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President Harry S. Truman and officials inspect damage in Berlin before the Potsdam Conference (WW2)
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.
President Harry S. Truman and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin meet at the Cecilienhof for the Potsdam Conference (WW2)
The Potsdam Conference at the Cecilienhof (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany), Potsdam, Germany during World War 2. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, Russian Premier Joseph Stalin and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov shaking hands with each other as they pose for cameramen on steps of the Cecilienhof. President Truman and Marshal Stalin chats to each other. Closer view of Joseph Stalin and President Truman smiling. President Truman and Joseph Stalin stands together. General Dwight Eisenhower stands behind Stalin. The group enters the Cecilienhof together.
Leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union commence meeting during the Potsdam Conference (WW2)
The Potsdam Conference at the Cecilienhof (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany), Potsdam, Germany during World War 2. Russian Premier Joseph Stalin greets outgoing United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of War Anthony Eden inside the conference room. Delegates crowd to greet each other before the conference. United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking with other delegates. Churchill shakes hands with Molotov. Incoming Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee of the United Kingdom and Anthony Eden greeting representatives of the United States, Russia and their staff members. Stalin smoking a cigarette beside United States President Harry S. Truman. The leaders of United States, United Kingdom and Russia take their places at conference table.
President Truman boards aircraft at Frankfurt; USS Augusta arrives in Brussels (WW2)
President Harry S. Truman in Germany for the Potsdam Conference during World War 2. President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes in official car in Berlin. The Secret Service stand on running boards of President Truman's car. A man takes photographs of President Truman. President Truman’s car drives past the camera. In next scene, the USS Augusta, a Northampton class cruiser, arrives at Port of Brussels (Place des Armateurs 6, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium) in Belgium. The USS Augusta is being towed by two tugboats. Belgian crowds waving at the ship. Sailors on the deck of the USS Augusta. President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower review the Honor Guards in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. President Truman and Eisenhower talking. President Truman and Admiral Leahy boards Douglas VC-54C (2107451) also called "Sacred Cow," the first U.S. Presidential aircraft (later termed Air Force One), at Frankfurt airport. Airplane taxiing on the runway.
Enola Gay mission to drop “Little Boy” atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan (World War 2)
Enola Gay atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan during World War 2. The Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, prepares to leave for the Hiroshima mission. Army Armed Forces maintenance men and Enola Gay crew prepare the Enola Gay in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, checking their watches as the glance at the horizon. Maintenance men check bomb bay doors before closing. Pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets looks out of cockpit window of Enola Gay. Nose art of Enola Gay is seen. Close up of controls with hand show "starter" and "engine primer." Enola Gay engine starts and one of it propellers turns. The Enola Gay takes off from North Field, in the Northern Mariana Islands. Point of view through B-29 cockpit window as plane speeds down runway. Motion picture cameraman films the take off. The Enola Gay seen overhead as it leaves for Japan. Aerial View of Iwo Jima Island in Japan. The Enola Gay begins slow climb to bombing altitude over Iwo Jima. Crew member, possibly Tibbets, uses a pair of binoculars. Aerial view of Hiroshima. Enola Gay crew check instruments last time before dropping. The Enola Gay begins its bomb run. Crew bombardier turning a dial on a bomb site. View of Enola Gay with bomb bay doors open. Moving gauge pointer as bomb is dropped and seen exiting bomb bay. The Enola Gay banks away from Hiroshima at high speed. Aerial view in color of mushroom cloud forming over Hiroshima after the atomic bomb detonates in the city. (This actually shows the Nagasaki bomb blast from August 9, 1945, not the Hiroshima blast, despite the statements of the narrator in this edited film). Gigantic mushroom cloud from atomic bombing.
Early life of General Dwight Eisenhower through World War 2
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles as he takes off his cap. Brief shots of Eisenhower in academic gown and then in civilian clothes speaking. View of Eisenhower’s birthplace and home (609 S. Lamar Ave. Denison, TX 75021) in Denison, Texas. General Eisenhower standing at the gate to the home. Sign reads “Eisenhower Birthplace”. Interiors of Eisenhower's boyhood bedroom. Photograph of young Eisenhower his mother, Ida Eisenhower. Edgar and Ike Eisenhower’s High School Senior Year photos. A military parade at West Point. Animated map of Europe and the Mediterranean area. Gunners with anti-aircraft gun on deck. Dwight Eisenhower in uniform on ship deck with a naval officer. Soldiers landing on a beach. A tank explodes in the Sahara Desert. Eisenhower shaking hands with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa during World War 2. Eisenhower pointing to War operations map of Europe. General Eisenhower inspecting United States soldiers in a forest. Troops wading ashore on D-Day. German Commanding Officer Wilhelm Keitel signing German surrender. General Eisenhower speaks, saying, "the truly heroic figure of this War - he is GI Joe."
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