This meticulously restored film footage contains sequences that are largely unknown. They show life in Berlin in 1945, a city that had been completely destroyed. We look closely into the faces of the people, witness how the streets are filling with life again, and see how people are defying the all-encompassing destruction. We see the Soviet occupiers and also the first Americans driving through the city in their army jeeps before the official arrival of the Americans. A group of men pull a tram and Russian soldiers celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany. Meanwhile, the surviving Berliners clear away the rubble.
Chapters:
▷ 00:00 – Berlin 1945
▷ 00:14 – Victory Column, Großer Stern
▷ 00:20 – Soviet propaganda monument & Greater German Reichstag
▷ 00:50 – Leipziger Square
▷ 01:15 – Fürstenhof Hotel & Columbia House, Potsdamer Square
▷ 01:50 – Kaiser Wilhelm National Monument, Schlossfreiheit
▷ 01:56 – Berlin Cathedral, Crown Prince’s Palace, State Opera, Unter den Linden
▷ 02:09 – Kaiser Franz Joseph Square, “Opera Square”
▷ 02:14 – Hotel Adlon, Unter den Linden
▷ 02:18 – Reich Chancellery, Wilhelmstrasse
▷ 03:07 – Church of Reconciliation, Bernauer Strasse
▷ 03:30 – Soviet soldiers dancing with female soldier
▷ 03:51 – Sport Palace, Potsdamer Strasse
▷ 03:57 – Anhalter Station
▷ 04:13 – Siemens AG, Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, West Harbor, AEG AG
▷ 05:28 – Potsdam Station
▷ 06:00 – Gendarmenmarkt, Playhouse (Theatre)
▷ 06:52 – French Cathedral
▷ 07:08 – Reich Aviation Ministry
Credit to : World War Footage