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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
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'.

Date: 1961, December 22
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063224
A large number of refugees flee East Berlin under the regime of Communist rule and reach West Berlin, in Germany.

Many refugees flee East Berlin under the regime of Communist rule and reach West Berlin, in Germany. Many refugees walk near the Brandenburg Gate. Bernauer Strasse near the Berlin Wall. Russian and East German soldiers guard the Berlin Wall line of demarcation between East and West Berlin. Families communicate across the line and relatives weep. A young girl weeps as she views relatives across the divided east and west Germany. A wedding bride waves to her parents in East Germany. A woman (Frieda Schulz) is pulled at the same time from above by east German authorities, and by West German helpers from below as she jumps from the window of her home on Bernauer Strasse to escape into West Germany. Scenes of several successful escapes by East Germans through barbed wire at the border, as they reach the hands of waiting helpers in West Germany.

Date: 1962, January 1
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056469
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
United States Army buses enter East Berlin under heavy armed guard during Berlin Crisis

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.

Date: 1961, August 23
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034223
U.S. Soldiers arrive at border of Berlin, Germany during Berlin Crisis between East Berlin and West Berlin.

Berlin Crisis troop standoff: United States soldiers arriving at border in vehicles. German people applauding. jeep with 106 mm recoilless rifle backs up. truck with United States soldiers turn and drives off. Military Police standing near M-48 tank. Soldiers in street. Soldier speaks into walkie talkie.

Date: 1961, August 23
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034224