Berlin - The Prison Wall

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1695
Date Released
27 Nov 1961
Date Other
Nov 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Closing the Gate. DESCRIPTION: This was the scene at night on the East-West Berlin frontier, East Germans building up and strengthening the notorious prison wall, designed to keep the people in. And next morning, where the wall curves in a semi-circle in front of the Brandenburg Gate, work was still going on. In West Berlin, about 20,000 people, mostly youngsters and students, marched in a torchlight procession through the streets to protest against the prison wall. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS building wall (night). MS two soldiers near wall. MS ditto. MS concrete unloaded from truck. GV wall (day). GV Brandenburg Gate with wall in front. MS concrete block lowered. MS building wall (3 shots). MS tank traps lowered. GV same. MS same. MS sign Don’t be saucy Mr Brandt. MS sign Whoever etc. GV procession. MS same (3 shots). MS procession (2 shots). MS sign Freedom.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Demonstrations
Locations
Germany; Berlin
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
83509
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Berlin - The Prison Wall', British Movietone News Issue No. 1695, 27 Nov 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24378 (Accessed 25 Apr 2025)