NGHS AP World History- Open 24 Hours a Day!: Berlin Wall Newsreel in 1961

Monday, March 23, 2009

This is also an interesting one to watch to capture the feel of the time.

parkthomas said...: One day you get picked on and bullied so you go home crying, the next you come back with 2 tanks and a small squadron of soldiers packing heat. Now thats protection.; Mon Mar 23, 03:27:00 PM
Lora Persyn said...: Hmmm, I'm surprised a war wasn't started over just building this wall. Everyone is so ready for it, it's like they want someone to start shooting, like they want a challenge. Look at all the troops! Was all that really necessary?; Mon Mar 23, 03:33:00 PM
Anonymous said...: this wall turned out to be a "wall of hate" that ended up dividing families, preventing free worship, and the animosity from east berlin shown to western berliners has proven to be bitter, for example the British school boy that was directed by tanks to school because afraid of attack from east peoples

but i think the sadest of the whole video is the divided familes by some wall that breaks all relationship; Mon Mar 23, 10:12:00 PM

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