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CLEAN : Performance in Berlin marks 30 years since fall of Berlin Wall
A Berlin-based theatre company stages a dramatic piece representing a political demonstration against the GDR regime on Alexanderplatz as part of the events marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (Footage by AFPTV...
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VOICED: A museum recaptures a key moment in modern history
VOICED: A museum recaptures a key moment in modern history
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CLEAN : Namibias children schooled behind the Iron Curtain
CLEAN : Namibias children schooled behind the Iron Curtain
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Soldiers erect barbed wire fences to divide East and West Berlin.
Soldiers erect barbed wire fences to divide East and West Berlin.
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RR8135A THE BERLIN WALL 20 YEARS ON
Background to Story: The Berlin Wall is now 20 years old. The East Germans began the
physical isolation of West Berlin on 13th August 1961, partly with the intention of
preventing a flood of their citizens leaving for the West. This...
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VOICED: The plight of Mozambique's 'Madgermans'
VOICED: The plight of Mozambique's 'Madgermans'
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The old Berlin Wall is a scar that runs through the history of two intimately linked villages
Friedrich-Wilhelm Lenz was only a toddler when the wall went up that split his family's 75-hectare farm in two - dividing the cow stall and even a restaurant on the land.
It was 1952, and East German authorities were erecting the wooden...
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GERMANY: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL ANNIVERSARY (2)
English/Nat
Germans are celebrating a decade of openness between the East and West of the country with the biggest celebrations since the Wall came unexpectedly tumbling down in 1989.
The former no-man's-land around the Wall that was...
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GERMANY: SWIMMING: EAST GERMAN CHAMPION PRESS CONFERENCE
German/Nat
The former East German Olympic swimming champion Rica Reinisch has been speaking out about how her GDR coaches gave her anabolic steriods without her knowledge.
Last month four former East German swimming coaches were charged...
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CLEAN : Former US Secretary of State remembers the Berlin Walls fall
European leaders including former US secretary of state James Baker and former dissidents Thursday celebrated 25 years since a landmark protest in the run up to the Berlin Walls fall amid fears over fresh Cold War style tensions with Russia
Sky News
Merkel and Paolo Gentiloni at press conference
CLEAN: Interior shots of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at podium with Paolo Gentiloni, Italian Prime Minister at a press conference as the media make notes and take photos on January 18, 2017 in London, England.
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CLEAN : Communist era comes alive for seniors at German care home
At Alexa nursing home in the eastern city of Dresden pockets of German history are being brought to life to help treat dementia patients
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GERMANY: FAIRY TALE CASTLES FOR SALE
1. Boitzenburg Castle, Brandenburg state, various
2. Presser on sale of castles
3. Soundbite Himstedt
4. Department store
5. Chemical plant
6. Anti-Treuhand demonstration (recent file)
7. Banners
8. Soundbite, Mathias Putze
9. Exterior...
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GERMANY: BERLIN: REUNIFICATION DIVISIONS
German/Nat
Five years ago Tuesday, Chancellor Helmut Kohl won the biggest gamble of his political career by unifying Germany.
But reunification is not working out as smoothly as Kohl had hoped.
The costs to taxpayers have been enormous...
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Former East German leader released from jail
1. Exterior of Berlin detention facility where Egon Krenz was held
2. Shot of Krenz through window of office
3. Krenz with his lawyer walking out of facility
4. SOUNDBITE (German): Egon Krenz, former East German head of state:
"I'm...
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Augmented reality app shows history of Berlin Wall
Tourists visiting the Berlin Wall are stepping back in time using augmented reality.
They are using an app called Time Traveler - that creates videos of historical events when a smartphone or tablet is pointed in the direction of a...
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CLEAN : Remembering candles prayers that rocked Berlin Wall
CLEAN : Remembering candles prayers that rocked Berlin Wall
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CLEAN : Berlin: Hartmut Richter a hero of the former GDR
CLEAN : Berlin: Hartmut Richter a hero of the former GDR
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CLEAN : German interior minister visits refugee centre
CLEAN : German interior minister visits refugee centre
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CLEAN : Permits please: East Germany alive in Berlin Good Bye Lenin!
Tucked behind 10 storey tower blocks in the heart of Berlin stands an imposing metal gate marked Border zone restricted area guarded by a stern looking Stasi officer
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Volunteers try to save historical train simulator
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Germany's first train simulator, trained thousands of drivers from 1969 to 1995.
Today it is open to train enthusiasts to indulge their love of railways.
But to survive it needs an...