Potsdam 1945 (in color and HD)

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Potsdam 1945 (in color and HD)

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Impressions filmed on the road from Berlin to Potsdam, just after the end of World War Two from Potsdam, close to Berlin (south-west). These images must have been shot in or after July 13th in 1945.
At 2:20 we see Lt. Col. George Stevens, head of the signal corps of the US Army, showing a card - maybe an invitation card - to the Berlin Conference of the Allied Powers that took place in July 1945.
Around Potsdam and in the city, the camera filmed many German refugees, families, pulling their last belongings. At the end (4:45) we get a short glimpse at the Orangery Palace at Sanssouci.
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Footage in original color and HD before restoring for the documentary “Spirit of Liberation" (Kronos Media, 2016)
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@lewisner 4 жыл бұрын

It's surreal seeing film from 75 years ago in colour. The quality is so good it looks like yesterday.

@stadtfuchs7142 5 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank Für mich als Gebürtiger Potsdamer, ist es sehr interessant meine kleine Stadt im Jahr 1945 zu sehen und mit heute zu vergleichen. :)

@moritzmuecke 4 жыл бұрын

Für mich auch!

@anthonywalsh7613 6 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this a lot. I served in West Berlin in 80s/90s. If I can share a tale. I knew an old man in UK who was part of Liberation force in Berlin. We shared many stories. But the 1 sticks in my mind. He befriended a lady who lived in or around Unter den linden. He used 2 visit her & take her family food & other things. He fell 4 her & she him. He arranged 2 meet her one nite but at last min his unit was moved westward. He didn't see her again. Decades on he still spoke of her. Her name was Rosa

@hartmutwrith3134 5 жыл бұрын

Liberation? Defeating force to be honest. The later outcome was very good. No argue about that. But we had been enemy country and you are not liberating your enemies. No offence. Just to be cristal clear. ;-)

@VirusPF 4 жыл бұрын

That's a sad story :(

@testoprotein4336 4 жыл бұрын

War is freedom and censorship is liberty. That's todays world

@speedingSloth 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, i grew up in Potsdam. I’m impressed that it looks so familiar to me.

@CaL-76 5 жыл бұрын

BilliWillyder3te how was it growing up there? I’m currently talking to someone I really like who lives there and I’m just curious how the city is. :)

@unterdeneichen1913 2 жыл бұрын

@@CaL-76 Die Leute sind zugezogen, gern ausgesucht, dumm und hörig. Die Villen gehören zumeist Westdeutschen. Aufwachsen war so und so, wie überall.;) LG aus Pdm The people are immigrants, well-selected, stupid and obedient. The villas mostly belong to West Germans. Growing up was like this and like that, like everywhere;) Greetings from Pdm

@unterdeneichen1913 2 жыл бұрын

Ich auch. Ich bin noch da.;)

@pedrolistacarey4880 6 жыл бұрын

Germany and its people are a unique country...By 1938 they were Europe's capital by far...by 1945 they were in ruins as never before...yet 10 years later they were back on their two feet again growing stronger and stronger...By 1990, when the reunification, they became again Europe's n1º country, and without firing a single shot they have the final word in Europe ! Only them can achieve such a deed !

@z2u 6 жыл бұрын

hey sugar -- there is only one reason all of germany did not go to the USSR-- its the same reason japan had fast recovery and became the second riches country on the planet--- also maybe you didn't know the people in east germany were germans too --- you probably think it was germany that brought down wall and ended communism. It took 40 years and trillions of dollars at no cost to germany and was left a free country for 40 years--- couldnt be happier about germanys success but show some fucking gratitude-- russia could come in today and you couldn't do shit except for the same reason

@AtrolinK 6 жыл бұрын

Rick Stuifzand how can one go to war against a continent, sorry? "I declare war to Oceania!" Hahaha same thing. Please. Think less about war, and study more, we need the most powerful country in the world to be less ignorant, probably if you'd know more, you'd bomb less. ;)

@clawcross 3 жыл бұрын

Not when poland still occupies its resource areas

@chillwinston8961 3 жыл бұрын

@@z2u did you just call him sugar?

@nickbell4984 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that even when it was split in two, that West Germany had Europes largest economy and East Germany had eastern Europes largest economy (Other than USSR) shows how hard working they are as a nation.

@jimiredhouse2169 6 жыл бұрын

Watching this Film brought a tear to my eye.

@ElSmusso 7 жыл бұрын

Ich habe in Deutschland niemals gewesen, so warum habe ich die sprache gelernt? Um goethe zu lesen, im original sprache. Und jetzt kann ich auch Filme ansehen. Donnerwetter!

@friton8i752 7 жыл бұрын

ElSmusso aus welchen Land kommst du

@nockuno 7 жыл бұрын

Respekt. Ich wünsche dir noch einen schönen Tag.

@ElSmusso 7 жыл бұрын

Friton Norwegen, Kristiansund, near Trondheim (my second home) 🇳🇴

@ElSmusso 7 жыл бұрын

nockuno Respect zurück. Gute Vibrationen von Norwegen :)

@MintCops 7 жыл бұрын

Dein Deutsch ist fast gut

@echomanechoman78 3 жыл бұрын

Even while homeless because of a world war they still dressed nice.

@ThePerfectRed 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this truly HD version! Why is old footage played in accelerated Speed? There is no need, modern software can easily render a realistic speed.

@mytube001 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, annoying, but in this case, setting playback speed to 0.75 works really well.

@mytube001 6 жыл бұрын

I think this was filmed at around 18 FPS, which makes 0.72 the optimal frame rate. 0.75 is close, but slightly too fast still.

@mytube001 6 жыл бұрын

At least one sequence, the one with a group of soldiers walking past close to the camera, was shot at (probably) 24 FPS.

@Aberelimar 6 жыл бұрын

... makes it feel more realistic

@MetalguardianDe 7 жыл бұрын

It is not Schloss Sans Souci at 4:45. It is the Orangery Palace (Orangerieschloss). www.spsg.de/en/palaces-gardens/object/orangerieschloss/

@permaculturedandfree2448 6 жыл бұрын

Great up load..camera noise is not real?..I dont need to hear that to see

@Azzeyman25 6 жыл бұрын

This part of Germany was ruled by the Red Army from 1945-1990. No liberation for them.

@opoxious1592 6 жыл бұрын

Liberation?, you mean occupation.

@Mostrichkugel 6 жыл бұрын

Totaler Schwachsinn, dann wandere doch aus, Blödmann.

@Mostrichkugel 6 жыл бұрын

Depp, trink weiter dein Bier.

@Mostrichkugel 6 жыл бұрын

Wen, was, wann, wo, wie, warum haben sie verraten?

@Mostrichkugel 6 жыл бұрын

Schade, dass sie dich noch nicht entdeckt haben.

@momotheelder7124 5 жыл бұрын

this crisp colour film really brings history to life, wow. the black and white allows you to disconnect somehow, but this is a reminder that these were people as real as us

@адольфовіч 4 жыл бұрын

But these Germans were not lucky in Potsdam, they fell under the Bolshevik occupation and will suffer for a long time .. They know all the "charms" of communism ..

@user-dj4ju8po4w 5 жыл бұрын

Where, the Barbaric bombing of Dresden! By February 1945, the city was overflowing with wounded and refugees fleeing the advancing red Army. Together with them in Dresden there were, according to estimates, up to a million, and according to some data, up to 1.3 million people.(с)

@clofix_ 3 жыл бұрын

Komme aus Potsdam Interessant das mal so zu sehen

@christophemacker5338 7 жыл бұрын

Liberation ?!?

@olympicat5355 7 жыл бұрын

sicher war die diktatur des terrors, wo am ende alles verheizt wurde, was laufen konnte, besser.

@testoprotein4336 4 жыл бұрын

Retard array s

@user-dj4ju8po4w 5 жыл бұрын

On the night of February 14, 1945, British bombers dropped about a thousand bombs on Dresden, in the morning the RAID was repeated by American planes. В ночь на 14 февраля 1945 года английские бомбардировщики сбросили на Дрезден, около тысячи бомб, утром налет повторили американские самолеты.

@stansirlmkhope2312 Жыл бұрын

War crime

@ttnyny 3 жыл бұрын

You would think that, with modern digital technology, the horrible clickety-clackety sound could be removed and the film could be suitably silent.

@FLVCTVAT_NEC_MERGITVR 2 жыл бұрын

Mute the video then.

@CD318 6 жыл бұрын

Wow--Great color!!

@dinokonik 6 жыл бұрын

How the camerman get everything in focus? So sharp

@sairababar1588 6 жыл бұрын

Germens are very good people.

@anonUK 6 жыл бұрын

Saira Babar People are pretty similar everywhere. They can be persuaded for good or evil. From 1866-1945, the Germans fell under a series of leaders who believed in various types of military or even racial ideas of "prestige" being the key to survival. The inevitable results of this are clearly shown in this video. However, 30 years earlier, the British and other European nations had had far too similar ideas and quite a few of the same tactics. What the Belgians did in the Congo or what we did in Australia was akin to what the Nazis did in plain sight in Europe. It's just we didn't attack Moscow, decimate white-skinned ethnic groups or take copious records and film of what we did to the "natives" where we went- so nobody gave a toss. The Americans OTOH didn't even leave the USA to start acting like Nazis towards their black population.

@Aberelimar 6 жыл бұрын

Germs are really cool creatures. I am a German who lived in and does love the US. Still. As I think you can always find something lovable if you can overcome the sensationalism in your mind. Just relax...

@Kardasi 6 жыл бұрын

Merkel good,Alemannia good,Benefits are good!Hahahahahah

@hannecatton2179 6 жыл бұрын

Germans are better !

@sonnemondundsterne2598 6 жыл бұрын

Und was sind wir Heute? Traurige Gestalten dank unserer Politik!

@acastrohowell 6 жыл бұрын

Is Potsdam in east Berlin?

@derandi2037 6 жыл бұрын

No. It is a City near Berlin. A pretty nice City btw.

@Kardasi 6 жыл бұрын

It was belonging to former East Germany aka DDR.

@nurulhudaredhuan8351 5 жыл бұрын

German people are soo strong..

@eifel70 6 жыл бұрын

The Spirit Of Destruction.

@OUigot 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think this is 1945? Maybe 1946-47. The city has been cleaned up pretty good for having been bombed into rubble. Also, why is an American Captain holding a pass with a Lt. Colonel's name on it? It was dated 1945, maybe that's why this video is titled 1945?....Just some observations.

@georgeunknown2833 6 жыл бұрын

3:58 - I've seen you!

@maikusch 7 жыл бұрын

abgesehen vom Alten Markt siehts doch garnicht so zerstört aus

@jigglediggle29 6 жыл бұрын

Korrekt. Nach dem Krieg wurde mehr historische Bausubstanz von schwachsinnigen Neudeutschen-Modernisten und stumpfinnigen Politikern zerstört, als vorher durch Bomben. West-Berlin z.B., ein maßgeblicher Verbecher war der Gauner und Bausenator Rolf Schwedler.

@MrBrazilianSummer 6 жыл бұрын

Oi Bom

@dx5018 6 жыл бұрын

Die Alliierten haben Potsdam verschont, weil sie dort ihr Headquarter geplant haben

@user-xm2qh3wg2u 2 жыл бұрын

พื้นที่ไว้สร้างต่อ

@user-dj4ju8po4w 5 жыл бұрын

В ночь на 14 февраля 1945 года английские бомбардировщики сбросили на Дрезден, около тысячи бомб, утром налет повторили американские самолеты. On the night of February 14, 1945, British bombers dropped about a thousand bombs on Dresden, in the morning the RAID was repeated by American planes.

@ronniebishop2496 5 жыл бұрын

Why so many.?

@user-dj4ju8po4w Жыл бұрын

@@ronniebishop2496 смерть англо-сакским оккупантам. death to the Anglo-Saxon invaders. I can repeat

@angelabender8132 6 жыл бұрын

Moving to see the German people They looked so attractive

@WienerStern 7 жыл бұрын

Und Wien gibt es vielleicht auch?

@alexkeuschl 7 жыл бұрын

Wiener Stern

@RawData 7 жыл бұрын

First woman have no shoes.

@linusfotograf 7 жыл бұрын

No shit

@vangestelwijnen 6 жыл бұрын

No bra too

@hdanielnoble3671 4 жыл бұрын

Too bad.

@beerborn 6 жыл бұрын

What's this !? The captain is the chauffeur for the staff sergeant on the jeep? The staff sergeant must be relative of a high ranking general. 2:19

@alexanderrhode 10 ай бұрын

Ich ziehe den Hut vor allen Menschen, die das alles wieder aufgebaut haben.

@graemesydney38 5 жыл бұрын

0:23 refugee in high heels!!!

@gerthezsgerthezs213 Жыл бұрын

🎥🙌😷

@lapplandsjagare 6 жыл бұрын

Hi from Sweden

@vladimirlustblood9694 6 жыл бұрын

Mr John hi from yorkshire in England

@ronniebishop2496 5 жыл бұрын

Any idea how much money was destroyed in ww2 ? All those buildings all over the world in the Pacific Africa Russia almost all of Europe.

@user-xm2qh3wg2u 2 жыл бұрын

พื้นฐานการเกษตรเขา

@joeguzman3558 4 жыл бұрын

No fat people anywhere ,no fast food restaurant

@MSAINT-bn4vj 4 жыл бұрын

After 6 years of war rationing plus1 of semi starvation... Please use your brains.

@The_Deaf_Aussie 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone know the story behind that Tank Statue? 0:42

@KossRentyuk Жыл бұрын

I believe USSR erected it. They were all over Soviet cities.

@sherpaderpa1 5 жыл бұрын

heart breaking

@kallelarsson2429 6 жыл бұрын

War the madmen’s playground.

@briangibson9800 3 жыл бұрын

The united

@comrade7947 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You Russia !

@kirkfeather1 2 жыл бұрын

Despite the seriousness of these people's situation(s) at the end of the war it always amazes and even amuses me that so many of these mittle-klass, good Zzermans who are pushing around wooden carts piled with belongings, or shouldering heavy loads in packs, are yet still well dressed -- many of the men in jackets and ties and the women in nice dresses and hard shoes! The concern for bourgeois respectability may well be one of the last things to die in the aftermath of a war.

@acid823 7 жыл бұрын

0:48. t 34 soviet tank , the first to enter berlin. 22 april love these footages

@jigglediggle29 6 жыл бұрын

The crap was removed years ago. The pedestal is still there, but plates and tank are gone, they wanted to torn it down but a few artists bought it and placed a pink car on it.

@vangestelwijnen 6 жыл бұрын

JS-2. No T-34.