Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and high-ranking Nazi officials attend a military review during World War II. Wehrmacht flag on top of a government building. Wehrmacht troops addressed by Hitler. Guards stand with Nazi flag outside the Neue Wache (Unter den Linden 4 10117 Berlin). Homage to Austrian Nazis after invasion of Austria by Nazi forces. Wreath at the Neue Wache. Soldiers salute them. Civilians salute Hitler. Nazi German soldiers march in Berlin.
A film titled 'Berlin conference 1945' shows United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes aboard the Cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) while on their way to Germany for Three-Power Berlin Peace Conference. Several views of President Truman aboard the USS Augusta. He salutes with hand over heart as U.S. Navy warships pass in review. Truman and Secretary of State, Byrnes, descend a stair on the ship. They are seated on deck and President Truman waves his hat at people on the shore, as the Augusta enters port at Antwerp, Belgium. Senior Allied officers come aboard to greet the President and his party. President Truman walks down the gangplank to the pier, followed by Secretary Byrnes. Truman and Byrnes in back seat of an open car, accompanied by Secret Service agents, waves to spectators as they drive off the pier. Later, a motorcade is seen passing parked airplanes. Truman greets Officers of the U.S. Army 35th Division. He boards Air Force One, the "Sacred Cow," a VC-54C aircraft (tail number: 2107451) at Brussels Airport, Belgium. The Air Force One seen in flight above clouds and then parking at airfield in Germany. Presidential motorcade in Berlin, on Unter Den Linden, and passing through the Brandenburg Gate. Portraits of Truman, Stalin, and Churchill, on stone pillars. Inserted scenes of Hitler in motorcade and speaking in Berlin. President Truman speaking in an outdoor venue, with General Omar Bradley and other high ranking American officers standing behind him. His remarks are broadcast and people shown listening in America
Large crowd gathered in Berlin, Germany in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Hotel Adlon (Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin, Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in the early days of the Weimar Republic. They gather and demonstrate to protest the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and to urge the government not to sign the treaty. People streaming through the gate, some holding signs. Crowd marches up the avenue. Brief view of some people standing on top of the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany).
Russian Cossacks on horseback. Mounted Soviet cavalry officers ride past marching troops. More Cossacks on horseback. Scene changes to a protest gathering and parade in Britain. Crowd involved in civil unrest demonstrating in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and demonstration somewhere in China during the May Fourth movement, with a mass of Chinese people in the streets. Soldiers in an armored personnel carrier putting down unrest in streets. Germans raising Imperial German flag at park on Unter Den Linden in Berlin, Germany. More scenes of unrest in European streets.
Destroyed infrastructure in Berlin after World War II. A sign reads Unter Den Linden (station presently known as Brandenburger Tor) on the S-Bahn entrance in Berlin. Bomb damage to roof and interior of the Anhalter Bahnhof Station (Askanischer Pl. 6, 10963 Berlin, Germany). German civilians walk on foot and ride vehicles on the streets.
Communist threat to Berlin, Germany as the Soviet Union presses for a unified Communist Berlin. Traffic signal man demonstrates hand signals on street in West Berlin. View of citizens in West Berlin shopping, engaging in commerce, and going to and from work among newly constructed buildings, improved roads, and wearing new fashions. Sign near the Brandenburg Gate. Contrast is made with East Berlin, East Germany where buildings still in ruin from World War II are shown, including on the famous Unter den Linden Boulevard. Communist East German troops march on road. Woman enters a building and writes on a note pad. East German workers dig with spades at a construction site. The Western Powers get out of free Berlin uniting with the East Berlin under communist rule. Social and economic differences seen contrasting communist versus capitalist systems in Berlin. A woman working alongside men at a construction site.