Brandenburg gate border action, Berlin, Germany Part 1

Description

West German police standing by near the Gate. LSs, East German armored cars under archway. West German police tying rope barrier to post. LS, East Germans on guard. LS, East German armored water truck. MS, man holding little girl on his shoulders. Crowds watching West Germans setting up barrier. People looking at a map of West Berlin. Crowd behind barrier. MS, West German taking picture with a still camera mounted with a telephoto lens. MS, CU, West Berlin fire truck drives by and circles. Telephoto shots of East German police in an armored car looking twd the West. One man is peering thru binoculars. East Germans on guard on their side of border. RV, armored water truck as another passes in fg. LS, East Germans in armored car. LS, guard standing by one of the pillars of the Gate. MS, East German water truck spraying water. LS, East German policeman seated atop the Gate. MLS, East Germans in armored car wearing helmets. One man is looking thru binoculars. CU, flag of the East German Republic. MS, West German civilian photographer taking a still photo with a huge telephoto lens. LS, East German on top of Gate looking thru binoculars. East German troops wearing helmets marching by. LS, East Germans observing from the top of the monument underneath the chariot sculpture. Other East Germans including a photographer on top of the Gate.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection