Overview
- Description
- Reel 2 shows the ruins of Berlin, German POWs, wreckage of the I.G. Farben plant, and close-ups of Pres. Truman, V. Molotov, Stalin, and Churchill. Narrator refers to "race hatred" and "intolerance." Question marks on screen. "How can we be sure Germany won't try it again?" Footage of German civilians burning Nazi books and papers, with a brief shot of Hitler's image. Germans look at posters showing corpses from a concentration camp. The narrator says, "It is not our intention to enslave the German people, but to reeducate them toward a democratic way of life." newspaper headlines of the Russian declaration of war on Japan, the first A-bomb explosion, and the Japanese surrender.
01:22 Cartoon: Private Snafu "No Buddy Atoll" The Private SNAFU series of adult cartoon shorts (1943-1945) was made to instruct American service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Private SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up), produced by the US Army Signal Corps, was originally created by Theodore Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman.Army Navy Screen Magazine. - Film Title
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Berlin Conference 1945
- Duration
- 00:10:16
- Date
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Event:
1945 July
Production: 1945
- Locale
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Berlin,
Germany
Potsdam, Germany
Japan
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
US Armed Forces
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:17:30:00 to 01:27:46:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2570 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2570 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2570 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2570 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2570 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2570 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2570 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2570 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in 2002.The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's special exhibition in 2003 on Nazi bookburning, "Fighting the Fires of Hate."
- Copied From
- 35mm DNC
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3652
Source Archive Number: 111 SM 64 R2 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:46
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