Chaos at checkpoint following opening up of Berlin Wall

Title

Chaos at checkpoint following opening up of Berlin Wall

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Report on the decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. Live coverage by an unidentified female reporter on the chaos at one East German checkpoint as a mass of people wait to get into West Germany and the first cars drive through. Includes interview with Bianca, who is about to walk across.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Immigration; Germany; Europe; Germany FR; German DR; Berlin Wall; Border control

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