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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221808-06
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1949,1940s
Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA,USSR
Location: Berlin,Potsdammer Platz
TC Begins: 06:57:09
TC Ends: 07:06:03
Duration: 00:08:54
Post-WWII - 1949, Cold War: British, USSR & American Sectors Marked High Angle / HA LS over Potsdammer Platz / square w/ subway exit, jeeps & soldiers in front of burned out building; bicyclists, pedestrians & people waiting for tram. Police arresting man in distance. 06:57:34 HA from balcony onto small park w/ trolley, pedestrians & vendors on sidewalk. Russian soldiers in park, people at top of subway steps. 06:58:01 MCU British setting up sign on dividing fence marking USSR & British sectors in Berlin as people watch in background; views form both sides of fence. Workmen painting markers & lines w/ small brush, people watching & policeman directing traffic & watching. 06:59:27 Laborers arrive & out of truck w/ shovels & rucksacks. 06:59:46 MCU German policeman watching man painting on street pavement as people watch. 07:01:08 Officer w/ people on sidewalk; British military watch from jeep & sidewalk. Men digging holes along curb as people pass. 07:01:35 American Colonel (?) in car w/ civilians talking w/ US officer as people watch; burned out buildings behind. Army MPs beside motorcycles talking w/ British beside jeep. Pedestrians beside large sign: You are leaving the American sector (also in German & Russian). Street activity w/ soldiers, officers & pedestrians. Officer rolls up blueprints / plans. 07:02:48 Many parked jeeps, soldiers etc standing around on US sector border, MCUs. Talking w/ Russian officer in front of sign as people watch & wait. 07:03:38 MCU American MP w/ submachine gun. 07:03:43 Slate: Kamera: H. Jansen. HA view of Potsdammer Platz subway exit & pedestrians, Russian soldiers & police standing in sun, crossing street; traffic passing. 07:04:54 MCU British officers talking; looking at plan or blueprint w/ 3-star officer (?). 07:05:27 MS across intersection w/ people out of subway & walking about; HA crowd outside sidewalk entrance as black market raid by Soviet sector police takes place. 1940s; Post-WW2; Politics; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. Good / Interesting footage.