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Aerial views of Dachau Concentration Camp soon after liberation; emaciated survivors and dead bodies of camp victims.

Scenes at the recently liberated Nazi German Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany, near the end of World War II in Europe. Aerial views of the Dachau Concentration Camp showing barracks, grounds, perimeter fencing, and various buildings. The main entrance gate of the camp. Views of some of the surviving liberated inmates from Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France and Holland. Many of the survivors are starved and emaciated. View of a railroad train car that had arrived at the camp, carrying prisoner victims, with more of them dead than alive in the packed train car. Corpses lie inside an open door of a prison train box car. Bodies of victims under a blanket of snow in an open top train car. Some surviving liberated prisoners move piled bodies of dead victims from carts to prepare them for burial.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060583
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee and U.S. President Harry Truman attend the Potsdam Conference.

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.

Date: 1945, August 2
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061127
Victorious Soviet forces celebrate after capturing Berlin during World War II

Soviet Officers collecting souvenirs after the fall of Berlin in World War 2. Flag of First Reich Imperial Germany and one of a large Swastika are seen in opening scene. A Soviet soldier unfolds a very large embroidered flag of Imperial Germany before a Soviet officer. A soldier hands a sword to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, who examines it. Next, three Soviet SU85 Tank Destroyers, each carrying more than a dozen Soviet soldiers and officers, are seen moving along a street in Berlin. Liberated French, Italian and Belgians parade. A liberated Frenchman carries the French tricolor flag while riding a bicycle. A Soviet soldier plays the accordion surrounded by comrades. More liberated marchers and more SU85 Tank Destroyers carrying soldiers. A soviet Colonel marching with some members of his army unit. Suddenly soldiers of his unit surround him and hoist him atop their shoulders. Soviet soldier accordionist plays those surrounding him sing and clap. One soldier dances. Two soldiers riding a tandem bicycle. Group of Soviet officers pose for a formal portrait by a photographer. Large group of Soviet soldiers and officers pose while some soldiers take photographs with personal cameras. Another groups posing in front of a building as an army photographer takes their picture. Graffiti on wall reads (in German) "Berlin remains German". More walls with the same message. Several messages in Russian inscribed on the pillars of buildings. Red Soviet flag waving in the breeze.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675074106
Soviet Union officially transfers control of the American sector of Berlin, to the United States, in a ceremony after end of World War II in Europe

Ceremony in Berlin, Germany, marking official transfer of American Sector of Berlin to U.S. Authorities, following end of World War 2, in Europe. Troops of the U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, stand in formation as a U.S Army band plays the American National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner) on the esplanade of the Adolf Hitler Barracks, in Berlin. This is followed by a 48-gun salute fired by "RC" battery of the U.S. 78th Field Artillery Battalion, as all troops assembled render hand salute. Scene shifts to U.S. General Omar Bradley, Commanding General, Twelfth United States Army Group, standing at a microphone. He states that "this ceremony marks the meeting of the United Nations, here, in Berlin and a complete defeat of Germany." He continues with other remarks. Among allied senior officers seen with him are: U.S. Major General Floyd Parks, Commander of the U.S. Sector in Berlin; French Major General Duschesne, Commanding General of French troops in Berlin; and Soviet Major General Nicholei Nicholeiovitch Barinov, Deputy Commander of the Soviet troops in Berlin. Following Bradley's remarks, he, Parks, Duschesne, and Barinov, walk side-by-side across the esplanade, followed by the other military leaders as the Army band plays. Scene shifts to a formation of soldiers from the Soviet 5th Army. Following commands heard, The formation executes a right face,left shoulder arms, and marches off as the band plays.s.

Date: 1945, July 4
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074126
German civilians cross Elbe River on damaged bridge to reach American side at end of World War II in Europe

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.

Date: 1945, May 10
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077887
United States soldiers cross river, arrest more German prisoners in Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee during WW2

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.

Date: 1945, April 30
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078811