Berlin - A New Wall

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1696A

Date Released

7 Dec 1961

Date submitted

30 Nov 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Smithfield
2. 2Berlin - A New Wall
3. 3Behind the Scenes
4. 4White Christmas?
5. 5#Name?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A New Wall - Berlin. DESCRIPTION: The Friedrichstrasse crossing-point is one of the places where East Berliners have been building yet another wall. It is an extension of the concrete wall, really, about 6 feet high and 3 feet thick. They left a small gap in it, near the American check-point Charlie. Protests against all these new barriers have been made in vain. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV crossing point. GV ditto. MS men building wall. GV Check Point Charlie. CU sign US Army check point. MCU soldiers. GV ditto. MS men building wall. GV Check Point Charlie. GV the West on guard.

Keywords

Buildings and structures

Locations

Germany; Berlin

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

83540

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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