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The Berlin Wall | A city divided between East and West by the Cold War
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From the end of World War II until 1989, Berlin was a focus for confrontation between Eastern and Western powers and a sharp reminder of how different life was under communism and democracy.
This collection of television and radio items looks at how one city came to represent the political stand-off between East and West during the Cold War. It also explores what the consequences of this were for citizens united by family, employment and friendship but divided by a 27-mile-long fortified concrete and mesh barrier.
Features
- Newsnight: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Newsnight
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Reporting live from Berlin at the dawn of a new era for the city and the world.
- News: The Berlin Boundary Is Sealed
News
The Berlin Boundary Is Sealed
The BBC reports from the scene as the Berlin Wall is constructed.
- Panorama: Berlin
- News Special: Blockade Ends
The Berlin Wall Collection
Berlin: Soviet Blockade
Is war the only solution to the rising tensions between East and West?
News
Mr Attlee Visits Berlin
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee visits an embattled West Berlin.
Radio Newsreel
Berlin Refugee Stories
Interviews with refugees from the Russian zone in Berlin.
Panorama
Panorama Goes to Berlin
'Berlin presents the most crucial problem which faces mankind today.'
The Berlin Crisis
A BBC dispatch from Berlin on the military build-up there.
News
Ed Murrow on the Berlin Situation
Ed Murrow is interviewed on his return from West Berlin.
News
The Berlin Boundary Is Sealed
The BBC reports from the scene as the Berlin Wall is constructed.
Radio Newsreel
The Kennedy Brothers Visit Berlin
Edward Kennedy slips quietly into East Berlin.
The Chink in the Wall
A Christmas truce for the people of Cold War Berlin.
The Queen in Germany
State Visit to Germany: Berlin
HM Queen Elizabeth II visits West Berlin at the height of the Cold War.
Berliners
3: East and West
Andrew Sachs shows his wife around East and West Berlin.
Newsnight
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Reporting live from Berlin at the dawn of a new era for the city and the world.
News
Germany Is Reunited
The formal reunification of Germany ends 45 years of divided nationhood.
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