| BERLIN ELECTIONS Election of mayor in Berlin - start divide into East and West. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8016 |
| Catalog #: | 233577 | |
| Clip Number: | 233577-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2049 G | |
| Timecode: | 01:15:46 - 01:16:42 | |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1948 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Berlin WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Misc. | |
| Description: | BERLIN ELECTIONS Election of mayor in Berlin - start divide into East and West. Berlin, Germany LS Aerial view of Berlin. LS A session of the City Assembly (Communists) LS Members of the assembly at the Admiralspalast Berlin's light opera house. MS Red sympathisers going through the motions of electing a Lord Mayor. LS Outside the opera a 100 thousand East Sector Berliners rally to await election results. (4 shots). MS & CU Fritz Ebert named Mayor of the Assembly speaking to the crowd. MS & LS Berliners listening. LS Outside the City Hall in the Eastern Sector liaison officers of the three Western Powers seen leaving. LS Train coming into station. CU Berlin station sign. LS Crowds on station platform. LS Queue of Berliners waiting to vote in the Western Sector. MS Two women voting. CU Berliners voting (5 shots). CU Berlin's present Mayor Louise Schroeder in voting booth and Ernst Reuter in polling booth. MS Ballot box being upset onto table. MS Girl viewing large board giving voting results pan round to map of Berlin. LS & CU Ernst Reuter speaking to the newly elected assembly. 'The people of Berlin want nothing else than to be a free people. No dictatorship will stop our free elections.' | |
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