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Berlin Border Action
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Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC Identifier 28466 / Local Identifier 111-LC-44811 1961 Berlin Border Action Berlin, Germany, 09/13/1961 - 09/14/1961 - American MP checkpoint at Friedrichstrasse. LSs, people standing and watching. LS, American MPs talking to civilians. LSs, MSs, MP desk on sidewalk in front of shop. Two MPs at the desk while an officer stands and looks thru binoculars. He puts them down and talks to the men at the desk. Scenes shot thru 400mm lens of the border and of East Berlin. MS, East German Police (VOPOS) in an armored car. One of the men is looking thru binoculars. This is at the Friedrichstrasse crossing. MLS, three VOPO guards at barrier at Charlotten Strasse. East German police near sentry box; they are standing about. Then the camera follows three of the policemen as they walk away. CU, VOPO; he carries a submachine gun on his shoulder; he is joined by another man armed the same way. MLS, flags on top of building in East Berlin. HS, East Berlin Friedrichstrasse. A car is zigzagging thru the barriers. HS, almost deserted street and th…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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