Berlin Escapes
Startling footage of Berliners escaping into the west after the wall went up. Cops and citizens have a tug of war over a woman trying to escape through a window. People run through gaps in a fence. Other shots of patrolling border guards, the Brandenberg Gate, families waving to each other across the divide.
Identifier | CLIP-307 |
Duration | 1 min, 32 sec |
Genre | Documentary |
Date | 1961 |
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