Truman and Berlin Conference

Identifier
irn1000932
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.253.1
  • RG-60.0568
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • US Armed Forces (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

President Truman on board the Navy ship Augusta enroute to Berlin Conference. Casual shots of Truman waving to a crowd in Antwerp. Truman on parade in Europe. Truman getting on plane, various shots of plane taking off and landing. Meeting of Truman and military leaders to discuss the primary goal of winning the war in Japan. Parades and processions of British Army and Navy. Discussion of Cairo Declaration. AVs of war ravaged Berlin. [Nazi footage-Hitler addressing crowds at 1930's Nazi rallies]. Truman raises the flag of victory over Europe. Various shots of American soldiers and civilians listening on radio to Truman. UN: Churchill, Stalin, etc. seated on veranda of Teheran mansion. CU of Truman, Stalin on balcony. Potsdam, EXT of "castle." German civilians reading about killing centers, posters in square. VS, Allied soldiers with voice-over narration of how the countries joined together to win the war in Europe.

Subjects

  • MOTORCADES
  • CHURCHILL, WINSTON
  • CROWDS
  • CIVILIANS
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
  • FLAGS (BRITISH)
  • GERMANS
  • MARCHING
  • AIRPLANES
  • FLAGS (AMERICAN)
  • GERMANY
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • STALIN, JOSEPH
  • CONFERENCE (POTSDAM)
  • AUTOMOBILES
  • UNITED NATIONS
  • BROADCASTING
  • TRUMAN, HARRY S.

Places

  • Potsdam, Germany
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Teheran, Iran
  • , Belgium

Genre

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