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Konrad Schumann jumps over barbed wire Berlin Wall to escape communism

Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet politicians. Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro leaves with their entourage. The Brandenburg Gate as seen from the West Berlin side at the height of the Cold War. Barbed wires on the border of East and West Berlin. The construction of the Berlin Wall. East German soldier guards the border between the two Berlins. East German guard Konrad Schumann jumps over the barbed wire while dropping his PPSh-41 submachine gun as he escapes to West Berlin during the construction of the Berlin Wall. Schumann runs towards and boards a West Berlin police van. Host or narrator of the film shows photographs of Fidel Castro with Nikita Khrushchev and the “Leap into Freedom” photo by West German photographer Peter Leibing. “The communists are the true colonialists, as a matter of fact.” The narrator said as the show reaches its conclusion.

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1961, August 15
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080700
President Reagan speaks about the development of Berlin, the 1988 Olympics, and the Berlin Wall between East and West.

President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd gathers. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. Crowd applauds. He talks about the 1971 agreement and that the Eastern and Western part of the city should work together for its overall development. He talks about the removal of the wall, International cooperation and about the air service to Berlin to be made more commercial and easier. He also says that the U.S. is always ready to help Berlin. He suggests programs to be organized for the young citizens of Berlin and that the 1988 Olympics should be organized in Berlin.

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1987, June 12
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028313
Historical images illustrating the growth of communism in Soviet Russia and East Germany. The Berlin Wall.

Camera pans along a portion of the "Berlin Wall" made of rough concrete blocks topped by barbed wire. Next, a large group of East German people are seen lined up along a fence topped with barbed wire. They look through the fence. More views of the rough concrete block wall. Scene shifts to Asia, where large numbers of refugees are seen moving along a dirt road. Glimpse of Soviet military on parade in Red Square. Refugees and displaced persons in various places and conditions. Some are barefoot. Huge crowds filling Red Square in Moscow,Soviet Russia. The Kremlin wall and old Russian Senate building and Senate Tower in background. Glimpse of Felix Dzerzhinsky giving empassioned speech in Soviet Russia. A baby with an angry expression throwing a tantrum. Glimpse of fallen refugees beside a road. The film displays a rotating globe of the earth and slate identifying "The Big Picture." A statue and photograph of Karl Marx, the philosopher who espoused Communism. Communists marching during early days of the Russian Revolution in Russia circa 1917. Series of One-way road signs in various languages. Large gathering of German people carrying signs reading "Frieden" (Peace). View of a person apprehended attempting to escape across the barrier separating East and West Germany. Closeup picture of East German citizen, Bernt Leuton, who was shot by East German border guards, after successfully swimming to West Germany.

Location: Europe
Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066486
People being checked by the policemen as they cross the border into East Berlin at the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint.

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'.

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1961, December 22
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063224
May day Parade in East Berlin, East Germany, in 1961.

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.

Location: Berlin East Germany
Date: 1961, May 1
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034241
Food cartons are hoisted out of a ship hold and women pick up their allotments and put them in shopping bags in Germany.

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.

Location: Germany
Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072259
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