Berlin - East Germany Closes The Frontier AKA Berlin: E. Germany Closes Frontier (1961)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Location unknown. MS Cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and German Titov on balcony in front of Moscow crowds. CU Section of crowd surging forward. CU Khruschev waving hat to crowd. Berlin, Germany CU Young man, a refugee, looking through barbed wire in Berlin as East Germany closes the frontier. Various shots, refugees in tents at Marienfelde, boarding trains with children, at station. LS East German border guard by barbed wire. Various shots, newspaper headlines, including “Os-Berlin ist abgeriegelt“, “Blockade uber Ost Berlin verhangt“. Various shots, deserted railway station, tracks, signal. Various shots, East German troops on the street with armoured vehicles. Various shots, Russian and East German soldiers digging up the road and building a guard fence. Various shots, Russian, German and British soldiers keeping watch. CU Sign: Potsdamer Platz. LS Overhead sign on metal structure. LS Brandenburg Gate. Troops in wagon. MS Boy
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