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Newsreels 1961 August 14
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keywords: cold war, berlin wall, east german refugees, swimmer becky collins, 1930's saratoga springs ny, lincoln mineral baths, 1961 97th travers stakes, race horse beau prince
Synopsis: East Germany Closes Its Border To The West, Swimmer Becky Collins Sets New World Record, Yesterday's News 1931: Horse Racing In Saratoga...(read more)
- Date: 1961
- Duration: 00:06:12
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Germany
East Germany Closes Its Border To The West
The attention of an anxious world is focused on East and West Germany and Berlin during the Cold War. The last great exodus of refugees from East Germany is processed at the Marienfelde Refugee Transit Camp as the Communist German regime moves to close its border against further flights of East Germans to West Germany in August 1961.
Troops swooped down on the border between East Berlin and West Berlin in the pre-dawn hours to close routes between the sectors. Initial construction of the Berlin Wall. East German soldiers begin erecting a “Berlin Wall” of barbwire.
East Berliners are told to give up their jobs in the West and Mayor Willy Brandt called on all Berliners to keep calm and avoid provoking Soviet Troops who took up positions along side their East German counterparts.
Swimmer Becky Collins Sets New World Record
Swimmer Becky Collins, a-17-year-old from Indianapolis, cracked the world record in the 200-meter Butterfly Swim in 2:32.8. She displayed perfect form in out-swimming her competition in Philadelphia's Kelly pool. In the 10-meter platform diving Barbara McAllister had what it takes to win the AAU crown.
Yesterday's News 1931: Saratoga Springs New York
Historic footage of Saratoga Springs, New York. Street scenes of automobiles, people and buildings in a small New York town in the 1930s. Scene of the famed Lincoln Mineral Baths building and bath pricing sign in Saratoga Springs, New York, early 1930s.
Scenes of the 97th running of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course proved a thriller as race horse “Beau Prince” ran away with the classic in 1961.
