Fall of Berlin, Germany, during Battle of Berlin in World War 2. Russian Army soldiers attack. Russian soldiers fire artillery and run through the streets of Berlin. German civilians are instructed to clean up the streets by the Soviet Army. Rubble on the street. Flames and smoke rise from buildings. Destroyed airplanes are shown in a burning field. A German pilot prisoner. Past events show Hermann Goering and Benito Mussolini greeted by Adolf Hitler. (World War II period).
Opening scene shows view from behind Soviet artillerymen firing a light field piece in the heart of Berlin, Germany. Next, Soviet soldiers are seen scurrying along inside a building hallway. A solitary woman walks slowly along a deserted street. A rocket weapon is fired from a building window causing a cloud of white smoke to billow out over the street. Fires burn in buildings, as soviet soldiers run past them. A woman Soviet soldier tends to the wound of a male comrade as others stand nearby. (At TC:00:32, a Soviet soldier, with his head bandaged, fires a captured German Panzerfaust.) More views of burning buildings. Four Soviet soldiers carry a wounded comrade on a litter. A Soviet soldier enters a burning shop. Another Soviet soldier carrying a PPD SMD submachine gun, pulls a German Soldier from a hole in the sidewalk. The German prisoner lies on the ground and the Soviet soldier does, as well, seeking cover from gunfire. Soviet troops moving into a stairwell of a building. They throw the statue of a Teutonic knight in armor down the stairs. Views of explosions and smoke near the Brandenburg Gate as Soviet troops begin raising a red flag to the left. (From TC: 01:15 to 01:35 is a flashback to , German troops led by a military band, parading through the Brandenburg Gate, watched by German citizens. Momentary closeup of the German band and its leader, followed by a view of the troops marching surrounded by local civilians.) Scene shifts back to fires burning with Brandenburg Gate in background. Soviet troops loading rockets into a multiple launcher. More explosions and smoke. A Soviet M1931 B-4 203 mm heavy tracked howitzer firing point blank in the city. A Soviet field piece being fired. Glimpse of Soviet infantry firing rifles from behind a makeshift barricade.Glimpse of some Soviet tank crewmen. The Reichstag Building in ruins.Troops carrying the red flag climb the building steps and enter the building. Troops raising the red flag on a statue, as others cheer.
United States fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt parked on an airfield in Germany. Flying personnel and ground crewmen walk on the airfield. The men walk in a line. Several planes in flight over the airfield. A pilot stands near an aircraft. The pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft.
United States 362 Fighter Group, Squadron 377 aircraft strafe a factory area in Germany. An aerial view of land installations. Aircraft strafe vehicles moving along the road. The planes strafe parked aircraft on an airfield.
United States 362 Fighter Group, Squadron 377 aircraft strafing train in Germany. An aerial view of land installations. Trains move along the railroad tracks. Strafing of the railroad cars. Smoke rises up due to explosions.
United States 362 Fighter Group, Squadron 377 aircraft strafe trains in Germany. An aerial view of land installations. Trees and houses in view. U.S. aircraft strafe vehicles. Trains move along the railroad tracks. Strafing of the railroad cars. Smoke rises up due to explosions.
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