MP72-36, reel 1 - Film Log of Harry S. Truman’s Historical Trip to Berlin, July 1945 - Reel 1 of 2

This Paramount newsreel story shows footage concerning President Harry S. Truman's visit to Germany for the Potsdam Conference, July-August 1945. This is reel 1 of 2. The segments show:

– USS Augusta cruise, portion including tour of ship and eating with crew, left Norfolk, VA on July 7, 1945.
– General Dwight Eisenhower comes on board in Antwerp, Belgium, July 14, 1945.
– President Truman tours Antwerp to airport at Brussels.
– Arrival at Berlin – tour of Berlin.
– Review of 2nd Armored Division and citation for Company E of the 17th Armored Engineers.
– President Truman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at British House, July 18, 1945.
– President Truman and Generalissimo Joseph Stalin at Russian House for lunch.
– Raising US flag (Flag of Liberation) in Berlin – excerpts of President Truman's remarks, July 20, 1945.

This series of newsreels was produced by Paramount News. It is copyrighted material and may not be used without permission from the Sherman Grinberg Film Library: https://www.shermangrinberg.com. The Truman Library has posted this with permission. Please credit: Paramount News. Harry S. Truman Library.

This film is part of the Motion Picture series at the Truman Library. Please see this link for the National Archives Catalog record: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595162