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Crowds in East Berlin protest against the East German Communist government

Unrest in Berlin, East Germany. A large crowd gathers to demonstrate against East German government. A banner carried by some demonstrators calls for free elections. Armed Stasi watch the demonstrators. Demonstrators burn banners and posters and damage public property. People stands on roofs of houses and watch the demonstrations. Armed East German police and some Soviet soldiers watch the demonstrators from their headquarters. Demonstrators tear up and burn signs and start a bonfire. East German Stasi reinforce the checkpoint between the Soviet and American sectors of Berlin. A uniformed Berlin police officer, wearing traditional hat, assists a person who was manhandled by the mob. A building set afire by the demonstrators. View from West Berlin of mob in East Berlin. Sign reads: "You are leaving the American Sector."

Location: Berlin

Date: 1953, June

Duration: 2 min 25 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: Portuguese

Policemen holding the coffin of West Berlin Mayor, Dr. Ernst Renter during his funeral in West Berlin, Germany.

Police parade during the funeral of West Berlin Mayor, Dr. Ernst Renter in West Berlin, Germany. Large crowd gather. Policemen holding the coffin. A man addressing. Family members seated on chairs.

Location: Berlin Germany

Date: 1953, October 5

Duration: 41 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

East Berlin workers protest against Communist rulers in Berlin, Germany

After the division of Berlin, workers in the eastern part of the city protest against the Communist regime. Workers protest on streets by setting ablaze various parts of the city of East Berlin. Police arrest a number of protesters and Soviet military tanks roll on roads to control the situation. Communist flag torn down from Brandenburg Gate by protestors. With support from Marshall plan the people of West Berlin start rebuilding the city with the aid provided by United States and other countries. Views of the city undergoing transformation and rebuilding following World War II.

Location: Berlin Germany

Date: 1953, June 17

Duration: 1 min 15 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US ship American Inventor loaded with food for East Berliners arrives at a port in Germany.

US food for East Berliners arrives in Germany. US ship American Inventor arrives at a port in Germany loaded with food for East Berliners. The food is distributed to East Berliners.

Location: Berlin Germany

Date: 1953, July 30

Duration: 1 min 6 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Statues and monuments at a Soviet war memorial in Berlin, Germany.

A Soviet war memorial in Berlin, Germany. A huge bronze statue of a Soviet soldier at the Soviet war memorial. People look at the statue. Some people enter the base of the monument. Two American soldiers move away from the monument. A stone monument with four symbolic bronze garlands and an anchor. A statue of a kneeling soldier.

Location: Berlin Germany

Date: 1953, May

Duration: 1 min 4 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Damaged Italian consulate building in Berlin, Germany during the uprising in 1953.

Damaged buildings in Berlin, Germany. Wreckage of former Italian consulate at Margareten Strasse during the uprising of 1953. A sign in German. Other damaged buildings.

Location: Berlin Germany

Date: 1953, June 8

Duration: 47 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

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