President Harry S.Truman is flanked by Brigadier General John Howell Collier, Commander, 2nd Armored Division, and a Major General to his left, and Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan (in sun glasses) and other military officers and Secret Service agents to his right, as they salute the colors during a visit to the 2nd Armored Division while enroute to Berlin and the Potsdam Conference at end of World War 2. The President steps up onto a mobile reviewing platform, followed by General Collier. Scene shifts to a line of 2nd Armored Division M10 Tank Destroyers with their crews saluting as the President's reviewing vehicle passes. The President with Secretary of State,James F. Byrnes, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, riding in an open car toward Berlin on an autobahn highway.They are followed by several vehicles carrying military Police and a jeep filled with members of the press.
President Truman's motorcade stops to review troops of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division, along a German highway (autobahn) while enroute to Berlin. The Presidential party, includes Truman, Secretary of State Byrnes, Brigadier General Collier, Brigadier General Vaughan, Fleet Admiral Leahy, and others. They stand on a platform in an Army reconnaissance vehicle while it passes more a mile of parked tanks and other armor, with respective crews standing in front. President Truman and his party salute as they pass the colors. The Presidential limousine and other vehicles follow the reviewing party. The Presidential party stops as Truman presents a Presidential Unit Citation to Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. (World War II period)
Bomb damaged Berlin after World War II. The German Reich insignia with the words 'Reichs Kanzlei' at the Reich Chancellory. Shell holes around the insignia. Damaged columns and steps. The Nazi eagle symbol above the steps. Damaged windows in a wall. A car passes a destroyed building. Rubble on the street. A damaged building with an intact gate. Traffic passes under the Brandenburg Gate. The damaged gate. People pass through underneath. The damaged Quadriga driven by Victoria. A sculpture nearby.
Bomb damaged Berlin after World War 2. The bomb damaged Victory Column. Destroyed structures nearby. The statue of Victoria atop the column. The British flag before the Column. Soldiers on the steps. Interior of a destroyed building. Wrecked German helmets on the ground. Wreckage and damage around. Bomb damage and wreckage on the Unter Den Linden leading to the Brandenburg gate. Traffic and pedestrians on the road. Damaged cars and vehicles. Rubble all around.
Bomb damaged Berlin after World War II. A bomb damaged hangar on an air field. German refugees wave as they move along on a street. Men carry their belongings. Damaged buildings and rubble on the streets. A damaged ridge with a board reading 'Frankfurt (Main) Hbf'. Steel skeletons of damaged buildings.
Bomb damaged Berlin after World War II. People cycle past damaged building on a street. Rubble around the building. Horse carts pass by. Vehicles parked on the other side of the street. Men work in a ditch. A damaged balcony. Destroyed buildings, rubble and steel skeletons.
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