During Berlin Crisis, Russian staff car drives across border. West Berliners run after it. United States Army tour buses arriving into the Western sector. M-48 tank leaving the area.
Supreme Allied Commander, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower sits for group portrait with other U.S.military leaders and a British General, following the end of World War Two, in Europe. Among others seen, in the front row of the portrait, are General George Patton, General Omar Bradley, General Courtney Hodges, and the British General. A soldier stands with a horse sent as a gift, to General Bradley, from Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev. The horse blanket under the saddle bears a white star. Generals Hodges and Patton examine the horse. General Patton looks in its mouth. General Bradley and General Eisenhower walk around the horse and discuss it.
60,000 attendees, including many veterans of World War I, march to the Tannenberg battlefield for the dedication of the Tannenberg Monument. Tannenberg Monument dedication ceremony commemorates the German victory over Russian forces in August, 1914, and fallen German soldiers during World War I. German Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg, who officiates at the ceremony, also celebrates his 80th birthday.
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.
Prime Minister of UK, Clement R Attlee leaves Berlin. American flag between the Russian and British flag at Gatow Airport in Berlin. Military Police Guards around Attlee. He shakes hands with officials and boards C-54 plane. Plane warms engine, taxis along field and takes off.
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.
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