Bomb damage after the Battle of Berlin during World War II. Ruins of damaged buildings. Pedestrians walk on road. Civilians enter the subway entrance. Stones and bricks of bomb-damaged building lay past entrance of the Berlin U-Bahn subway. Sign above subway entrance displays a large letter "U". Beside it is a smaller sign that shows an arrow pointing to the entrance which says "Air Port Tempelhof". View of people of all ages descending stairs of subway.
President Harry S.Truman is flanked by Brigadier General John Howell Collier, Commander, 2nd Armored Division, and a Major General to his left, and Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan (in sun glasses) and other military officers and Secret Service agents to his right, as they salute the colors during a visit to the 2nd Armored Division while enroute to Berlin and the Potsdam Conference at end of World War 2. The President steps up onto a mobile reviewing platform, followed by General Collier. Scene shifts to a line of 2nd Armored Division M10 Tank Destroyers with their crews saluting as the President's reviewing vehicle passes. The President with Secretary of State,James F. Byrnes, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, riding in an open car toward Berlin on an autobahn highway.They are followed by several vehicles carrying military Police and a jeep filled with members of the press.
Bomb damaged Berlin after World War II. Aerial view of the bomb damage caused to the city. Damaged buildings and streets. The Wilhelmstrasse leading the Brandenburg Gate. The damage around River Spree. The damaged Berlin Cathedral.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin a month after the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler's Reich Chancellery damaged by bombing. The burned and wrecked Chancellery building, and shattered windows of the building. A U.S. soldier poses in front of the building. Walls of Chancellery covered with marks and holes from battle. A Soviet tank kept as a monument on a Berlin road. Destroyed portions of the Chancellery, struck by bombs. Debris of building material.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. President Truman inspects the Second Armored Division of the U.S. Army, often called as 'Hell on Wheels'. President and other military and political officials on the reviewing stage. A military music band plays Victory beats. The infantrymen and tanks of the Division, which held its position in Berlin, salute the President.
President Harry S. Truman of the United States visits Berlin after World War II. Babelsberg, a suburb near Berlin. Kaiser Strasse or 'The Little White House' in Babelsberg. Exteriors of the house. A spacious garden with beautiful flowers. Lake Gribnitz near side the White House. Beautiful flowers and garden in the compound.
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