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“Divided Berlin.” Aerial shot of Berlin. People walking down the sidewalk. A pigeon walks around barbed wire. The narrator talks about the building of the Berlin Wall, the “Iron Curtain.” Refugees walk through an opening in the wall, sit around waiting and get on an airplane. Construction of Berlin Wall starting at the Brandenburg Gate. People jumping from buildings along the border to escape East Germany. Buildings are destroyed by bulldozers. People run and escape through a barbed wire fence. An East German guard runs to escape. United States troops carry heavy bags. A train with a British flag on it passes by. Tanks are parked along the road and soldiers stand around holding guns and crouch behind a wall of sandbags.