Animated map shows direction of Allied forces converging on Germany, Western Powers from the West, and Soviets from the East during final phase of World War 2, in Europe. Newspaper headline reads: "Russians strike for Berlin."The New York World-Telegram newspaper headline reads: "Yanks Cross the Rhine!."U.S. Army troops seen in house-to-house fighting in Germany.American troops standing at Rhine River viewing Cologne, Germany. The cathedral at Cologne. Film of Hitler's troops crossing the Rhine in 1936 contrasted with views of many German prisoners of war being marched under Allied guard, in 1945. USAAF P-38 lightning aircraft taking off on mission against German targets. View from Allied aircraft strafing German target which explodes. A P-38 landing on a snowy airfield. USAAF P-47 of the 388th Fighter Squadron (C4), 365th Fighter Group, landing and skidding sideways off the runway. It slides in the snow and strikes another P-47 aircraft with engine running, on the ramp. B-24 Liberator bombers taxing for takeoff. Formation of USAAF B-17 bombers dropping bombs all over Germany. Formation of B-17s at very high altitude, leaving contrails behind them. U.S. infantry and armor fighting in snow-covered streets of German city. Allied troops, including Polish soldiers, fighting in the snow. Allied wounded being carried while under fire from German forces. U.S. Sergeant Peter Di Guiseppi and Private Pat Brady being interviewed. De Guiseppi remarks that the war seems like it will never end. Brady recounts being in a tank that hit a mine or something that exploded and abandoning the tank faster than he could ever imagine. He hunkered down in a ditch while bullets flew all around him, including the ammunition from the destroyed tank.
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra plays in Germany during World War 2. Factory workers attend a concert performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Smoke stacks of a factory. German workers enter a hall. The orchestra plays. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker orchestra in music by Richard Wagner. Workers seated listen to the orchestra.
Aerial view of devastated city of Berlin in Germany at end of World War II in Europe. View of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building, and many other landmark buildings of Berlin as seen from a low flying aircraft. Other destroyed buildings and the River Spree flowing through the city. The destroyed building of Rheinmetall Borsig plant.
Scenes of pre-World-War-1 Berlin, Germany. Brief film opens showing a German man singing onstage. The background is a painted depiction of an artistic interior in a home. Next, two Vaudevillians (Varietemitglied) are seen onstage, exchanging quips. The backdrop is a painted cityscape. Next, a small boy and small girl are seen on a city street, near an organ grinder. They dance to his music. View of the ancient Jungfernbruecke bascule bridge (drawbridge) in Mitte district, Berlin. This is a manually operated drawbridge, It spans the Spreekanal and connects the streets Friedrichsgracht and Oberwasserstraße. It was built during the time of Frederick I , of the Hohenzollern dynasty. A man walking across the bridge, and views of buildings and several local residents, in the vicinity.of the bridge. Glimpse of a woman and man conversing in a cafe.
Civilians walk on a street in Berlin, Germany soon after the end of World War 2 in Europe. American, British and Russian flags flutter on poles in Germany. Civilian men, women and children walk on the streets. German women dressed in hats and formal clothing walk on a street. A woman sits with a dachshund dog beside her. A bomb damaged building with rubble and debris in background from the war bombing.
United States President John Kennedy touring the streets of West Germany. Street sign reads “Friedrichstrasse”. Cameramen and policemen surround President Kennedy and other dignitaries. President Kennedy and other dignitaries reach Berlin Wall in cars. President Kennedy walks up to the viewing stand erected in front of the Berlin Wall. Red banners on Brandenburg Gate are in place, placed there by East Germany to block President's view of East Germans on the other side of the Berlin Wall. View of huge crowd of 150,000 people gathered in the square while President Kennedy passes in car. President Kennedy at a podium to make a speech. Crowd of many thousands cheering in front of Rathaus Schöneberg. President Kennedy at Dublin Airport and honor guard welcomes him on tarmac. Air Force One aircraft parked on the runway behind. During the President's drive from the airport, millions cheer for him as his motorcade winds through the city streets of Dublin. View of cheering Irish people gathered on streets of Dublin in front of shops and offices.
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