The Fall of the Berlin Wall - Rare and Unseen Footage (1989)

[@jonnytootall1239]

I was in the British Army at the time in west Germany, it was all over the news and the feeling of optimism was sweeping through not only the German people but also all of the NATO forces stationed there. I’m so glad that I was in Germany when the wall fell, I doubt I will ever live through such an optimistic time again.

[@nathan_von]

Pinochet was the pioneer in sweeping away communism. Years later, all of Europe took his example.

[@Dutch_Uncle]

Yes, that was the spirit. Wall down, Germany reunited, USSR ended, the Cold War over and the bad guys turning into good guys. It was a time of hope and optomism. Now reality and sobreity have set in, but the general direction is still good.

[@krkhns]

I was in Berlin at Checkpoint Charlie with the US Army. It was a night I will never forget. When it started we had no idea what was going on. You could see a mass of people forming on the other side of the bridge. I still have a piece of the Wall in a frame with a certificate signed by Helmut Kohl and Hans Modrow.

[@Dutch_Uncle]

I was in Gabarone, Botswana, watching on CNN and South African TV, in English and Afrikaans. The general feeling was one of disbelief, that this was some type of large demonstration, and not something that would bring on a fundamental change in the post-WWII way of life. Wrong, really wrong. But nice.

[@PaulNurse1]

An incredible piece of archive footage. Thank you for uploading this without voice over or ads.

[@Highland_Moo]

Agreed. 👍🏻

[@GraemeWight-wx3xz]

The people of Britain already paid for it but itn is a commercial outfit and so i wouldve expected that they would have put ads on.

[@warcraftarthas]

@@GraemeWight-wx3xz wrong

[@thefalloutsteak]

As a German this is an event every one of my relatives talks about with great awe and joy, but getting to see it from so many small clips and perspectives for myself makes me understand that awe and that happiness so much more

[@toml.1408]

I visited Berlin in December of 1990, and had full access to all locations. The wall was gone and I very quickly walked thru the Brandenburg Gate. It was a great experience!!!

[@HighlanderCSF]

wow

[@Artrolity]

cool

[@richardlee2642]

I did the same thing in September, 1990, age 23. Today, at age 57, I can’t believe I went there by myself from Connecticut!

[@andrew_sctt]

-21:33 Saul Goodman?

[@3letterword]

LMFAOO YES

[@fathimathnabeela6247]

He got his rights

[@soapbrick9482]

Wtf😂

[@ruhri0411]

Okay, so he probably went to a hoover dealer in Berlin back in 1989, who took him to Albuquerque.

[@apl175]

Oh Mr. Goodman!

[@Time4Technology]

Thank you for uploading this, along with the explanations in between!

[@aroundtheworld5901]

Thanks for sharing this great historic archiving material. I will never forget this night as a Berliner and be happy to remember on this moment and the great feelings , that we are united.

[@abaialsa712]

Are you sexist

[@zvonkobogdan9634]

Tragic day. Russians (communists) were too light for those that took away 27 miIion people.

[@daddybeagleaz907]

Were you East or West Berlin?

[@fasolaru8674]

Never forget your histoy AUSCHWITZ

[@extraditori6604]

Enjoy being replaced by turks and arabs.

[@bricksquadgermany]

1:05 the joy in this guys face - just WOW !

[@charlesswitzer8378]

Great way to end an unforgettable decade.

[@tyskerbarn5171]

Nach deem Untergang der DDR ist es noch interessanter dem Untergang ganz "Deutschlands" zuzusehen.

[@daddybeagleaz907]

We are so lucky to have been there!

[@pavelpolyakov1266]

@yurinator6380 советский народ мог уничтожить всю Германию за то, что Гитлер сотворил с СССР и с другими странами. Но Сталин не стал так поступать…

[@Legend-gq4yb]

а да? может вам еще и спасибо сказать, раб системы?@@pavelpolyakov1266

[@구석방-u6x]

​@yurinator6380 ok ahmed

[@kirylkrauchuk]

It's hard to believe it was so recently

[@holydiver73]

Not so recent that there is a whole new generation of people who has forgotten how bad socialism is.

[@kpervanidis1145]

After the antifascist wall fell down whole planet burst into War thanks to "Western" greediness ..nobody can forget how capitalisme destroys people....And de-nazistification still happens today -against NATO and Kiev nazis - thanks to mother Russia...@@holydiver73

[@Boris_Chang]

Some have even forgotten how bad national socialism is too.

[@micronerd]

​@@holydiver73 Well, I would more specifically say authoritarian socialism. Social-democrats have effectively contributed to enhanced living standards in Europe during the industrial revolution, but such democratic politicians are usually resented by authoritarian communists. They were actively prosecuted and imprisoned by the GDR's feared Stasi just as equally as e.g. capitalist-libertarians.

[@myujokt733]

@@micronerd They weren't exactly fully leftist.

[@Tarek_ElMaddah]

I was 9 years old watching this in the news with my parents. 🇪🇬

[@НиколайИванович-н5м]

мне было чуть больше.

[@mariekatherine5238]

You know you’re old when you have a clear memory of watching this on TV, as an adult!

[@alanmalan3819]

Wich one side of them are real arian ?

[@cepodi]

Damn

[@doktoroptimo]

@@alanmalan3819 stereotyped thinking

[@MrJm323]

@@alanmalan3819 Some of them are real Christian heretics?

[@Jiji_1464]

​@@alanmalan3819What? Germany was separated between a side controlled by communists and a side that was controlled by the us. It was a product of the war.

[@xoxide1017]

That moment when we heard and realized and saw this wall coming down .. That moment in history was a high point for the world.. for everyone who beleived that the future was going to be brighter and better. We have gone through so much. As a teen when this was happning i was so happy but now looking back as an adult as someone whom looks at all our events currently in the last 20 years, i think Where did we go wrong. We should be better off today than we were.

[@marine4lyfe85]

Radical Islam is what happened. Constant streams of illegal immigrants and politicians who do nothing about it. Look at what Western Europe has become. White Europeans are strangers in their own countries.

[@vitapont7338]

this is a question many wonder about. I don't know the exact answer, but it is important to remember, that the Berlin Wall came down because powerful Soviet Union supporting it, became economically very weak and unable/unwilling to act. Similar "walls" however, remained in effect, dividing people of the same nations, with same language, and same culture: North Korea and South Korea, China and Taiwan. So in 1989, only one of the three fell, the other 2 still stand strong. And now that Russia has got its strengh back, it started to divide people again, and pushes its influence out, deep inside the western countries, via social media manupulations, financing political parties etc. Historians clearly see the current world events as a direct consequence of WW2 and the Cold War, leading us into WW3. In the same calculated and predictable fashion as WW1 lead to WW2.

[@Ekatjam]

The Stasi agents in the crowds were probably saying to themselves... This sure is going to be a lot of paperwork and perhaps I should be thinking about my next job.

[@Mark-st7mp]

Some of them got pretty good jobs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Just because they spoke Russian.

[@TheFrewah]

I saw an interview with the border guard who was the first to open the gates. Some other guard told him this was the end of the GDR.

[@Eric.T.Cartman]

They are probably now writing parking fines...

[@TheFrewah]

@@Eric.T.Cartman One politician, I think, ended up cleaning platforms for trains. I saw it on a documentary. He felt he had to do something as his career as a politician came to an end

[@Eric.T.Cartman]

@@TheFrewah At least he got an honest job then.

[@mikethespike7579]

A lot of footage here that I have never seen before and I have seen quite a bit. I was there when it all happened, stood on the wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, got drenched with that East German hosepipe, drank Champagne with the others, nearly fell off the wall, didn't sleep for 3 days, watched as that first wall section was pulled down by us before the West-Berlin police came and shooed everyone away, nearly fell of the wall once. What a few days that was! I think everyone knew this was coming, it was in the air, was only a matter of time, all we had to do is wait for it to happen. Thanks for posting, a lot of memories have come back again, a lot of questions too. Where are all these people now? What has become of them? Are they all still happy it happened?

[@mikethespike7579]

@@Travis1.979 Nope, the East German border guards refused to even talk to us. It seemed to me, they felt it their duty to protect the border even as this was collapsing in front of their eyes and treated us like invaders.

[@mikethespike7579]

@@Travis1.979 What! It was even being broadcast in Brazil? That amazes me! I knew at the time that it was historic and I was at the dead centre of it, but would never have guessed it to be of such interest.

[@alexandre210613]

Merci ITN pour ces archives !

[@KrissyRoseAnimallover]

That is very good video footage for 1989. Not blurry not fuzzy everything clean and clear and smooth

[@lesleyhaan116]

thats because this was recorded with real big shoulder broadcast cameras

[@Bulletguy07]

Judging from appearance many East German border guards were undoubtedly born after the wall went up. I remember talking to a young East German who was just 19 the time the wall fell and he told me family holidays were always in Hungary where as teenagers they were known as the "poor" Germans. He'd always longed for a pair of Levi jeans.......something i'd taken for granted through my teenage years and could buy any time!

[@mikethespike7579]

Poor Germans... LOL! There are stories of adventurous East Germans in the early days travelling by bus or train to France or Italy to just look around a bit and finding that they couldn't even afford to use the public toilets and the locals there being astounded that there was such a thing as poor Germans wearing tatty clothes.

[@Mare416]

I love how at 6:42 and 6:49 there are people slowly, carefully chipping away at the wall (one of them has a chisel!) and then at 6:59 the camera pans over to the guy who is just whacking the wall as hard as he can with a sledgehammer. Working toward the same goal, in very different ways!!

[@dougtheviking6503]

Yep that Dude

[@rockerjonni]

I remember my uncle who said he only wanted a small peace of the wall before it disappears but he chiseled many small peaces for all who asked him for a souvenir. They still had the fear of being shot by the border guards. the shooting order was still alive. The whole evening was a test of the people to look what the GDR gouvernment will do. They tested Schabowskis sentence "This occurs... as far as I know, it is immediately, without delay" for truth.

[@franksimpkins4471]

I was a GI stationed in West Germany at time and drove up to Berlin for this. We found a chisel and hammer in an ancient hardware store and just started banging on that wall. It was not meant to come down easy and we just got small bits. We noticed some French dudes drilling in and under to the rebar and we did that and peeled off giant flakes. I took off a bunch of it and rotated home a month later with a duffle bag full of the wall. I gave all of it away except a beautiful piece still on my desk today. I found my self later near the Brandenburg Gate hole in the wall and hugged a thousand East Germans as they passed through from no mans land. We had hundreds of East Germans living at our Air Base for months as refugees from other breaks in the border earlier. Good times.

[@vitapont7338]

I was at the Berlin Wall memorial a few days ago. It was emotionally quite heavy. The wall gives reason to pessimism: many similar walls divide the same people around the world and new ones are being built. But it also gives reason for hope: one day, they will be gone in days.

[@bwoolno]

Had a bit of a chuckle at around 2:50 . The man with the cast on his left leg with a walking stick smiled and waved at the camera , then hid his face . It was a great time in history seeing the wall come down

[@christianschuster4184]

The absolute very best footage without any comment just the atmosphere - this ist pure gold!

[@80sOutrunFan]

Awesome footage, thanks!

[@GIORDANOBRUNO1969]

Thanks for uploading! These videos are monuments of history! Greetings from Italy!

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

In the beginning, Wester Germans were very open and friendly to the East Germans...but in early 90's that began to cool off considerably...

[@harcomou8395]

True. Most hate us.

[@PortMoody1]

Well East Germany had a command economy for so long and was much poorer. It became clear that unification would be paid for by the people of west Germany. They poured in roughly 2 trillion euros. Even now there is a solidarity tax. Also many people in the east still support socialism. Even though it keeps failing they just never seem to learn.

[@yahyaky9854]

Like refugees in 2015 ?!

[@saas-lk2oe]

​@@PortMoody1 well, if that's true then it shows that nowadays economic and social politics, the so called "free life", suck so much, to the point that some people feel nostalgic about oppressing and inhuman regimes like communism

[@JoyMadrugada]

aber warum ?@@harcomou8395

[@franksimpkins4471]

I was a GI stationed in West Germany at time and drove up to Berlin for this. We found a chisel and hammer in an ancient hardware store and just started banging on that wall. It was not meant to come down easy and we just got small bits. We noticed some French dudes drilling in and under to the rebar and we did that and peeled off giant flakes. I took off a bunch of it and rotated home a month later with a duffle bag full of the wall. I gave all of it away except a beautiful piece still on my desk today. I found my self later near the Brandenburg Gate hole in the wall and hugged a thousand East Germans as they passed through from no mans land. We had hundreds of East Germans living at our Air Base for months as refugees from other breaks in the border earlier. Good times.

[@kentedgar442]

I will never forget this i was 7 years old and was living there. The people all over the place hanging out of their cars screaming and happy also crying something even as a child you knew was a very big thing happening

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

"All alone or in twos, the ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall"

[@MaxScheibenpflug]

And today, some of the the EU wants to build, yes, walls against, yes, refugees. "Isn't this where we came in?" truly.

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

@@MaxScheibenpflug Do you mean the Finland-Russia border?

[@MaxScheibenpflug]

@@DarkAndVelvetNights there are many EU borders where walls are discussed.

[@DarkAndVelvetNights]

@@MaxScheibenpflug Right now Russia is forcing refugees who, don't have all the needed papers, to EU, so we have to close our borders.

[@MaxScheibenpflug]

@@DarkAndVelvetNights because papers and stuff are more important than human life. I am from Austria. During the Nazi regime, many Austrians died because no country would take those people as refugees. Today? Still the same everywhere, still the same... and Austria is only one of many countries that does not want to take refugees, having learned nothing from being on the other side 80 years ago.

[@beerten202]

my parents were there a few weeks before the fall and they could sense something big was gonna happen they just didnt know when but just the atmosphere in berlin was basically akin to being so much under pressure you could cut it with a knife and it would spew out as soon as they got home they saw the news of the wall coming down

[@Klausi1305]

first time in Berlin after the fall of the Wall.. i was 8... and waving smiles to british Jeep which was following us on the Autobahn in West Berlin.. And they waved backed.. very nice!

[@Clan501-Scotland]

My late uncle was there to photograph the day all the way from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Wok_Agenda]

They may take our wall but they'll never take OUR FREEDOM

[@rockeee]

32:45 "Let's get in there!" From an Irish person, I'd spot one of our accents straight away. 😂👍🏻

[@romulus3529]

theres a reason why, when the wall fell, everyone ran from the east side to the west side......

[@georgerichardson7728]

Yes, its human instinct to flee Socialism /Communism

[@Trombodituono]

Si, e subito dopo hanno capito dove si trovavano😂😂😂nella favola di cenerentola😂😂😂😂😂

[@brianrunyon266]

A huge early Christmas gift to those against what remained of the Eastern Block.

[@rogueninja1685]

Too bad it's now Christians who are jumpstarting fascism right here in the USA. We learned nothing

[@Jarjar2270]

If anyone wonders what they are screaming at the start of the vid its "wall be gone" its a rough translation but its the best way to say it in english.

[@jurgenhabicht3204]

My father has a piece of the broken wall

[@tobiojo6469]

Amazing archive footage

[@svyatozar]

Amazing footages!

[@TheArtist8077]

it's hard to believe that the children in this video will be in their 30's and 40's now and will have children of their own.

[@wulfone5961]

Given the low birth rates in the Western world probably not.

[@Boris_Chang]

Why?

[@Gravity_studioss]

​@@Boris_Chang Because the footage looks so recent and the people in this video look so young. Its hard to believe that 30 years have passed

[@michaeljensen5020]

I very much appreciate ITN sharing all of this historic video with the public. Someone at ITN recognizes the importance of their vast trove of video and, the relevance of sharing this today. We are quickly forgetting the history that lead us to this point in the 21st century. I hope school instructors (My wife is a history teacher in Texas and she can not share her appreciation enough with ITN for posting these videos!) here in the USA and around the world take full advantage of the generosity of ITN and use these raw moments from history to teach their students; open another door to the importance of history in the lives of young people.

[@Mark01962]

This is how you tell the story of those days. No commentary, just the Berliners telling their story.

[@strawberrycouture]

It looks like the East Berlin guards don't want the wall to come down. They hoist it up. 38:48

[@strawberrycouture]

@@Travis1.979 That's true. Cognitive dissonance.

[@SharonBook]

I was just following orders

[@waverider227]

I remember news Anchorman Dan Rather covering that night November 9 th 1989 It was such a surreal yet unbelivable moment in time. Only 2 years earlier the wall looked like it would never come down then in June 1987 President Reagan gave his famous speech "MR GORBACHEV.. TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" Just 2 years later it finally fell on that night and so many people cheered on both sides it was a happy moment in history. For a brief moment all seemed well.

[@bearsmith3655]

At 21:00 you see the people looking in the store windows with fascination. To put this in perspective, the stores in East Germany had very few items and very cheaply made products. The contrast could not have been greater.

[@aayushdas19]

Note that Graffiti on the wall at 13:37: “ ⚡️A, ⚡️⚡️, ⚡️ED”, clever taunt at the ruling party of East Germany.

[@icecoffee1361]

ITN should of put subtitles on ❤

[@ukbb2632]

4:01 the guy on the right is like "oh crap I'm out of a job".

[@ButscheSchmidt]

15:26 die Schuhe der Uniformierten quietschen enorm mit jedem Schritt. Man sagt, dass quietschende Schuhe nicht bezahlt sind....

[@bluethunder6801]

Still have my original pieces of the wall

[@TheFrewah]

I remember the recording of that crossing which had to open because of the pressure. There was this guard whose head went from left to right like crazy, as if he tried to memorise the face of each individual. Unforgettable. It would be interesting to see an interview with this guy

[@michaelw2816]

As a student I visited a grim East Berlin in late 1988 - not realising that within a year the wall would fall. The wall had existed all my life and I thought it would continue like North Korea. I wish I could have gone back to see the opening.

[@TheTerrier1993]

Thanks MR GORBATJOV, YOU made this possible!

[@bonjourtoi3894]

Je pense que c'est le meilleur que la Russie à eu. Avec lui, jamais il aurait eu la guerre en Ukraine. La Russie serait bien différente, aimée et respectée du monde.

[@ТатьянаИльичева-ч4в]

Обычные люди Горбачёва ненавидят! То что происходило в 90е и сейчас, результат его "политики"! Гори в аду "меченый"!

[@Horizon_Au]

​@@ТатьянаИльичева-ч4вздравые люди не винят Горбачёва, а винят народ, который и развалил страну

[@ТатьянаИльичева-ч4в]

@@Horizon_Au да-да! Давно с народом тот общался или из-за бугра очередной вещатель?

[@Horizon_Au]

@@ТатьянаИльичева-ч4в как я написал выше, вина в основном лежит на народе, причём некоторые из них говорят, как жилось лучше раньше, гении

[@tqxy24]

I was 11 years old at the time living in NJ. My mom is from duisburg and she got a call from friends about what happened. the news ran the whole day and night

[@scruf153]

I was 14 years old in 1989 I remember everything

[@engineerzy3124]

Can you tell everything in great detail?

[@yoshka7779]

my granpa was 14 years old when germans killed his parents in Smolensk 1941

[@christophermartin9143]

.... and al these decades later, genuine original pieces of the Berlin Wall are still on sale in Berlin souvenir shops.....

[@alejandrovidal6441]

I have one piece in my bookcase, brought by my brother who was visiting Berlin...

[@thornil2231]

a fool and his money are soon parted... @@alejandrovidal6441

[@Mare416]

I wasn’t even born until 1992, but when I was growing up, my (American) parents had chunks of concrete in a heap in the backyard that we all called “the Berlin Wall.” One day I asked why, and they told me that when they bought the house in 1989, there was a concrete path through the backyard that they wanted to remove. So the next summer, when they were breaking it into pieces with sledgehammers, they started calling it “the Berlin Wall.”

[@virginius1974]

Um grande fato histórico pra Alemanha Berlin eo mundo

[@cimiez1]

Isso deveu ser a festa e uma bagunça eita! Graça a Deus aquele muro caiu não cansei visionar nessas imagens. E o Clímax o ano seguinte as duas Alemanhas reunificaçarem no dia 3 de outubro de 1990 Ex a Alemanha ocidental engolisse a Alemanha oriental.

[@crackthefoundation_]

A catastrophy for most living in the Union. Hard times.

[@Kiwaczek_1]

Zgadza się , początek upadku cywilizacji europejskiej

[@johansd6192]

I was 8.... I remember seeing this on live TV not even knowing what was unfolding before my very eyes...

[@touchstoneaf]

Still brings me to tears.

[@henrikrolfsen1889]

I was there through the whole event. We on the Right, the Freedom Fighters, and German Patriots knew it was coming: 1989 was the year of Hitler's 100th birthday. In March of that year, Estonia declared its independence from the Soviet Union, after exposing that the occupation of Estonia, along with the other Baltic States, was illegal due the Secrete Agreement between Molotov, and Ribbentrop in 1939. November 9th was a national holiday in the Third Reich, because it commemorated the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of November 9th 1923, and the Fallen Heroes of that event. I told many people that it was coming, but they all laughed at me. They looked at me with wide eyes, when it really did happen just as I had said. Nothing happen by accident. It all had a larger purpose. Es Lebe Deutschland!

[@Chykemartins]

This is amazing 😍

[@ukvietthang619]

Can someone translate what the man said at 5:46 please?

[@reinerbergkamen7852]

we came from the wall

[@MikaComments]

Let's remember & give credit to POLAND 🇵🇱 for SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT in the 1980's with Lech Walensa as it's leader that started the freedom movement from communism oppression. POLAND 🇵🇱 was the 1ST. COUNTRY in communism block that STOOD UP to RUSSIA'S REGIME. After Poland the rest of the countries followed including Germany.

[@Big_Dolfie]

*The first country that SUCCESSFULLY stood up.

[@myujokt733]

And may you never suffer under Russia again.

[@LouReu]

49:00 - did they deliberately choose this particular segment to "split" the hammer and sickle and the swastika?

[@neilugaddan]

Studying history in the future will be more fun since they have footages like this.

[@RoscoPColtrane17]

The wall was a crime against humanity

[@WingkKong]

This is used to stop the expansion Of The American power to the east You has conflict with Russia now because America follow Hitler example n expand its power to the east

[@brucenorman8904]

communism and state socialism are crimes against humanity

[@HRH_Crown_prince]

YES IT'S TRUE. THAT WALL WAS CRUEL WORK TO GERMAN PEOPLE FROM USSR.

[@myujokt733]

That the Western population born after its destruction sadly worship it, and people who put it up along with their ideas.

[@fifiemayasari8778]

I was in West Berlin from 1981 to 1983. I saw the crash down of the walls from TV news. Happy to see they are reunion again. Love Berlin such a beautiful city and the people are lovely too. I have a lot of friends there and I missed them so much. ❤❤❤

[@podrozekamila4799]

Greetings from Poland. Freedom always win.

[@ZOV_ebat_azov327]

ГДР незаконно распался

[@EvilKGB]

На кухню топай. И идеалистический конструкт вроде "свободы" с собой забери, марионетка собственной тупизны.

[@Vocadus]

​@@ZOV_ebat_azov327что значит "незаконно") СССР получается законным образом развалился? Че вообще за термины?)

[@ZOV_ebat_azov327]

@@Vocadus тоже незаконно к сожалению

[@Vocadus]

@@ZOV_ebat_azov327 раскройте свой термин "незаконно развалился", пожалуйста.

[@AT-AT-AT-AT]

docs soon to be questioned by harvard.

[@SharonBook]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MelonVidsYT]

It Fell because they wanted peace again and be full Germany again.

[@ZOFIELHERRERA-wy3yo]

That evil wall came crumbling down.

[@myujokt733]

That the Western population born after its destruction sadly worship it, and people who put it up along with their ideas.

[@strawberrycouture]

Wow they way the East Berlin guards block the walk entryway. 35:59

[@frydaynightlive]

this moment changed the whole world

[@Hawk006]

NEVER AGAIN!

[@v.s.d.2400]

I’m from Ukraine,but I love this video)))Ein Volk,Ein Deutschland)))

[@User-EntersdegNsifghrteysba]

Это было поглощение! Одной стороны другой

[@ЮрийСкворцов-у6щ]

@@User-EntersdegNsifghrteysba По добровольному и радостному согласию!

[@Mr.Fantomas777]

Take me to the magic of the moment on the glory night

[@BuckyDee2036]

For the children of tomorrow

[@cynthiacarter532]

I knew the wall would come down eventually. That it happened so fast was a surprise. Remember as a school kid in the US seeing the news about it going up and some of the escapes. It was ugly, depressing, and sad, so glad it's gone!

[@samil5601]

From this to seeing US wanting to wall itself in in under 30 years is quite an absurd achievement.

[@RollOnToVictory]

Interestingly, if Korean reunification ever comes to pass, you probably won't see footage like this, as their border is near entirely jungle and forest riddled with landmines.

[@ruhri0411]

Korea has now been divided for 70 years and there are no links between the two parts. Relationships probably no longer exist either. Germany was only really divided when the Wall was built, and from the 1970s onwards there was détente between the two German states. West Germans could travel to East Berlin relatively easily and mutual trade was lively, so that after 28 years the separation was not yet final. Unfortunately, things look bad for Korea, as Kim's regime is supported by powerful China, and East Germany was dropped by the USSR at the end of the Cold War.

[@Boris_Chang]

The border in Berlin was riddled with landmines.

[@myujokt733]

Most chance of peaceful unification in either case.

[@humansvd3269]

There are no jungles in Korea.

[@JeremyHaines-e8k]

This is very interesting and informative about the fall of the Berlin wall

[@Ermakov1964]

Великие времена. Падение железного занавеса. Тогда СССР почувствовал ветер перемен и вскоре рухнул.

[@rasimbot]

Ветер перемен ж..пу защекотал

[@darlene2303]

I was a SGT stationed there at the time it came down. I still have a piece of the graffiti covered wall in my curio cabinet that I took as a souvenir. We celebrated with them and I always look for footage over the years to see if I can find myself on someone's film. :) I'm now in my 60's and this is still one of my best living history moments ever.

[@samuraiMOURS]

3:53 4:20 That fierce whistling crowd… It taunts the soldiers

[@yeticlimber2768]

Ich war live dabei am Brandenburger Tor beim Mauerfall 🤗❤️

[@Janique2100]

[@alienuser3583]

Ты плакал?

[@fatihkan2601]

We always tend to forget things like that. We like to percept the world as we live in. It's all about one moment before and one moment later for us. But these things are what really made us who we are. But again it's like never happening in our perception. The same feeling I believe has caught up with the people who were actually living these historical moments too. reason of this feeling is maybe we don't like to see things around us change fundamentally. We think historical things happen in history and it has nothing to do with us. History has ended and we don't have to worry about it. We don't like to consider our lives too are the part of the same history. It's hard to explain this feeling.

[@dougiemillar8597]

The crowds climbing on top of the wall I’m guessing these are people from the west German side? With all the graffiti on the walls the East German side was white… so to me the crowds we see is mostly west German ? Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong 😂

[@gernottimm4549]

You‘re completely right

[@seaturtledog]

The area of no mans land was on the East side. You could get shot and many did for trying to get near the wall. On the West side you could walk up to the wall.

[@gernottimm4549]

Let‘s better call it no go zone or death strip, as there was no „no mans land“. The complete wall and barriere system was on GDR-territory. There were even some access doors in the wall for GDR soldiers to check the west side of the wall for damage. Even the west side was GDR property, but accessible for western people to spray their graffitis.

[@bonjourtoi3894]

Rendu à cet étape. Je pense que c'était de l'Est et de l'Ouest.

[@myujokt733]

Ironic. And immediately after it was over they realised how utterly different these people were from them, and started discriminating against them.

[@ICHIGOKUROSAKI2407-l4v]

Incredible footage. Today's generation will not understand until they see this footage, and they consider it a highly educational aspect.

[@jenniferseals3642]

Amazing footage! I remember watching this on tv when it happened. The feeling of true, real optimism was amazing. The hope that came from this was just awesome. What a time to be alive!

[@petrhorak3268]

This is the moment that one KGB officer developed a deep rooted PTSD… 😢 Poor guy. /s

[@timothythomas4812]

i remembered when i was visit that wall, was impressed when i touched wall and i kneel my leg and Prayed Hope This future will be taken down i was shocked it was 1987 i was visited Germany, it was so Blessing! Thanks God For Answer my Prayers!

[@Honey-Sanchez]

Eine herrliche und herzzerreißende Zeit.

[@RandomnessTube.]

One of my earliest memories as a kid it felt like the world would change for the better.

[@hypnomarket8649]

And indeed he has changed😂

[@peterli6138]

34:06 never before both the East and West Berlin Police had a more difficult job to do 😂

[@daddybeagleaz907]

I've wondered how many of the E. German police were absorbed into the Western ranks, both in Berlin and the rest of the country.

[@PrinceChaloner]

I remember watching this live on TV..

[@CT_97]

What did the man say to the camera? 3:28

[@reinerbergkamen7852]

please stay back

[@CT_97]

@@reinerbergkamen7852 ah thank you

[@woof9408]

I was 5 at the time. My parents were stationed in Germany, where i was born. I remember seeing the wall come down like most on the TV. I didn't understand what any of this meant at the time, but looking back, everyone was much happier.

[@p.w.5199]

35 years ago today!!!!

[@motosill_garage]

Судя по радостному настроению, они ещё не до конца понимали, куда это их приведёт.

[@ЮрийСкворцов-у6щ]

И куда это их привело? Неужели им стало хуже?

[@motosill_garage]

@ЮрийСкворцов-у6щ их спросите.

[@ЮрийСкворцов-у6щ]

@@motosill_garage Они говорят, что понимали и им было и есть в кайф!

[@motosill_garage]

​@@ЮрийСкворцов-у6щимена, фамилии, явки?

[@hippiethehypocrite107]

​@@motosill_garageСегодня дела у Германии обстоят намного лучше!

[@tomak79]

Meanwhile, in Bonn, the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (German Government) was watching on television the brave West Berliners effectively destroying the DDR by dismantling the WALL while the East German government knew things were no longer in their control. POWERLESS!

[@katgurl5414]

I remember at the time, the news in the west awaiting the result of the outcome of the conference with all quiet at checkpoint Charlie, but expecting the wall to come down any minute.I remember everyone watcing in anticipation. But obviously, we didnt see what was goin on on the east side of the wall. On the West Side, it was a sea of reporters and a welcoming comitee looking at a quiet checkpoint Charlie wondering what was goin on behind the Iron curtain and awaiting the gates opening. We see here on the East Side, we have a sea of border gaurds, equally clueless as to whats happening and a sea of protesters tryna get out. Thanks for sharing. Brilliant.

[@jimseldenthuis3352]

I remember when the wall fell, me and my buddy's all did xtc that night and drove straight to Berlin, what a party epic stuff🤙🏻

[@wjs010]

This goes to show you that no matter how frightening it may be to face a new challenge-like the capitalist west- after ostensibly being “taken care of” by the commie government (with the truly good and bad that brought. Good because of the nostalgic feelings of community and relative simplicity of life , with a more clean, albeit drab, and safe society), osties were still willing to risk life and limb to be a part of the free world, with all of the inherent imperfections that brought (like inevitable class differences , economic differences, etc). This is a testament to the underlying failures of a communist system. The human cannot be caged. The human wants to be free and liberated, to make his or her own choices. The consequences of said choices may not always be positive, but it is one’s own choice, rather than following the everyday whims of the government. Not an anarchist by any means. I am just so glad these people gained their deserved freedom. And yes I understand there are worse living situations than socialist East Germany. But still. You don’t need me to spell this out. These people’s actions say far more than anyone else could. That said, Karl Marx must’ve been one lazy bastard.

[@myujokt733]

And sadly the current Wessies don't get it, and along with some old buggers who still believe it hasn't come yet. Part of me wishes all of Europe was enveloped in communism so every dumbarse knew what it truly was. Sure you could argue that Europe would've been utterly ruined and desecrated beyond belief, but ultimately the regime still would've collapsed in the end, and Europe would have been reborn a century, or two latter.