Closure and removal of Checkpoint Charlie

Title

Closure and removal of Checkpoint Charlie

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

22 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:31

Description

Report on the closure and removal to a museum of Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie, last symbol of the Cold War, with the ceremony attended by foreign ministers of the four allied powers. Includes excerpt of speech by UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. Catherine Field reports from Berlin.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Catherine Field

Keywords

Germany; Cold War; Ceremonies; Reunification; Berlin; Borders; Border control; Checkpoint Charlie; International tensions

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