Border activities, Berlin, Germany Part 1

Description

Note: Three US Army tour buses were held up by East Germans. To retaliate with a show of force the 2d. and 3d BG of the 6th Inf. were alerted and moved out to the Friedrichstrasse border crossing where the buses cross into East Berlin. CU, sign: "You Are Leaving The American Sector". Pan to three US Army tour buses returning from East Berlin. MP signals buses to stop. RV, buses going along street. CU, soldier talking into radio set. LS, East German guards at border on the Friedrichstrasse. M-48 tank and US troops at border crossing. M-48 moving away from border. Moving shots from tank of an M-48 and M-59 APC driving thru Berlin streets on their way back to Turner Barracks. CU, soldier in turret of M-48. M-48 tank at the Friedrichstrasse crossing. American troops in street. Brig. Gen. Frederick O. Hartel, CG Berlin Command, arrives and talks with officers. MS, MP in jeep speaks over radio. LS, group of people standing on corner. CU, street sign: "Friedrichstrasse." American soldiers and vehicles near the crossing. Jeep with 106mm RR backing up. Civilians watching. MS, CU, Sgt. in tank turret looking thru binoculars into the Eastern Sector. LS, East German police standing at the crossing point on the Friedrichstrasse.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection