Last Days of East Berlin: Tense Footage of Protests at Checkpoint Charlie and Berlin Wall (1989)
On 9 October 1989, in the dying days of the Cold War and exactly one month before the fall of the Berlin Wall, ITN’s cameras in West Berlin recorded footage of West Berliners protesting at Checkpoint Charlie, the border crossing between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; known in German as the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or BRD) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR). While recording the protests, the crew also captured some atmospheric footage of residents living in apartment blocks on the GDR side of the border, including people watching from the windows as the East German police were making arrests.
On the same day this footage was filmed, residents in the East German city of Leipzig staged a peaceful mass protest calling for freedom and democracy. Between 70,000 and 100,000 people congregated in central Leipzig to protest against the governing communist regime. At the time, there had not been any large-scale protests in East Germany in decades, and anti-regime protests were illegal. Despite this, and against all expectations, the state security forces did not intervene. The precendent set by the mass protests in Leipzig on 9 October gave rise to many more similar demonstrations across the country, and set in motion a chain of events that would end with the smashing of the Berlin Wall, the fall of the Eastern Bloc, and the reunification of Germany.
#Berlin #EastBerlin #WestBerlin #Germany #EastGermany #WestGermany #ColdWar #CheckpointCharlie #BerlinWall #Mauerfall #GDR #DDR #BRD #FRG #DeutscheDemokratischeRepublik #BundesrepublikDeutschland #Polizei #Leipzig #PolizeiStaat #SovietUnion #USSR #Soviet #SovietWave
To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below:
🎥 Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos!) - @ITNArchive
🎥 Follow us on Twitter -
🎥 Like us on Facebook -
🎥 Check out our TikTok - @itnarchive1955
1 view
4623
1726
1 month ago 00:20:33 1
Movie “Wicked” Sign of the End Time
2 months ago 01:04:51 18
Half in the Bag: Top 10 Horror Movies (2024) Part 2
2 months ago 00:56:51 1
The Greatest Laser Experiment In History - FECORE
2 months ago 00:17:07 1
The Greatest Laser Experiment in History - SHORT VERSION - BY FECORE
2 months ago 00:04:47 7
Marilyn Manson - Raise The Red Flag (Music Video)
2 months ago 00:01:57 1
Landman | Official Trailer 2 | Paramount+
2 months ago 00:09:37 1
Jean Sibelius - Finlandia
2 months ago 00:10:47 1
Why A Record Number of CEOs Are “Resigning“
2 months ago 00:10:45 1
Iran Strikes Back At The US Over Israel Attack!
2 months ago 00:58:53 1
Chopin - The Best Nocturnes & Animated AI Art | 432 Hz | Study, Sleep, Background
2 months ago 01:04:47 1
Steam Deck 100 GAMES TESTED!
2 months ago 00:03:33 1
Xena & Gabrielle - Love Exists
2 months ago 00:04:39 1
Wham! - Last Christmas (Official Video)
2 months ago 00:03:09 1
Hibernation Song
2 months ago 03:24:42 1
SCAPE FROM DARKNESS - Dark Aggressive Powerful Battle Orchestral | Epic Music Mix
2 months ago 00:13:16 1
“This Carnage Needs to Stop“: Israel Bans Aid Groups from Gaza, Kills Over 1,000 in North Gaza Siege
2 months ago 00:02:23 1
DAISIES (A Hazbin Hotel Song) - Black Gryph0n & Baasik
2 months ago 00:05:46 2
David Bradley – A Fight Montage
2 months ago 00:14:25 1
Trump Makes TOTAL FOOL of himself in Latest DOJ TANTRUM
2 months ago 02:45:26 2
Wild wolves Attack at Night, Create Big Trap, Hunt Wild Boars.../ 20 Days of Adventure in the Jungle
2 months ago 00:03:59 1
My Chemical Romance - I Don’t Love You [Official Music Video] [HD]
2 months ago 00:04:24 1
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (Official Music Video)
2 months ago 00:00:18 1
Place To Get Rid of Day and Sun || #moon #astronomy #universe
2 months ago 10:59:07 1
Tim Walz LIVE: Walz Continues His Attack on Elon Musk in North Carolina Rally | Kamala Harris | N18G