Destroyed infrastructure and wrecked buildings in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Aerial view of Berlin from low flying aircraft. Destruction and rubble everywhere showing effects of bombing in Berlin, Germany. Damaged infrastructure seen. Toward the end of the clip, the low flying aircraft flies directly over the Spree River and at low altitude above the remains of the Berlin Palace, the Berlin Cathedral, and the Altes Museum.
Destroyed infrastructure in Berlin Germany after World War II. A sign board on the street reads the names of the cities Berlin, Mitte, Reichsautebahn and Avus in Germany. It shows the directions. A jeep moves on the street. Trees on either side of the streets.
Bomb damage in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Civilians pass by the heaps of debris of the damaged buildings. View of bomb-damaged Berlin Sports Palace or Berliner Sportpalast. Mural of ice skaters on a damaged wall. Sign board on a damaged building read "Berliner Sportpalast" (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany). Interior of the palace show bomb damage.
Activities of United States Army Air Force 354th Figher Group at an airfield in Ansbach Germany after Victory in Europe during World War 2. United States airmen stand around a damaged German FW-190 aircraft at airfield in Ansbach Germany. The aircraft has just been belly landed without landing gear by U.S. Lt. Bruce Carr who had taken it from a German airfield near Linz, Austria. American pilot Bruce Carr is seen beside the damaged aircraft talking with fellow airmen who have gathered. He is seen shrugging his shoulders. View shifts to another FW-190 taxiing. In the cockpit is 1st Lt. Fred Fehsenfeld of the 353rd FS. He taxis on the airstrip and parks the aircraft. U.S. airmen crowd around the airplane as Fehsenfeld climbs out of the cockpit, onto the wing. American airmen examine several German FW-190 fighter airplanes, reviewing the aircraft in detail. They are seen looking in cockpits, examining pitot tube, looking at damaged tail wheel, and trying to turn the propeller of one. A U.S. P-47 fighter airplane lands at the airfield. Mountains seen in the background.
Bomb damage in Berlin, Germany after World War II. View of bomb damage caused to Berlin Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Schöneberg. Heaps of debris in front of the bomb-damaged buildings. Civilians walk on streets. Vehicles pass by. German civilians haul belongings in a cart.
Unveiling of new Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) in Berlin Germany, during Russian Revolution anniversary celebrations (28th anniversary), in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War II. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov inspects British, French, American and Russian units. Trees in the background. Zhukov and United States Army Major General James Maurice Gavin in a grandstand. A Russian officer speaks from the grandstand in front of the Soviet War Memorial (then also called Russian Victory Monument by Allied forces) on Charlottenburger-Chaussee. A Russian Army band plays. A statue of a Russian soldier atop the Victory Monument. Russian troops parade after unveiling of the Memorial. Honor company of United States Army 82nd Airborne Division marches past. Allied troops seen marching in formation on nearby streets of Berlin. Major General Gavin shakes hands with Soviet leader Marshal Zhukov. Officers place wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Russian artillery fires salute. Photographers take photographs. The officers salute in front of the War Memorial. Wreaths placed at the base of the Memorial.
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