POTSDAM "BIG-THREE" CONFERENCE Part 1

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CU PRESIDENT TRUMAN. CU GEN EISENHOWER & PRESIDENT TRUMAN shaking hands.CU TRUMAN walking up steps to get into plane for flight to Berlin.MS TRUMAN riding through streets of Berlin.MS Passing large posters; one each of TRUMAN, CHURCHILL, & STALIN.MS Band playing as U.N. flag is being raised in Potsdam (same flag raised over Rome).CU TRUMAN making speech to Potsdam Military Personnel; Potsdam, BG.CU TRUMAN & PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL shaking hands.MCU MARSHAL STALIN & CHURCHILL shaking hands.MCU STALIN, TRUMAN & CHURCHILL together at Potsdam (SV).LS Various cruisers escorting the USS AUGUSTA (CA-31).MCU TRUMAN shaking hands with various officers aboard the AUGUSTA.MCU The President & the CO of the AUGUSTA walking toward quarter-deck.MCU TRUMAN Waving at escorting ships.CU TRUMAN going down ladder to quarter-deck.MCU TRUMAN going through chow line in mess hall of the AUGUSTA.MCU TRUMAN sitting at table with two sailors in mess hall.CU TRUMAN looking over chart (abd the AUGUSTA) with SECRETARY OF STATE, JAMES BYRNES.CU Emperor"s palace in Potsdam.MCU "Big Three"; TRUMAN in middle; STALIN on left; & CHURCHILL on right.MCU All movie photographers in a row.MCU Three-way handshake with TRUMAN, STALIN, & CHURCHILL.MCU TRUMAN shaking hands with STALIN & PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE (newly elected) before leaving "Big-Three" meeting at Potsdam.QUALITY: GOOD

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities