CLIP 2130
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Key Info
- The fall of the Berlin Wall
- Duration: 04:05
- This clip uses news footage, commentry and interviews with eye-witnesses to explain the dramatic and unexpectedly quick fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989.
- Subject:
History
Topic:Germany from 1946
- Keywords: Yeltsin, Gorbachev, Soviet Union, Soviet, Cold War, USSR, Berlin Wall, Berlin, November 1989
Ideas for use in class
- Comparison could be made with other sources on the fall of Communism in Poland. Discussions could focus on the similarlities in events, or the factors that separate the Polish from the East German experiences.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 16x9
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