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Sunday Documentary – Test for the West: Berlin

Still from Test for the West: Berlin

Photo: Still from Test for the West: Berlin

Test for the West: Berlin is a Silver Bear-winning documentary by Franz Baake that deals with the history of Berlin from the 1920s to 1962, focusing on the post-war events that lead to the Cold War.

The usual milestones are discussed: the division of Berlin; the Berlin Blockade; the 1953 workers’ uprising and the construction of the Berlin wall.  And there is footage of landmarks such as the Reichstag, Tempelhof Airport and Schloß Charlottenburg.

As Test for the West: Berlin was a Berlinale prize winner in 1962 I assume that the footage of John F Kennedy’s famous ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech in Berlin in June 1963 and what follows has been added by Chronos as a continuation of the story.

Test for the West: Berlin

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