Berlin wall destroyed

Title

Berlin wall destroyed

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech; Special

TX Date

9 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:21:49

Description

Montage of studio-quality actuality from November 9th 1989, when restrictions on East Germans were lifted and parts of the Berlin Wall started to come down. Catherine Field reports on the bringing down of the wall, and she talks to Germans about what the unity of the country means to them, as the celebrations continue. Plus archive speeches of world leaders, and a report from George Matheson as the first digger took a section of the wall away.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; John F. Kennedy; George Matheson; Catherine Field; Andrea Simmons; Mateus Mueller(?)

Keywords

Politics; Immigration; International relations; Germany; Germany FR; Reunification; German DR; Berlin; Berlin Wall; Border control

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