The Berlin Wall being built at night. Pieces of wall are installed / Sign: Friedensallee / barbed wire / slabs of concrete are delivered / guards. The Berlin Wall being built at night on November 20, 1961 in East Berlin, Germany (Footage...

Building work continues on the Berlin Wall on the East side / sign: 'Friedrichstrasse' pan to East German troops / US troops at checkpoint behind sandbags with anti tank bazookas / East German troops stand as work on wall goes on behind...

/ High angle view of soldiers guarding the Brandenburg Gate / French soldier looks through binoculars / aerial of Reichstag. Berlin Wall: Brandenburg Gate on August 31, 1962 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

East German Border: the wall along border is now a double line of high concrete posts and barbed wire with a ditch behind: line of East German workers led by flag bearer: guards shine large mirror at camera: smoke bomb set off to obscure...

view of East Berlin Wall with fence around it / former Vice President Richard Nixon arriving in car at Checkpoint Charlie / signs for Checkpoint Charlie / Richard Nixon with his family, his wife Pat and daughters Tricia and Julie / Nixon...

/ aerial of bridge across the Rhine River / river cutting through downtown Berlin / observation tower. Berlin Wall: Rhine River and Berlin Countryside on August 31, 1962 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

/ aerial views of the Rhine River / checkpoint along the river / looking down at buildings and trees along the riverbanks. Berlin Wall: Rhine River and checkpoint on August 31, 1962 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

/ aerial of Reichstag building / looking down at the roads around the Reichstag / along the river / aerial views of apartment housing complexes and rooftops. Berlin Wall: views over downtown Berlin on August 31, 1962 in Berlin, Germany...

/ soldier stands in doorway with sign above that reads 'US ARMY CHECKPOINT CHARLIE' / wider shot of Checkpoint Charlie showing American flag, a wall of sandbags and more soldiers / Volkswagen Beetle drives up to checkpoint and is...

/ tall wide building with bricked up windows / CU of the Berlin Wall going through the city / people living life, traffic on West Berlin side and nothing on the other / CU of wall and the barrier in front of it. Berlin Wall: East vs West...

/ aerial view of the Reichstag building / panning around the perimeter of the Reichstag / road leading to Reichstag. Berlin Wall: Reichstag building on August 31, 1962 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

CU Reichstag in West Berlin / soldiers guarding the wall with dogs and guns / armored car drives past / soldier removing barbed wire from top of wall / soldiers stacking bricks of a new wall / machinery moves large slabs of wall into...

sign, 'US Army Checkpoint Charlie' / border crossing area with guards on patrol / looking into the Eastern Sector of Berlin from the Friedrichstrasse. Checkpoint Charlie crossing point to East Berlin during the Cold War on June 26, 1963...

Nikita Khrushchev waving to crowd outdoors in East Berlin, greeting people. Khrushchev visiting East Berlin on August 13, 1961 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

People putting up barbed wire as initial Berlin Wall is built/ Dragline dumping dirt during construction of ditch/ Guard pacing beside destroyed buildings and barbed wire of Berlin Wall/ Guards walking in ditch along barbed wire fence

Dramatic scenes of people running through barbed wire fence / man jumping out building window into net on ground / crowd of West Berliners watching escapes / East Berlin guards try to pull woman into window as West Berliners pull her to...

Demonstrations in East Berlin for and against Castro and Cuba shortly before JFK's 'Bay of Pigs' speech / people holding signs

Nikita Khrushchev touring East Berlin, shaking hands with military officials. Khrushchev visiting East Berlin on August 13, 1961 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

/ aerials of Berlin streets and buildings / left over bombing damage is can be seen on some buildings / aerial of Reichstag. Berlin Wall: aerials over the city on August 31, 1962 in Berlin, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

Crowd of soldiers standing in front of Brandenburg Gate / barbed wire attached to posts as the Berlin Wall is built / two men guiding large cement slab being lowered by crane / PAN from soldier leaning against wall to soldiers walking by...

East Berlin, Germany Train Station

CLEAN: Exterior views of street scenes and life in East Berlin before the fall of the Berlin Wall, showing The Brandenburg Gate on 14 September 1989, in Berlin, Germany

CLEAN: Exterior views of street scenes and life in East Berlin before the fall of the Berlin Wall, showing traffic and trams and children eating ice cream on 14 September 1989, in Berlin, Germany

The Russians have prepared a ""no-man's land"" to control the flow of refugees from East to West, but Red troops cross to the Red Army Memorial. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...