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Richard Nixon and family visit the Berlin Wall
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...
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Berlin Wall: Rhine River and Berlin Countryside
/ 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)
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Berlin Wall: Rhine River and checkpoint
/ 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)
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Berlin Wall: views over downtown Berlin
/ 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...
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Berlin Wall: Checkpoint Charlie
/ 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...
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Berlin Wall: East vs West Berlin Contrasts
/ 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...
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Berlin Wall: Reichstag building
/ 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)
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Shock waves and destruction from Soviet nuclear bomb testing, 1950s
HD colour footage of shock waves from nuclear bomb testing. Montage. Filmed on 35mm. 1950s
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Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 heavy-bomber at the Semipalatinsk test site, with the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb. USSR, 1955
HD footage of a Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 heavy-bomber plane (NATO reporting name: Badger) at the Semipalatinsk test site, with the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb. Soviet Kazakhstan, 1955. Filmed on 35mm.
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Berlin Wall being built, conflicts arise
HA parked cars and people on city street / man using camera with long lens outdoors, taking photograph standing next to Bernauer Strabe street sign / guard in uniform shining flashlight at camera thru barbed wire of Berlin Wall /...
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Trees fall from the shock wave of a Soviet nuclear test at the Totskoye test site, USSR, 1954
Trees falling from the shock wave of a nuclear explosion at the Soviet nuclear test site, the Totskoye range (Orenburg Region). 1954. Filmed on 35mm.
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Refugees from East Berlin as wall is built
Two young male refugees standing with blankets wrapped round shoulders / queues of refugees / soup handed out / young woman interviewed - she had jumped through barriers as Berlin Wall was being built to get to West. Refugees from East...
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Report on escapes over the Berlin Wall
Efforts by East Germans to reinforce the Berlin Wall to prevent escapes / steam shovel at work / Communists open wall for Christmas and allow West Berliners to visit relatives in the East / guards. Report on escapes over the Berlin...
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Checkpoint Charlie crossing point to East Berlin during the Cold War
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...
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Profumo affair
The Profumo Affair was a 1963 British political scandal named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War. He had an affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistrees of an alleged Soviet spy Sergey Ivanov.
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VP Richard Nixon at the US Fair in Moscow
/ Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet chief Nikita Khrushchev at the United States Fair in Moscow / Nixon and Khrushchev debate, standing next to microphone. VP Richard Nixon at the US Fair in Moscow on July 27, 1959 in Moscow,...
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Aftermath of nuclear bomb test, USSR 1954
Shots of destruction after a nuclear explosion, 1954. Filmed on 35mm. HD.
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Explosion of RDS-37, the Soviet Union's first two-stage H-bomb, first tested at the Semipalatinsk test site, November 22nd 1955 (2K resolution)
2K resolution footage of RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on November 22, 1955 at the Semipalatinsk test site. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6...
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Khrushchev visiting East Berlin
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)
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MONTAGE Berlin Wall being built / Construction/ AUDIO
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
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People escaping from East Berlin
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...
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Protesters in East Berlin demonstrate for and against Cuba
Demonstrations in East Berlin for and against Castro and Cuba shortly before JFK's 'Bay of Pigs' speech / people holding signs