Passage through The Wall

A report on the short period when West Berliners were allowed to visit their relatives in East Berlin, Christmas 1963. It was the first time after more than two years that they were able to do so. East Berliners are sill not allowed to visit East Berlin.

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Credits

Duration

00:29:03:00

Production places

Germany

Production dates

1964

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322510

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Germany

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism

History → Berlin (Germany) - History - Division of East and West

Short films

Short films → Short films - Germany

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Germany, 1964

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