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Allied Troops Escort West Germans Amid Red Threats
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keywords: cold war, west germany, berlin wall, wedding
Synopsis: With an increase in East-West tensions and threats by East German Police Allied troops roll out to provide protection and escort for West Germans as they go about their daily routines...(read more)
- Date: 1961
- Duration: 00:01:54
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Germany
Allied Troops Escort West Germans Amid Red Threats
Free citizens of West Berlin, under the protection of Allied troops, go about their daily tasks well aware that their divided city has been pounced upon by Nikita Khrushchev as his frail reason for resuming Atom-bomb tests. Sidelights on life in a divided Berlin show a British school boy escorted to school by a British Armored personnel carrier after threats from East Berlin police. Shows East german workers building a block wall that separates East and West Berlin. Shows East German guards patrolling the Berlin Wall topped with barbwire. A bride is married in the East Berlin while her mother watches tearfully from West Berlin.
- Related Titles:
- Newsreels: 1961 - August 31
