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The Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie, both during wall construction and in years after

Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) separating Western and Eastern Berlin. A large Soviet flag at the entrance to the eastern side, and a Checkpoint Charlie sign reads "You are leaving the American sector." A watchtower with military personnel inside watching all movement. Historical footage of the Berlin Wall being built circa 1961, with Soviet troops stringing barbed wire when the wall was first constructed. Views of a wreath, flowers, and makeshift memorial, presumably for someone killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. A watch tower high above the Berlin Wall, and views of the Berlin Wall separating West Berlin from East Germany, constructed of large flat, grey bricks and blocks of varying sizes.

Date: 1969
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031082
British soldiers on guard at the border near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

The Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) as seen from behind barbed wire fence in Berlin, Germany. A snowman on the ground in West Berlin. Trucks passing on the street. British soldiers on guard at the border. They discuss amongst themselves.

Date: 1961, December 22
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063226
Scenes of Berlin divided by newly built Berlin Wall; Unrest in the years after division into East and West Berlin, Germany

The divided city of Berlin, Germany caused by the erection of the Berlin Wall. Shows early scenes of the Berlin Wall being built. Opening scene shows camera pan from Brandenburg Gate down to street level where East German construction workers are using a jack hammer and hand digging a trench across the middle of the street to serve as foundation for the Berlin Wall. A Soviet guard watches over the construction workers. East Germans and Soviet Russians walking with a spool of razor wire, putting up barbed wire barricades along other sections of the dividing border. German citizens gathered along the wall as it is built in a field area. Several young men in suits being pushed and harassed by a guard on the East German side of the Berlin Wall. View of a railroad train track that has been cut, and workers digging a deep trench at the site to build the wall right through the run of railroad track. East German refugees walking through a checkpoint area, desperate to leave east Germany before total closure of the border occurred. Refugees gathered in crowded shelters with mattresses on the ground. Young German children and babies sleeping on mats. Views of barbed wire crossing railroad track runs. Animated map showing routing of aircraft for the Berlin Airlift in response to the Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union in 1948. Views of various aircraft flying overhead, bringing supplies to citizens during the blockade. Relief supplies and food being unloaded at airport for citizens. People waving white handkerchiefs in the air to express thanks as a Berlin Airlift airplane passes overhead. Scene changes to 1953 riots on the streets of East Berlin, Germany, with crowds of protestors throwing rocks at a Soviet tank and views of a building on fire with smoke pouring from its windows. Next scenes show West Berlin scenes as a juxtoposition of the East Germany scenes. Views of successful German industry and commerce in West Berlin. People working in West Berlin. Newly built tall buildings in West Berlin. German people shop in stores. A boy adds a bar of chocolate to a shopping basket. Men working in large industrial plants and factories. Large Siemens equipment in use in an electrical transmission component factory. A scientist or engineer looking through a microscope like device.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076563
Germans at the Emergency Reception Camp in Marienfelder, Berlin, Germany.

Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. Emergency Reception Camp at Marienfelder. Buildings along the side of street. Germans arrive, walk on streets and stand in line at office for processing.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045553
German women work in Telefunken factory in Berlin, Germany.

Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. Exterior of Telefunken factory. People walk. Bicycles in front of the factory gate. Interior of the factory. German women work at assembly line in the factory. German men unload truck in warehouse. They put boxes on conveyor lift. Men at the top of conveyor stack the boxes and stacks of boxes and bags placed in warehouse.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045554
View of the remains of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and factory area in Berlin, Germany.

Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. High altitude view of the city. The remains of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church still damaged from World War 2, factory area, marshaling yard, coal stockpiles and apartment buildings.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045555