67th Inter-Parliamentary Conference: Berlin 1980 German Democratic Republic 1980, 1980.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Camera DDR, production company.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Diplomatic & Political Newsreels

Newsreels & Cinemagazines

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (video file 0:16:26) : Sound, Colour.

Place of Publication:

1980,

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.

Summary:

Features footage of some of the speeches made at the conference, and a tour of Berlin and Potsdam by delegates to the conference. The signing of the Potsdam agreement is touched upon, as is the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. There is also a tour of Berlin, with interviews with delegates on their thoughts of the city. The speeches at the conference largely concern peace and arms sales. Military spending is compared with medical spending. There is a visit to a polyclinic to consider the benefits of free healthcare, help with disabilities and support for pensioners. Wittenberg and Dresden are then visited to consider cultural and historical aspects of life in the GDR.

Credits:

Production Company: Camera DDR.

Notes:

Archive Reference: N-507089.

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

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.