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WWII - Conferences, Potsdam, 25Jul-??Aug45

Reel Number: 220645-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Potsdam Plymouth Berlin

TC Begins: 07:09:17

TC Ends: 07:24:54

Duration: 00:15:37

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Conferences, Potsdam, 25Jul-??Aug45 Exterior shots Cecilienhof Palace, Potsdam - former summer palace of Crown Prince Wilhelm & scene of the Berlin conference. Press outside. Flower bed in shape of Red star. Russians in evening suits standing on doorstep. 07:11:04 25Jul45 Big three at Potsdam, last meeting attended by Winston Churchill. Truman Stalin and Churchill walking to seats for photocall / photographers. Three seated. Mass of press cameras. 07:12:08 26Jul45 - en route to Frankfurt, aerial views over countryside and towns. American guard of honor at Frankfurt airport - Presidents plane taxiing. Truman down steps. President inspects the 508th Parachute, the Third Armored and 84th Infantry divisions. (very soft) 07:14:46 Exterior of I.G. Farben building, now used by General Eisenhower as his headquarters. Pan bomb damaged buildings in Frankfurt. President Harry S. Truman awards DSMs to four foreign officers. 07:15:47 Flying over Tempelhof airdrome at Berlin (very soft). AVs bomb damaged buildings. 07:16:48 01Aug45 Potsdam, cameramen, "Big Three" pose w/ their principal advisors, seated left to right: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; President Truman; Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Standing behind (left to right): Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, Truman's Chief of Staff; British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin; U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. People milling around. 07:18:25 02Aug45 Harrowbeer airport, near Plymouth, England. Truman off plane, poses w/ British service girls. Very jumpy tracking shots through town. Plymouth harbor. 07:20:17 Truman & Secretary Byrnes w/ Admiral Leahy leave USS Augusta for HMS Renown to lunch w/ King George VI. HMS Renown at anchor. Signaling from bridge. Launch carrying President returns to Augusta. 07:22:16 King George visits Augusta. Royal launch w/ King on board, inspects crew. Flags, British White Ensign flown to show that the King is on board & the Presidents’ flag fly together, believed to be for first time. King leaves - top shots of departure. WW2; British Royalty; Diplomacy; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Soft image in parts. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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