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East Berlin refugees escape from East to West Berlin as Berlin Crisis mounts.

Refugees from East Berlin step down from a tram in West Berlin. They walk with their luggage. Refugees stand in line as many others join them outside the border station, fleeing East Berlin while they still can.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034186
Construction of the Berlin Wall, fences, and blockades underway in Berlin

Construction of the Berlin Wall underway in between East Berlin and West Berlin. East German workers building the wall. Citizens wave to loved ones across the blockade. A man looks out his window at the Berlin Wall. Boarded up buildings on the line of the Berlin Wall. Pillboxes where East German forces watch for escape attempts. Wreaths and flowers setup in memorial to people who have died trying to cross the Berlin wall blockade. View of the bullet-riddled Brandenburg Gate, still heavily damaged from World War II.

Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675056719
Members of the West German Bundestag Committee inspect Zonal area between free Western Germany and Communist held East Germany.

Members of the West German Bundestag Committee inspect Zonal area between free Western Germany and Communist held East Germany. The members talk to townsmen. A deserted shore line is inspected. Red Army (Soviet Army) clears a three mile strip on the frontier to form a no-man's land (near Berlin Wall).

Date: 1952, January
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029291
President Ronald Reagan gives a speech about East West relations at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

United States President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd gathers People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President at the podium gives a speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He discusses the free state of prosperity and well-being. He talks about the relations between the East and the West and arms control. He also discusses the Soviet's challenge to the Western Allianz about nuclear weapons. President Reagan suggests nuclear weapons and the chemical weapons should be eliminated. He talks about the 1986 restoration of democracy in the Philippines, freedom in Europe and the technological advancements taking place. He says that the West is ready to cooperate with the East as and when needed.

Date: 1987, June 12
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028312
A tunnel from East to West Berlin being recovered by the East Berlin police in Germany.

An underground tunnel in Berlin, Germany. An apartment in East Berlin near the Berlin Wall. “Heidelberger Str.” Street sign behind the Berlin Wall. A sign reads 'You are leaving the American sector' at Checkpoint Charlie. An underground tunnel leading to West Berlin where Heinz Jercha was shot dead for helping East Berliners escape. Underground tunnel at Heidelberger Strasse 75 at the sector border between Berlin-Treptow and Berlin-Neukölln. The East Berlin police find a stairway leading to the tunnel. A woman walks out of a door. Berlin Wall separating East and West Berlin.

Date: 1962, April 2
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078218
People march to protest against the Berlin wall and attend the memorial services in Berlin, Germany.

The Freedom bell of West Berlin is seen ringing. The Brandenburg Gate from behind barbed wires. The Berlin Wall crossing and blocking Bernauer Straße. It appears to be under construction with wooden forms in places. It is covered with obstacles and barbed wire. Anti-tank obstacles inside the inner and outer walls of the Berlin Wall. The Church of the Reconciliation, next to the Berlin wall on Beinauer Street. Berlin street sign “Potsdamer Platz”. Anti-tank barriers behind barbed wires in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. A small sign reads “Ida Siekmann”, the first casualty at the Berlin Wall. Bricked up windows of a building in Bernauer Straße 48. United States flag atop a flagpole in the US Army checkpoint, popularly known as Checkpoint Charlie, in West Berlin. A sign board outside a building reads: 'US Army Check Point'. Checkpoint Charlie seen from above. U.S. soldiers aboard a jeep passing on the street. Memorial services held by West Berlin mayor Wiily Brandt for the people who died attempting to cross the wall in Bernauer Straße. People march to protest against the Berlin wall and carry a cross with the words 'Wir Klagen An' which mean 'We Accuse' in English. Crowd gathered at the wall throwing rocks in protest.

Date: 1962, August 13
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063216