Description: I. Berlin: meeting of Allied Control Commission. Arrival (inspection of Guard of Honour etc) of Zhukov, Eisenhower, Koenig and Montgomery; optimistic commentary.
II. Return of art treasures to the Louvre: wartime storage in château, empty galleries; the exhibits replaced.
III. Growing 'plants without soil' at a British research station.
IV. London: prefabs (prefabricated houses) and other building techniques as solution to the housing shortage.
V. War damage in the Ruhr ("the most shattered part of Germany") eg Dortmund: living conditions in the ruins, including film of a children's hospital.
VI. Rangoon: Japanese (General Numata) surrender to British (General Browning).
VII. (Reel 2) Long item on US forces' occupation of Japan. Halsey's 3rd Fleet (joined by Nimitz) approach Yokosuka; Marines go ashore in landing craft. USS San Diego docks; meanwhile 11th Airborne Division flies in from Okinawa to Atsugi airfield. MacArthur arrives by plane, and is met by General Eichelberger (C/O 8th Army). POWs welcome occupying troops.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Eisenhower, Dwight David (person)
Koenig, Pierre (person)
Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich (person)
Browning, Frederick Arthur Montague (person)
Numata, Takazo (person)
Eichelberger, Robert L (person)
MacArthur, Douglas (person)
British Army (regiment/service)
United States Army, 11th Airborne Division (regiment/service)
United States Marine Corps (regiment/service)
United States Navy & Fleet 3 (regiment/service)
United States Navy, USS SAN DIEGO, light cruiser (1941) (regiment/service)
Keywords: administration, Allied - occupation: Allied Control Commission, Berlin (object name)
ceremonies, German - display: guard of honour (object name)
arts, French - fine arts (object name)
buildings, French - historic: Louvre (object name)
reconstruction, French: reopening of Louvre (object name)
sciences, British - biology [establishment]: hydroponics (?) (object name)
buildings, British - residential: prefabricated house (object name)
buildings, German - institutional: children's hospital (object name)
destruction, German military - area: bomb (object name)
prisoners of war, Japanese - surrender (object name)
administration, United States - occupation: Japan (object name)
Japanese Surrender 1945, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War (event)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography)
Louvre, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
GB (geography)
London, England, UK (geography)
Germany & Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia (geography)
Germany & Ruhr area (geography)
Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Japan & Atsugi (geography)
Japan & Yokosuka (geography)
Deprivation (concept)
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: 1886 ft; Running time: 21 mins
