Underground to Freedom

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1724
Date Released
18 Jun 1962
Date Other
Jun 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Rugby League - Britain Win Test
  2. 2Underground to Freedom
  3. 3Winners in Wool
  4. 4Going - Going - Gone!
  5. 5Speedy - With a Nasty Sting

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underground to Freedom. DESCRIPTION: The Communist wall in Berlin is no barrier to those people in the Eastern Sector with a desire for freedom! Our pictures show just one of many tunnels honeycombing the border between the East and Western sectors. At least 17 escapers have used this route to freedom, but hundreds have got away through similar tunnels. SHOTLIST: MS pan sign to guards. MS pan wall and barbed wire. (4 shots) men digging tunnel. MS man in tunnel. MS man through tunnel and onto trap door.
Locations
West Berlin
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
84541
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
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