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Soviet forces battle their way into Berlin, Germany near the end of World War II in Europe.

Opening scene shows view from behind Soviet artillerymen firing a light field piece in the heart of Berlin, Germany. Next, Soviet soldiers are seen scurrying along inside a building hallway. A solitary woman walks slowly along a deserted street. A rocket weapon is fired from a building window causing a cloud of white smoke to billow out over the street. Fires burn in buildings, as soviet soldiers run past them. A woman Soviet soldier tends to the wound of a male comrade as others stand nearby. (At TC:00:32, a Soviet soldier, with his head bandaged, fires a captured German Panzerfaust.) More views of burning buildings. Four Soviet soldiers carry a wounded comrade on a litter. A Soviet soldier enters a burning shop. Another Soviet soldier carrying a PPD SMD submachine gun, pulls a German Soldier from a hole in the sidewalk. The German prisoner lies on the ground and the Soviet soldier does, as well, seeking cover from gunfire. Soviet troops moving into a stairwell of a building. They throw the statue of a Teutonic knight in armor down the stairs. Views of explosions and smoke near the Brandenburg Gate as Soviet troops begin raising a red flag to the left. (From TC: 01:15 to 01:35 is a flashback to , German troops led by a military band, parading through the Brandenburg Gate, watched by German citizens. Momentary closeup of the German band and its leader, followed by a view of the troops marching surrounded by local civilians.) Scene shifts back to fires burning with Brandenburg Gate in background. Soviet troops loading rockets into a multiple launcher. More explosions and smoke. A Soviet M1931 B-4 203 mm heavy tracked howitzer firing point blank in the city. A Soviet field piece being fired. Glimpse of Soviet infantry firing rifles from behind a makeshift barricade.Glimpse of some Soviet tank crewmen. The Reichstag Building in ruins.Troops carrying the red flag climb the building steps and enter the building. Troops raising the red flag on a statue, as others cheer.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675054125
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is administered the oath of office as Chief of Naval Operations.

Swearing-in ceremony of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Inside an office of the Pentagon, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, stands by Admiral Nimitz. Then Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal stands alongside Admiral King, while Admiral Nimitz completes the oath. Forrestal and Admiral King congratulate Admiral Nimitz. The new CNO sits at his desk and confronts a stack of papers.

Date: 1945, November 21
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054183
U.S. President Truman decorates Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King

United States President Harry S.Truman decorates Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. The President pins a medal on Admiral King, and then holds it and admires it as he converses with Admiral King. The President shakes hands with Admiral King.

Date: 1945
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054184
Views outside and inside of abandoned factory buildings in China at end of World War II

Film opens as camera pans over views of factory buildings in China after World War 2.. Closeup of a Chinese soldier pointing to a sign posted on a wooden building reading "U.N.R.R.A. It Is Belonged To Our Office. No Admittance To Anybody Or Armies To Enter." (UNRRA refers to the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.) Views inside an abandoned factory with remains of product scattered about as if occupants left in a hurry. Camera pans over outside of factory buildings that all seem quite intact.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054190
American advisors in China during World War II. Scenes of war-damaged and abandoned industrial sites and buildings

A group of Chinese Nationalist (KMT) and several American soldiers are gathered in the courtyard of a building in an industrial area of China during the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (World War 2). After conversing, they disperse and camera pans across surrounding compound that looks like it could house soldiers or workers. Another view of the American and Chinese soldiers conversing. Views of industrial buildings with smoke stacks. Corpse of a dead person lying on the ground near damaged building. View through hole in brick side of the building. Interior is strewn with debris.More views of damaged buildings in low-walled compound.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054191
Damage in Chinese city from 2nd Sino-Japanese War. American soldiers examine damaged and abandoned industrial sites (WW2)

Abandoned industrial complex. Factories and warehouses. A Chinese soldier stands near sign reading: "U.N.R.R.A. It Is Belonged To Our Office. No Admittance To Anybody Or Armies To Enter." Damaged buildings in view. Several Americans pick their way through factory Interior which is littered with debris. and human remains. Two of them carry cameras. One, an American military photographer takes pictures. They also inspect huge parts of destroyed factory machinery. Two Americans discuss this and take notes. Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk. Many Chinese persons cook and eat in area containing wooden tables and chairs at edge of large open air marketplace. Food stalls and stalls of medicines in the area. A Nationalist Chinese flag flies from a small building in the area. A large group of Chinese children posing for the camera, with their teacher organizing them. Grownups are in the back of the group. Scene shifts to closeup of another group of Chinese people posing for the camera. View of a barricaded and sand-bagged official building. Two Chinese soldiers march past with shouldered rifles. Two civilians with back packs walk past. Closeup of a Chinese soldier during World War II. Glimpse of two armed soldiers guarding stacks of grain of flour. [Note: this film may contain segments that are unrelated and from different places and times.)

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054193