Khrushchev posing for the camera.
A military parade displaying symbols of the former German Empire and the Nazi party in Berlin, Germany after the First World War. A marching band playing. Soldiers raise the German Empire (Second Reich) flags and symbols such as the Imperial Eagle. Military officials salute past spectators from their open car. Former German Empire Crown Prince Wilhelm, the son of the former Emperor Wilhelm II, speaks to a military official at a roof deck, likely near the Berlin Zoologischergarten (Berlin Zoo), the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft logo can be seen from the background. Soldiers holding the war flags of the German Empire. A woman uses binoculars to watch the parade. Crown Prince Wilhelm salutes the parade. Marching band parades from the Charlottenburger Chaussee (now known as the Straße des 17. Juni), passing through the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Soldiers holding Nazi flags and marching band parades through Under den Linden boulevard. Some spectators perform the Nazi salute at the parade. Some spectators carry umbrellas while watching the Nazi parade.
People on strikes and demonstrations in East Berlin, Germany. Also called the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany. People standing on top of buildings. Buildings and radio tower of RIAS (American Radio Station in Western Sector of Berlin) which was spreading news of the workers general strike. Motorcars pass by. East German demonstrators throw things into fire protesting excessive work schedules. People watch fire. Flames of fire. Sign at the border of East and West Berlin, warning "You are leaving the American Sector." More scenes of the protests in East Berlin, from other news sources. Rioters throw east German police uniforms out of a window toward a crowd. Soviet Russian Soviet army tanks and troops enter the areas of unrest. At TC: 01:48, two protestors are seen sliding an iron pipe into the tread of a tank. East German Leader, Walter Ulbricht at a podium, backed by a huge replica of a white dove, and, elswhere, standing with associates. East German communist organizations, including police, marching in attempts to dispel notions that East Germans are oppressed. Huge poster of German worker rejecting American Marshall Plan, with slogan, "Yankee Go Home." Light tank and armored car parked beside a building. Closeup of soldier gripping machine gun atop a tank. Army trucks and troops in center of a city square. Voice of America commentator broadcasting news of the events from the RIAS station in West Berlin.
United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy's visit to John F Kennedy Platz in West Berlin, Germany. Berlin street sign reads “John-F.-Kennedy-Platz”. A large crowd gathered at the John F Kennedy Platz. The entrance to the Platz, located in front of the West Berlin Rathaus (Am Rathaus 2, 10825 Berlin, Germany). Robert Kennedy, United States Attorney General and one of the younger brothers of President John F Kennedy, enters with several officials. Robert Kennedy receives an ovation from the crowd. Robert Kennedy, with his wife Ethel Skakel and three children, and other officials. The crowd waves to the group. Robert Kennedy with other officials. Robert Kennedy dedicates the plaque commemorating President John F Kennedy's speech on his last visit to Berlin a year before. The Kennedy plaque is unveiled. The crowd waves and cheers. Robert Kennedy speaks to the people. The large crowd gathered listens. People in the crowd wave U.S. flag. A man with a camera in the crowd. Robert Kennedy moves with other officials. The crowd watches the proceedings.
A view of a large building destroyed in Berlin. Soviet War Memorial (Str. des 17. Juni 4, 10557 Berlin, Germany) seen with a soldier flanked by Russian tanks. Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, Germany.
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