Description: I. US troops en route for Pacific war. Queen Elizabeth docks in New York (also carrying as prisoners Japanese Embassy staff from Berlin); troops embark in San Francisco.
II. A war-crime trial in Norway.
III. 'Kamera Rundschau' of Ulm: extensive damage, and repair work, especially in railway yard.
IV. US Army looks after babies found in the course of Okinawa fighting.
V. Arrival of food supplies for famine relief in Algeria.
Vl. Draining of the Pontine marshes in Italy.
VII. Repatriation begins of Fremdarbeiter and displaced persons from centres in Oslo, Munich and Innsbruck.
VIII. Work in a US salvage depot: Italian civilians and German POWs help overhaul and pack equipment (Radio, rifles etc) for use in the East.
IX. Launching and use of "world's largest" floating dry dock in the Pacific (repairs to a cruiser).
X. Conclusion of Potsdam conference (glowingly optimistic commentary). Arrival of Attlee and Bevin; Truman and Eisenhower decorate senior British officers; last session of conference; Truman (from USS Augusta) visits King George VI on board HMS Renown.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Attlee, Clement Richard (person)
Bevin, Ernest (person)
Eisenhower, Dwight David (person)
George VI, King (person)
Truman, Harry S (person)
United States Army (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Renown (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, United States military - movement: ship (object name)
ships, British auxiliary - transport: Queen Elizabeth (object name)
law and order, Norwegian - judicial process: war crimes trial (object name)
destruction, German military - area (object name)
reconstruction, German (object name)
society, United States military - friendship: baby care (object name)
society, international - charity: relief work, Algiers (object name)
engineering, civil, Italian: marsh draining (object name)
refugees, German - repatriation (object name)
operations, United States military - salvage: salvage depot (object name)
prisoners of war, German - labour (object name)
operations, Allied naval - (object name)
administration, Allied - occupation: Potsdam Conference (object name)
ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name)
ceremonies, United States - event-related: investiture (object name)
delegations, United States international - goodwill: Truman visits George VI (object name)
ships, British naval: Renown (object name)
Okinawa 1945, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War (event)
Potsdam Conference, 1945, International Diplomacy (event)
New York, New York, United States of America (geography)
San Francisco, California, United States of America (geography)
Norway (geography)
Germany & Ulm, Baden-Württemberg (geography)
Japan & Okinawa (geography)
Algiers, Algeria (geography)
Italy & (Pontine marshes) (geography)
Austria & Innsbruck, Tyrol (geography)
Germany & Munich, Bavaria (geography)
Norway & Oslo (geography)
Italy (geography)
Germany & Potsdam, Brandenburg (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: German
Title language: German
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 1957 ft; Running time: 22 mins
