Berlin Damage & Hitler’s Aftermath - 300104X | Footage Farm

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Chancellery & gas / jerry cans next to manhole covered w/ light grate; spot where Hitler's chauffeur claims he burned Hitler to death. Tilt up wire reinforcing bar of wrecked building (?). Tilted street car or bus propped up by posts.
01:38 LS past trees to building under rebuilding. Damage in Chancellery. Sign in German put up by Russians. Damaged Chancellery
02:45 Wrecked German aircraft at Halle Airport. Fighter planes among trees.
04:33 Slate: Leipzig R.R. Sta. Wrecked airplane.
04:48 Slate: Berlin June 2. Street scenes, pedestrians w/ damaged buildings behind w/ Communist hammer & sickle painted. Brandenburg Gate, people w/ rucksacks; bicycles; car pulling trailer. Man & woman pushing / pulling wagon w/ belongings. Others. Men carry ladders; one-legged man on crutches.
07:13 Jeep w/ GI & camera on tripod in back.
07:21 Slate: Lindsay - Kaufbeuren Asylum (Nazi hospital where many patients were killed post Aug40) Sign: Lunatic asylum in front of building; LS large building w/ people walking towards entrance. 4 well-dressed children sitting on grass; two women on bench against building, MS each blinking a lot. Corner of building w/ bars on most windows.
08:53 LS many British (?) soldiers marching 6 abreast past flagpoles & saluting flags, other soldiers watch from sidewalk, color guard; Scottish drum & bagpipe band in kilts. Other unid. units.
10:50 Viewing stand, flag poles & flags, troops watching parade. Units passing.
11:25 Officers walking, large damaged semi-circular building behind (airport?) w/ railroad tracks.
12:18 Allied flags on staffs in wind on building (France, USSR, USA, England), tilt down to USSR & English officers in doorway,others leaving, shaking hands, CU talking. Generals (?) posing.
14:00 Slate: Capt. Carter SFP 186 Take 1 (?) Roll C-131. Berlin 12Jul45. Russians w/ camera posing, talking.
14:25 MS Unid. officer (English?) talking (MOS).
14:50 Slate: same. Line of clean tanks w/ crew parked w/ badly damage building behind. Line of soldiers at parade rest w/ damaged Reichstag building behind. Soldiers at base of two flag poles; CU flags in breeze: England & USSR.
15:50 Soldiers at parade rest facing Brandenburg Gate. Low Angle / LA statue of ??, tilt down to see base & across street from Brandenburg Gate.