German currencies reunified

Title

German currencies reunified

Genre

News report; Vox pop; News bulletin

TX Date

1 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:00:49

Description

17.00 news read by Julie Benson focusing on the economic reunification of Germany as the now worthless East German Ost mark is traded in for the powerful West German Deutsche mark. Includes report from East Berlin by Catherine Field with comment from a local.

Contributors

Julie Benson; Catherine Field

Keywords

Germany; Banks; Currencies; Germany FR; Reunification; German DR; Economic reform; Economies in transition

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