Washington DC from Arlington County. Several Washington DC landmarks such as the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol building are seen. Cars driving on the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Washington DC. View of the Pentagon (Washington, DC 22202, United States) and the Potomac River. The Washington Monument obelisk (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) with clear blue skies. United States flags in flagpoles wave at the base of the Washington Monument.
United States President Harry S. Truman visits Berlin for the Potsdam Conference at the end of World War 2 in Europe. President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, sit in open car to view Berlin in ruins. Berlin buildings and façade are destroyed from heavy bombing. Ruins of the Reich Chancellery (Wilhelmstraße 77 10117 Berlin Germany) is seen. President Truman’s car passes by the Berlin Victory Column or Siegessäule (Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany). Closer view of the Berlin Victory Column, featuring the Victoria statue on top. Large portraits of President Truman, Russian Premier Joseph Stalin and Prime Minister Winston Churchill on a Russian reviewing stand on Berlin’s Unter den Linden Avenue. President Truman’s convoy approaches the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany), damaged by heavy bombing. Cars driving on the Unter den Linden Avenue. The Berliner Schloss (Schloßpl. 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany) with significant damage. The Secret Service stand on running boards of President Truman's car. President Truman greets a man from his car. President Truman, Admiral Leahy and Secretary of State Byrnes talking. A huge pile of rubble stands in front of a damaged building. Crowds of men and soldiers surround President Truman and his car. Soldiers with cameras take photographs. Secret Service men running alongside President Truman’s car. President Truman’s car passes by a Nazi-style building, driving into the Autobahn. A Military Police vehicle, which acts as guard, follows behind President Truman's car heading to Potsdam.
A Hungarian refugee family enters the United States consulate in Vienna, Austria at The Amerika Haus ( Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, Vienna, Austria ) to apply for immigration papers. Refugee family enters office at consulate for interview appointment with the United States immigration officer. Each family member holds a “United States Escapee Program” bag. A woman Hungarian interpreter assists the family during the interview. The immigration officer signs documents. Interpreter speaks to Hungarian family. Sign reads “ICEM Zwischenstaatliches Komitee für Europäische Auswanderung Intergovernmental Committee for European Immigration”. Young Hungarian refugees waiting inside the ICEM office. Woman ICEM employees working at their desks. An ICEM employee speaking on the phone while another writing. A document detailing a list of countries willing to accept Hungarian refugees and their quotas. Employee writing a note on country quotas for refugees. An Austrian police officer ushers refugees into an office one at a time.
Street scenes in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. A bus stops in front of a Yates & Milton Drugstore (230 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States) in Atlanta, Georgia, owned by Clayton R. Yates and Lorimer D. Milton. A “Drink Coca-Cola Prescriptions” sign hangs outside the drugstore. African American commuters board the bus in front of the drugstore. Southern Bread advertisement on bus reads “New! Made with Buttermilk … Southern Bread”. African American men and women pass by the Yates & Milton Drugstore in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood. Butler Street YMCA (22 Jesse Hill Jr Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States--formerly 20-24 Butler St) located in the Sweet Auburn Historic District, next to the Walden Building. Pedestrians crossing the road in front of the Yates & Milton Drugstore. Alexander & Company (208 Auburn Ave NE #10, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States) and Citizens Trust Co. building next door (210 Auburn Ave. NE) beside the Big Bethel AME Church. The Atlanta Daily World editorial office and printing press facility is also seen at 210 Auburn. (The Atlanta Daily World business office was located elsewhere on Auburn.) . A rotating time and temperature monitoring clock on top of the Citizens Trust Co. sign. This was the first African American owned bank to join the FDIC.
Training film shows United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents arrive in Greece during World War II. A United States bomber flying low at night as two OSS spy agents parachute from the bomber. An OSS spy looking at harbor through a pair of binoculars while hiding behind bushes. View of Greek harbor. An OSS agent rummages through file cabinets at night. Two OSS agents communicate via radio inside their room. A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber air drops canisters of supplies at night. Canisters with parachutes fall to ground. Greek partisans resistance fighters run with guns and assume prone position on the ground. View of railroad switch yard before simulated explosion from sabotage.
The inauguration of General Andrews Airport Dominican Army (presently known as the Las Américas International Airport) in Santo Domingo by President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic. soldiers marching and holding flags of the Dominican Republic and the United States. President Trujillo stands beside Jeannette Johnston “Johnnie” Andrews, the widow of the late Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, one of the founders of the United States Army Air Forces. Mrs. Andrews is seen wearing the Dominican Republic Order Of Trujillo medal. The Santo Domingo Obelisk (Av. George Washington, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic). Dominican soldiers marching seen from rear view. President Trujillo awarding Mrs. Andrews the Dominican Republic Order Of Trujillo medal. President Trujillo embraces Mrs. Andrews. Mrs. Andrews cuts the ribbon at the opening ceremony of Andrews Airport. Trujillo and Mrs. Andrews unveil a plaque dedicating General Andrews Airport. They pull away the flags of the Dominican Republic and the United States to unveil the plaque. Closer view of the plaque in Spanish and English. Flags of different countries in the Americas stand outside a building. A poster commemorating the centenary of the Dominican Republic. Mrs. Andrews stands beside President Trujillo as they watch Dominican soldiers marching with flags.
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