Motion Picture MP72-36
Administrative Information
Newsreel coverage of President Truman's voyage to and from Europe on the USS Augusta, as well as footage of the Potsdam Conference. This film includes most of Mr. Truman's announcement of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:30 | U.S.S. Augusta cruise, portion including tour of ship and eating with crew. | |
| 2:00 | General Eisenhower comes on board in Antwerp, Belgium. | |
| 2:30 | President Harry S. Truman tours Antwerp to airport at Brussels. | |
| 3:15 | Arrival at Berlin – tour of Berlin. | |
| 4:00 | Review of 2nd Armored Division. | |
| 5:00 | Truman and Winston Churchill at British House. | |
| 6:00 | Truman and Joseph Stalin at Russian House for lunch. | |
| 6:35 | Raising U.S.flag (Flag of Liberation) in Berlin – Truman talks. | |
| 8:45 | End of reel 1. |
- Reel 2
| 0:00 | Churchill visits Berlin and British Army review. | |
| 0:30 | Truman and General Floyd Parks with first U.S. Flag (Flag of Liberation) to fly over Berlin. | |
| 1:00 | Truman receives bound Stars and Stripes. | |
| 1:15 | Meeting to establish agenda. | |
| 1:30 | Garden Meeting of Big 3 (Churchill, Truman, Stalin). | |
| 1:55 | Meeting in conference room. | |
| 2:30 | Big 3 again (Churchill, Truman, Stalin). | |
| 3:00 | Truman at Chapel Service. | |
| 3:30 | Truman in Frankfurt – Eisenhower included in reviewing troops. | |
| 4:45 | Medals to 4 British officers at Frankfurt – review. | |
| 5:45 | Clement Attlee is new British delegate. | |
| 6:00 | Meeting in Conference room. | |
| 6:30 | New Big 3 in garden (Atlee, Truman, Stalin). | |
| 7:20 | Military leaders meeting in conference (Truman and King George) after conference ends. | |
| 8:30 | Augusta homeward bound | |
| 9:20 | Truman announced dropping of atomic bomb from Augusta, August 6, 1945, entire speech. |