| Edition |
Widescreen version. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; stereo. |
| Note |
Title from menu screen. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Joe Morton. |
| Credits |
Producer, Eric Stange ; editors, William A. Anderson, Matthew Brawley ; cinematographers, Steffan Thissen, Matthew Brawley, Fujio Watanabe ; original music, John Kusiak. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS on June 28, 2010. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to the opening in 1989. Examines the lives of ordinary citizens caught in the politics of the Cold War, the extraordinary efforts of East Berliners to cross to the West, and the birth of the freedom movement in East Germany's Protestant Church. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "No one has any intention to build a wall" -- A matter of life and death -- Daily life in the GDR -- Spark of revolution -- Showdown in Leipzig -- The fall of the wall. |
| Language |
In English with some dialogue in German; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
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Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990.
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Cold War.
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Germany (East) -- Politics and government -- 1989-1990.
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Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
HoustonPBS.
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KUHT-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.)
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Stange, Eric, 1953- Director.
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Morton, Joe, 1947- Narrator.
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Spy Pond Productions.
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781608832767 |
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1608832767 |
| Standard No. |
841887012799 |
| Music No. |
WALW601 PBS Distribution |
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