GERMANY, "HANDLE WITH CARE" Part 1

Description

Summary: AV, troop transport on high sea. VS, US soldiers aboard ship reading, writing letters, relaxing,and playing cards. MS, three soldiers discuss the amount of money spent on Germany and its black market. LS, wrecked ships in harbor. VA, German civilians walking along streets. German women cutting trees for fuel. LS, bread lines. VS, store windows and fashion show attended by blackmarket dealers and ex-Nazi party members. Seq: Woman purchases an expensive hat. VS, beautiful homes still maintained by former Nazi party members. Seq: Blackmarketeer selling soap and coffee to housewife. German civilians at race track. VS, US soldiers fraternizing with German girls at carnivals, dance halls, and night clubs. Ints, Joint-Allied Control Conference in session. MSs, US Gen Joseph T McNarney, Russian Gen Georgi K Zhukov, and French Gen Alphonse Juin. Secretary James F Byrnes addresses German civilians at Stuttgart. Seated on speaker's stand are Ambassador Robert Murphy, Senators Vandenberg, Connelly and Gen Joseph T McNarney. Animated map showing the four different zones with an iron fence around the Soviet zone. Russian troops marching through Berlin. Russian women directing traffic. Russian officers entering and leaving HQ in Berlin. VS, German men and women working on farms. Russian soldiers and German civilians removing heavy machinery for shipment to Russia. Int, Dresden China Works where civilians mold and paint china. FRENCH ZONE. LS, German countryside: Potsdam streets. Int, French Gen Juin and staff at conference. German prisoners marching out of courtyard and standing alongside their cells as French officers inspect area.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities