Soviet troops occupy Berlin, Germany during World War II Battle of Berlin. Soviet horse-drawn portable kitchen wagon on street. Soviet flag on top of Borsig Palace (Voßstraße 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Gaping hole in the foundation of Borsig Palace. Soviet troops and sailors stand before Brandenburg Gate. Various bombed out buildings of Berlin. Soviet WAC (Women's Army Corps) directs traffic at Brandenburg Gate. View of Adlon Hotel (Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Fire inside a building.
Opening scenes are of ruins in Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Damaged Brandenburg Gate and ruined buildings of Berlin. Damaged building of Adlon Hotel. Allied troops move forward in Germany to complete the Allied occupation of Germany. A truck loaded with Allied troops heads towards Berchtesgaden. Smoke rises from the Berghof, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's mountain residence (Narrator refers to it as the Eagle's Nest, which is not correct. The Eagle's Nest or Kehlsteinhaus was not bombed and is not shown in this clip). Ruins and damaged buildings in Munich including exterior building facade, and arched stair entrance to festhall, marked with painted lettering by American soldiers, "157th infantry, 45th Division." Interior views of the Hofbräuhaus München beer hall (Hofbräuhaus am Platzl), including interior views of ruins inside its drinking room (trinkstube) with shattered windows and broken furniture. (Narrator refers to this as "the famous beer hall." At least two noteworthy NASDAP formative events occurred there: On February 25, 1920, Hitler presented the Nazi Party Twenty Five Point Program there. On November 4, 1921 the National Socialist party held a large public meeting at the Hofbräuhaus and fighting and protesting broke out after Hitler spoke. The Sturmabteilungen, or "SA", then in its infancy, attacked and ejected protestors.)
Members of the West German Bundestag Committee inspect Zonal area between free Western Germany and Communist held East Germany. The members talk to townsmen. A deserted shore line is inspected. Red Army (Soviet Army) clears a three mile strip on the frontier to form a no-man's land (near Berlin Wall).
German Parliament Bundestag seen. Members sitting in the Assembly. People seen coming down the stairs in the building.German President Konrad Adenauer signs documents of NATO membership. Brandenburg Gate, at border between West and East Berlin,Germany. United States Army and Soviet soldiers patrol their respective sides of the border. U.S. soldier uses binoculars. A Berlin taxi driver is interviewed by AFN (American Forces radio Network). Three men read newspaper 'Morgenpost'. American troops during inspection. Sign reads: "Andrews Barracks, Special Troops,United States Army Garrison Berlin." U.S. Military police vehicles patrolling. Bundeswehr (Federal Defense Force of Germany) trained by Americans. German paratroopers jump from C-119 aircraft.
College student life in Post-war Germany after World War II. A man sits and studies on a chair. Construction of a building seen as students sometimes must work in construction by day to earn money and board to be students at night. A bomb shelter in Bonn Germany converted into a dormitory. A man working near a microscope. A man wrapped in a blanket seen studying. Several books in a heap in a library and other books seen arranged. Many students sitting in Lecture theaters attending classes. Teacher seen in lecture theater with multiple rows of elevated sloped seating.
United States High Commissioner for Germany John J. McCloy arrives in Germany. John J. McCloy being greeted by Robert Murphy and General Clarence R. Huebner as photographers take pictures. A motorcade moves past Military Police honor guards. McCloy sits next to General Huebner during a press conference. He speaks to the press as correspondents take notes.
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