President Harry S Truman arrives at Gatow Airport in Berlin. Various British officials at airport. Truman shakes hands and speaks to Military Police Honor Guard and boards C-54 plane. Truman waves goodbye from entrance platform of plane. MPs raise American flag from pole. American, British and Russian flags. President Truman and Prime Minister of UK, Clement R Attlee at Gatow airport bids officials farewell and boards planes. Cameramen take pictures.
Winston Churchill arrives in Berlin. He emerges from a plane in a military uniform. He walks down the steps of aircraft and shakes hands with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Other military officials at the airport. Churchill and Montgomery walk away followed by other officials. They inspect British Honor Guard.
German military officers mingle with civilian opera patrons entering the Opera House in Bayreuth, Bavaria, for a performance of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, by Richard Wagner. A program for the performance is shown. The final scenes of the Act are shown and the curtain closes.
Blasting of heavily damaged Bahnhof in West Berlin. The damaged railroad station (Bahnhof) crumbles to rubble due to dynamite blasting. Wreckage of the great structure is seen.
Corporal Fox of Los Angeles stationed in West Berlin balances odd assortment of things as part of a stunt. He balances a pencil on the tip of his nose. Another officer arrives on a bicycle. Corporal Fox balances the bicycle with his mouth. He balances chair-on-stick in a swimming pool. Another officer helps him.
A scientific exhibition at the United States' pavilion at West Berlin's central exhibition site. People lined up at the entrance to USA exhibit. Exterior view of the U.S. Pavilion. U.S. flag flies at the building and signs reading: "United States" and "ERF" are displayed above the building. Signs in the pavilion read: 'ATOM' and 'George C. Marshall - Haus'. People assembled to watch the exhibition. People lined up on stairs. U.S. representatives demonstrate how a nuclear fission assembly works, with simulated fuel and control rods and an instrument for reading radiation levels. A technician demonstrates how radioactive materials can be handled remotely, in a laboratory, using a robotic machine to manipulate delicate glass funnels and bottles. An inflatable laboratory suit is demonstrated, that one could crawl out to and work in while in a toxic environment.
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