The Friedrichstrasse checkpoint also known as "Check Point Charlie" along the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. A sign board reads: 'Checkpoint Charlie'. Men stands near the sign board and discuss amongst themselves. Buildings along the sides of the street. Two girls being checked by the West Berlin policemen. Girls cross the border into East Berlin. Tourists look into East Berlin. Other sign board reads: 'You are leaving the American sector'.
Spectators on street side for the communist May Day parade in East Berlin, East Germany. East German soldiers in armored cars moving along Under den Linden Avenue. Motorcycles towing guns. Troops in trucks towing AA guns.
East German civilians receive free food in Germany. Cargo ship, the American Inventor, at a pier in Hamburg with surplus food from America for starving East Germany. A pallet of food cartons is hoisted out of a hold. An official hands a box to a workman. Thousands of people wait for their turn to get food in queues in West Berlin, ignoring threats of reprisal from the communist government of East Berlin. In West Berlin, volunteers get food packages ready including lard, flour, condensed milk, beans, and peas. Women pick up their allotments and put them in shopping bags. A crowd milling around in front of buildings, with many camping overnight and waiting their turn to get food having come from as far away as the border with Czechoslovakia and the Baltic Coast.
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.
M-48 tank at the Friedrichstrasse border crossing between West Berlin and East Berlin during Berlin Crisis. Three United States Army tour buses at crossing. United States Army soldiers standing on the West Berlin side. Street sign reads 'Friedrichstrasse'. Tilt down to the three buses at the curb. Buses enter East Berlin area. American soldiers standing near Checkpoint Charlie at edge of American Sector. People standing near border. M-48 tank and M-59 APC in street. Scene of East sector. United States soldiers at .30 cal machine gun in doorway. Hands of gunner handling cartridge belt.
United States President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on a platform. Flags on the platform. President at the podium giving speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He discusses the free state of prosperity and well-being. He says that the Eastern and Western part of the city should work together for its overall development. He also talks about the courage of the citizens of Berlin, the greatness of the city and about the development of the city. He speaks about the demonstrators who opposed his visit. Buildings in the background. Graffiti on the Berlin Wall in the background. The crowd applauds. President Reagan leaves the podium and waves his hands towards the crowd.
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