First observations: Chausseestraße, Brandenburger Tor, Bornholmer Straße

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November 9 1989
Duration: 04:36 min.
Broadcaster: RIAS TV - Deutsche Welle

License: Not Creative Commons

First images after Günter Schabowski announces the new law on travel at a press conference on November 9, 1989. The footage is from the (future) border checkpoints Chausseestraße, Brandenburger Tor, and Bornholmer Straße from 8 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. the following day.

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TV Report

Context

crowd, fall of the Berlin Wall, opening of the border, water cannon, [E3.3.1 Border Crossings in Berlin]

Places

Bornholmer Straße border crossing, Brandenburg Gate, Bösebrücke (bridge), Chausseestraße border crossing

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