GDR Magazine 1969 No. 22 1969, 1969.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Camera DDR, production company.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

GDR Magazine

Newsreels & Cinemagazines

Standardized Title:

DDR Magazin 22/69. English.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (video file 0:17:59) : Sound, Black and White.

Place of Publication:

1969,

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.

Summary:

Celebrations in Berlin and other cities marking the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic. Includes footage of the official opening of the Television Tower in Alexanderplatz and of the Urania Universal clock; a naval revue of the GDR and Soviet Red Banner fleet in Rostock; the opening of a new cultural centre in Dresden; leaders and government officials of Socialist States arriving at Schönefeld Airport and attending an official ceremony at the Werner Seelenbinder Hall where speeches are made by delegates from various socialist countries; a parade of honour of the National Peoples Army and a working peoples rally in Marx Engels Square; the unveiling of a Karl Marx memorial; the laying of wreaths at a memorial for Soviet soldiers lost in the fight to liberate Germany during the Second World War, as well as a military parade; a firework display in Berlin.

Credits:

Production Company: Camera DDR.

Notes:

Archive Reference: N-507492.

Description based on online resource (viewed on 19 December, 2018).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.