Description
Allies Sign Control Law For Germany.
The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority for the conduct of affairs in civil Germany is brought into being by the military signatories for the Four Powers who will administer the quadruple occupation of Germany. The Four Powers were the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union (Russia). The members of the Four Powers arrive at Marshal Georgy Zhukov’s headquarters in Berlin. General Eisenhower signs for the United States, Field Marshal Montgomery for the British, Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviets and General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny for France.
GI’s Tour Hitler’s Hideout.
American G. I.’s vacation at Berchesgaden, Hitler’s mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps. CU of Hitler’s butler, Arthur Kannberg and his family. Sign reads “Under New Management, Playland For Der GI’s”. LS of Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest,” on the mountain top. Tour of Hitler’s underground home, with its tunnel entrances, music room with 78 rpm records, a cage room or jail, bedrooms, and stolen works of art. Silhouette of American soldier with rifle seated on patio wall at the “Eagle’s Nest” with the Bavarian Alps in BG.
Personalities In The News.
President Truman welcomes General George S. Patton to the White House. Harry Hopkins reports to the President on his return from Moscow as does Joseph E. Davies on his return from London. Both emissaries were laying the ground work for the next meeting of the leaders of the Big Three.
Airport Fog No Longer A Menace.
Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation or FIDO is Britain’s successful answer to the age old problem of dispersing banks of fog. Flaming pipe lines melt fog away at airports. Landing planes appear ghost-like through the shimmering heat waves set up by the operation.
Norway Hails Freedom.
Norwegian school children celebrate Independence with added fervor this year because of the expulsion of the Nazis and because of the feast of Danish sausages and buns confiscated from German supplies. Norwegians march and celebrate after 5-years of Germany Nazi occupation.
Yanks Rest In Venice.
Vacationing G. I.’s enjoy the sights of the canal city, Venice, Italy as Tony, the troubadour gondolier, provides the hot licks in the music department. Aerial view of Venice Italy in 1945. Shows amphibious DUKW loaded with U.S. soldiers taking a sight seeing tour of Venice Italy. Two American GIs with two Italian beauties in a Gondola.
Stay Home, Gov’t Pleads.
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation admonishes Americans to spend their vacations at home this year so that returning soldiers from Europe may be moved from the Atlantic seaboard to the west coast for shipment to the Pacific war zone. Shows thousand of soldiers arriving on the east coast of America after the surrender of Germany.
Runtime: 00:07:29
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File: high definition 1920×1080/24p ProRes422.
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