Berlin Border Activity

Year Published: 1957

Creator: FDR Presidential Library

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: 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 28427 / Local Identifier 111-LC-44725 1963Berlin Border ActivityBerlin, Germany, 08/25/1963 - LSs, East German police standing by armored water truck. LSs, East German police standing near barricade. Civilians on scooters being checked by Western customs officials for clearance; they are allowed to go past and are shown being checked in the distance by the East Germans who also let them go. MS, M-48 tank parked on street near the Friedrichstrasse border crossing. LS, MS, East German civilian painting barricade rail. LS, MP on second floor of a bombed-out building. MS, soldier in turret of M-48 tank reading copy of the New York Times. MS, US tour buses going thru checkpoint. LS, buses going thru East German checkpoint.

Complete Record: 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 28427 / Local Identifier 111-LC-44725 1963 Berlin Border Activity Berlin, Germany, 08/25/1963 - LSs, East German police standing by armored water truck. LSs, East German police standing near barricade. Civilians on scooters being checked by Western customs officials for clearance; they are allowed to go past and are shown being checked in the distance by the East Germans who also let them go. MS, M-48 tank parked on street near the Friedrichstrasse border crossing. LS, MS, East German civilian painting barricade rail. LS, MP on second floor of a bombed-out building. MS, soldier in turret of M-48 tank reading copy of the New York Times. MS, US tour buses going thru checkpoint. LS, buses going thru East German checkpoint.