Filmed shortly before the Potsdam Conference in Berlin, Germany. A view of the devastated city of Berlin shortly after the end of World War 2 in Europe. Aerial views of bomb damaged Berlin and point of view shots from a moving car passing destruction, rubble, and skeletons of buildings from bomb damage. U.S. President Harry Truman surveying the damage from an open car, and view of his car approaching the Brandenburg Gate and driving on the Unter den Linden. Three flag towers each decorated at the base with an image of Truman, Stalin, and Churchill. U.S. President Harry S. Truman is riding through Berlin with General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov. Flashback shows German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler parading in Berlin. People crowd on either side of a street to cheer. Close up back and side profile view of Hitler as he stands in a moving car waving to the crowd. Hitler speaking at a Nazi Rally, forcefully and animated, about Germany wiping out inferior races, and decrying America's society of mixed people, saying that it has a ridiculous notion of equality and freedom that cannot stand up against Germany. The German people in the hall applaud. Truman speaks into a microphone in Germany after the war. U.S. delegates stand in the background. A radio tower. A U.S. military serviceman operating controls for the radio broadcast. People in the U.S. listen to President Truman speaking from a Berlin Radio Station. A hand on a typewriter. People of the United States in groups listening to radio: Men gathered at a city store listening to the radio speech; a woman typist listening to the radio beside her typewriter; men in a rural general store gathered around a radio near a wood stove; farmers listening to a radio; office workers gathered around a radio; a family in a living room listens to the radio; group of U.S. Army soldiers gathered to listen to the radio . Truman speaking on the grounds of the United States Group Control Council Headquarters in Berlin. He is in a courtyard that had been the home of the German Air Defense for Berlin. An honor guard from Company 'E' of the 41st Infantry is present, along with Secretary Stimpson, Assistant Secretary McCloy, and Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Clay, and Bradley. Soldiers stand in formation in the background. He speaks about peace in the world during the ceremony raising the United States flag over the U.S. controlled area of Berlin. His words included the statement, "Let's not forget that we are fighting for peace and for the welfare of mankind. We're not fighting for conquest."
The Potsdam Conference in Berlin, Germany. The delegates in a conference hall. A German officer after defeat signs a document. The officers shake hands with Generals. The ruins in Berlin. A damaged building. People stand on the ruins and debris . Men use shovels and fill the dirt in buckets. A close up of a German woman. A woman shows her anger. The delegates enter a hall for the Potsdam conference. Stalin meets a delegate. U.S. President Harry S. Truman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill stand together. Other stand in the background. The delegates meet each other. The conference begins. All delegates including Truman, Stalin and Churchill sit around a conference table.
Animation depicts Private Snafu on a boat. He sings a song. A cartoon character depicts an Axis naval officer on a boat. Snafu singing song. They both land on the same Island. Private Snafu and naval officer sing a sing. The Axis naval officer attacks Private Snafu. They both fight. Private Snafu defeats the officer. (World War II period).
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. Aircraft in formation over Washington DC. A large stage decorated to look like the deck of a battleship in the foreground. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz's car pulls into the Washington Monument grounds. Nimitz riding in a car waves at the gathered crowd. Policemen on motorcycles in front of the car. People in the background. Other officials arrive in a car. The battleship stage in the background. People crowd near the stage. The Admiral waves to the crowd.
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. The soldiers parade. Men in the foreground take pictures. A band plays music and parade on Washington Monument ground. People in the background. The Midshipmen parade. The Midshipmen marching. The Midshipmen parade in front of a Battleship float on the Monument ground. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. (World War II period).
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. U.S. Marine officers pass reviewing stand. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. A U.S. Marine band pass reviewing stand. U.S. Marine Corps parade on Washington Monument grounds. People stand in the background. A U.S. Marines flag and U.S. flag pass Battleship float on parade ground. U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service ) officers salute reviewing stand. A band plays music. The soldiers parade. They pass through reviewing stand. (Immediate post-World War II period).
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