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Red Harassment: Delay Berlin Traffic As Planes Buzz City

Red Harassment: Delay Berlin Traffic As Planes Buzz City
Clip: 426600_1_1
Year Shot: 1965 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1734
Original Film: 038-029-02
HD: N/A
Location: West Berlin, Germany
Timecode: 00:32:04 - 00:33:01

For the first time since the Red blockade of West Berlin in 1948, access routes to the city are shut down by the Communists. The soviets try to block a meeting of the West German Parliament, but the meeting goes on as Red fighters buzz the meeting hall in violation of dozens of air safety regulations. High-Angle Shot of the Berlin wall with barbed wire and guard station. Cars and people queued up at Check Point Charlie. Traffic at a stand still, police talking with some of the drivers of the cars. German Parliament. LS Audience sitting in their seats applauding. POV Looking up at a Russian MIG buzzing West Germany. MS New photographer taking pictures. POV Looking up at a squadron of Russian MIGs.