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Motion Picture MP76-35

President Truman’s Trip to the Berlin Conference

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
738 feet
612 feet
Running Time
20 minutes 30 seconds
17 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
United States Navy
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

President Truman's trip to the Potsdam Conference in Germany, including footage of the voyage to and from the conference on the USS Augusta.

Date(s)
July 6, 1945 - August 7, 1945

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:30   Truman greets officers and tours ship U.S.S. Augusta.
1:45   Truman and James Byrnes walk on deck, also shows others on deck.
3:30   Scenes on the ship.
4:30   English channel and escort ships.
8:00   Along Belgium coast.
9:00   Antwerp.
10:00   Airport at Antwerp.
10:30   Flying over Berlin.
11:15   Arrive at Gatow Airport.
11:45   Jeeping along Autobahn.
12:30   Scenes in Berlin.
16:30   Truman reviews 2nd Armored Division.
17:15   More Autobahn scenes.
17:45   Babelsberg – where U.S. delegation stayed.
18:15   #2 Kaiserstrassen – “Little White House.”
19:20   Truman and Churchill leaving #2.
19:45   Official raising of US flag in Berlin.
  • Reel 2
0:00   Cecilienhof Palace scenes.
1:10   Big 3 at Palace (Churchill, Truman, and Stalin).
1:45   Truman flying to Frankfurt.
2:20   Frankfurt Airport – Truman arrives.
2:45   Truman reviews troops at Frankfurt .
3:30   IG Farben Building (SHAPE headquarters).
4:00   Truman presents Distinguished Service Medals to Allied officers.
4:20   Flying over Germany again.
5:00   New Big Three pose in garden.
6:00   Landing in England (Plymouth Airport).
6:50   Plymouth harbor.
7:15   Lunch with King George VI, Byrnes and Admiral Leahy on the HMS Renown.
8:00   Returns to the U. S. S. Augusta.
8:45   Visit of King George VI to the U. S. S. Augusta.
10:20   Homeward bound – including launching and recovery of observation planes.
13:30   “Seaman Second” Truman on deck.
14:00   Firing the 5” guns.
15:00   Truman attends a ship “smoker” (boxing match).
15:45   Truman and his staff pose.
16:15   Arrival at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
16:35   Arrival at Newport News.