Flashpoint - Berlin

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1678
Date Released
31 Jul 1961
Date submitted
24 Jul 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flashpoint Berlin. DESCRIPTION: West Berlin - an outpost of democracy in East Germany. Our status and our rights of access here have been clearly and legally defined. Now, those rights are threatened, and with them, the security of Berlin itself. Mr K’s ambitions have prompted a firm response from President Kennedy, and surely, the President’s warning is clear enough. Not so many years ago, Russian troops helped to bring final retribution to Hitler’s last stronghold. Surely, Mr Khrushchev could not contemplate another battle for Berlin. Now, in 1961, West Berlin stands for Western unity. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Brandenburg Gate. GV same. MLS pedestrians. LS vehicles going along road. MLS same. MS Kennedy reading speech. CU same. LS Brandenburg Gate. MLS tanks crossing Berlin boundary line. MLS gun firing. MLS another. MS same. LS gun firing. MLS another. MS another. MS soldiers with guns. MLS soldiers climb over debris. MS two soldiers run into building. LS another. Slip pan. LS Berlin street in 1961. MS shoppers buy at a stall. MLS another. MS sales lady. MS another. LS Brandenburg Gate. MLS sign poster. LS frontier car being checked. MS Kennedy making speech. LS Brandenburg Gate.
Locations
United States of America; Germany
Footage sources
United States of America
Library
Card file number
82904
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
224
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Flashpoint - Berlin', British Movietone News Issue No. 1678, 31 Jul 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24209 (Accessed 16 Jul 2025)