Coverage in Germany Special Film Project SFP 18635Can 9229

(This film is silent)

Summary: Aerials and ground Views of bomb damage in Berlin and Tiergarden; President Truman at Gatow Airfield and at Tempelhof Airport.
Shot List:

1) MCS on Berlin woman picking up firewood-wrecked cannon and bomb damage in bg.
2) LS bomb damage around Tiergarden.
3) MLS as woman picks up sticks for firewood--bomb damage in bg.
4) MS bomb damage and park statuary.
5) MLS bomb damage in Tiergarden.
6) Another shot of Tiergarden--bomb damage in bg .
7) CS bomb crater and debris--panning up to bombed out bldg .
8) MS bomb damage--civilians on bicycles.
9) MS bomb damage in Tiergarden.
10) MS bomb damage.
11) Same--civilian traffic in fg .
12) MS of bomb damage.
13) LS of bomb damage and wrecked vehicles in fg.
14) Another cut of bomb damage.
15) LS bomb damage--burnt out car in fg.
16) MS bomb damage and sign "You Are Now Leaving British Sector."
17) Another angle of same.
18) MS as five star car passes camera--parked-cars in bg .
19) CS on five star car.
20) MCS as Secretary Byrnes shakes hands with civilians and generals.
21) MS as officer directs C-54 to parking place at Gatow.
22) MS as President Truman disembarks from C-54.
23) CS on President Truman as he talks to Russian officers.
24) CS on President and Russian officers.
25) Med pan shot as President walks in crowd.
26) MS President's car.
27) LS of activity of Gatow Airfield--MPs, etc.
28) Pan shot as President drives away from airfield.
29) MLS as procession of the President drives around Gatow Airfield.
30) MS as officers stand at attention.
31) LS Infantry troops as they stand in review for President Truman.
32) MS as President Truman reviews troops.
33) MS as band plays--C-54 taxis in bg--pan to troops standing at attention as Star Spangled Banner is played.
34) MS as procession of President drives out field.
35) CS of flags of countries flown across on fuselage of President's C-54.
36) MLS activity around Gatow Airfield.
37) Aerial LS over Potsdamer Railroad Station and city of Berlin--bomb damaged.
38) Aerial LS of Potsdamer Railroad system in Berlin.
39) Aerial LS bomb damage in Berlin.
40) Aerial LS Reichstag in Berlin.
41) Same.
42) Aerial LS industrial area in Berlin.
43) Aerial LS large Siemens factory in Berlin.
44) Aerial MLS factory in Berlin.
45) Aerial MLS Anhalter Railroad Station in heart of Berlin and bomb damage.
46) Aerial long circling shot of Unter den Linden and Brandenburg Arch--passing over portion of the city.
47) Aerial of marshaling yards in Berlin.
48) Aerial circling shot of Reichstag bldg.
49) Aerial shot of bomb damage in city of Berlin including Reichstag and Tiergarden.
50) Aerial high shot of city of Berlin--including Potsdamer Railroad Station--Brandenburg Arch and other railroad stations in Berlin.
51) Aerial high shot of Anhalter Railroad Station and other marshaling yards in vicinity.
52) Aerial low shot of city of Berlin showing flak tower near zoo.
53) Aerial LS Berlin showing War Ministry Bldg.and adjacent bomb damage.
54) Aerial low shot Templehof Airdrome and bldgs.

National Archives Series Identifier: 5768
Local Identifier: 18 SFP 9229
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5768

Series: Motion Picture Films from the "Special Film Project" Program Series, ca. 1945 - ca. 1945
Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces

This item av documents the time period: July 1945

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