Xmas Reunions For Berliners
During Christmas, 1963, Communists permit West Berliners to visit relatives in the East for the first time since building The Wall. A sequence of shots shows people lining up outside with snow on the ground, waiting for passes from East German bureaucrats and passing through the border. Numerous shots of emotional Germans having reunions. Relatives run into each others' arms, exchange hugs and kisses.
| Identifier | CLIP-12073 |
| Duration | 1 min, 32 sec |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Date | 1963 |
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