Meeting of the leaders of the three powers in Potsdam (1945)

U.S. President Truman returns greetings from aboard an American warship. U.S. Ambassador Sawyer, General Eisenhower, and Admiral Stark, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, ascend the gangplank.

Truman greets Sawyer, Eisenhower, and Stark aboard the ship in July 1945. Eisenhower converses with Truman.

Sawyer and Stark aboard the ship.

Truman, Ambassador Sawyer, and their entourage descend the steps after arriving in Europe to participate in the Potsdam Conference.

A U.S. Army honor guard formed to greet President Truman.

Truman and members of the American delegation walk across the airfield to the plane.

Truman ascends the steps of the plane.

The plane begins taxiing on the runway.

The plane of the American delegation at the airfield in Berlin after landing.

Members of the American delegation are greeted at the plane.

Truman descends the steps of the plane.

The American delegation is greeted at the airfield.

The American delegation's motorcade drives along the edge of the airfield (top).

Truman's motorcade moves through the streets of Berlin, past shattered and destroyed buildings.

Truman's car approaches the British residence.

Truman and Churchill are on the threshold of the residence.

The faces of Stalin, I.V., and Truman, G., before a joint photo session.

Reporters at the round table in the conference hall.

Stalin greets Churchill and members of the British delegation - Eden, A., and Attlee, K. Stalin, Truman, and Churchill before the first session of the conference.

Members of the delegations before the session.

Conference participants take their seats at the round table.

Truman inspects a US Army unit during his stay in Germany in July 1945; American tank crews line up in front of their combat vehicles.

Truman and his accompanying military personnel during a visit to a US military police unit.

Truman delivers a speech while standing in front of a microphone.

The American flag-raising ceremony.

Soldiers salute the flag, including Eisenhower, Truman, and Ambassador Sawyer.

American soldiers stand in formation during the flag-raising ceremony.

Stalin I.V., Churchill W., and Truman H. come out onto the lawn in front of the palace and sit in chairs, cameramen are filming.

View of the lawn (from above), the leaders of the three powers pose for the cameramen while sitting in chairs.

The faces of Truman, Churchill, and Stalin sitting in chairs.

The cameramen are taking a diagram.

Churchill, Stalin, and Truman, standing at the entrance to the palace, join hands crosswise.

The new Prime Minister of Great Britain, Clement Attlee, descends the steps of an airplane.

Attlee's arrival at the British residence.

Attlee inspects the guard of honor.

Attlee at the entrance to the residence.

Participants of the Potsdam Conference at the round table during a meeting on July 28, 1945. Stalin stands at the table.

Attlee greets Truman.

Attlee and Truman approach Stalin to greet him.

Attlee, Truman and Stalin pose for photographers before the start of the meeting.

Stalin I.V. approaches the table before the start of the next session of the Potsdam Conference.

Stalin among the members of the Soviet delegation, throws documents on the table, Vyshinsky A.Ya. among the members of the delegation.

Attlee, Truman and Stalin before the start of the conference session on August 2, 1945, Molotov V.M. stands behind.

The leaders of the three powers are in the middle of the round table.

Stalin sits down at the table in a chair pulled out by Vyshinsky, Molotov sits next to him.

US Secretary of State J. Byrnes and Admiral Stark are among the members of the American delegation during the session.

Vyshinsky, Molotov, Stalin and members of the Soviet delegation at the table during the session.

Molotov and Stalin during the session, Attlee looks through the documents.

Participants of the conference - Molotov V.M., Stalin I.V., Kuznetsov N.G., Gromyko A.A., Byrnes, Admiral Leahy W. during the final session of the conference (panorama).

View of the conference hall.

Truman, Stalin, and Attlee come out onto the lawn and sit in chairs for filming and photography.

Cameramen and photojournalists are filming.

Admiral William Leahy, Ambassador Andrew Bevin, US Secretary of State John Byrnes, Vladimir Molotov, Kenneth Attlee, Henry Truman, and Igor Stalin are on the lawn in front of the palace during photography and filming.

The faces of Stalin, Truman, and Attlee, seated in chairs (panorama).

The flags of the three powers are fluttering.