Full 1-hour version of my Berlin series, in which I trace the history of Germany's capital through the sights and tourist attractions.
Chapter points:
0:49 Founding of Berlin
2:41 Old Berlin has mostly gone
3:55 Berlin City Hall and Grey Monastery
5:04 Berlin's oldest inn
5:41 Political and religious refugees
6:39 Schloss, Cathedral and Museum Island
8:26 Unter den Linden
9:49 The Brandenburg Gate
12:51 Industrial Revolution and the Empire
13:39 The Reichstag
14:36 A new middle class
15:01 The Captain of Köpenick
16:57 A public transport system is built
19:24 Märkisches Museum and the bears
20:20 Berlin's New West
21:24 The Ku'damm and the Zoo
22:18 Schloss Charlottenburg
23:12 After the First World War
24:41 The AVUS and the Trade Fair
25:33 Berlin as a shipping port
26:30 Persecution of the Jews
27:33 The Nazis rebuild Berlin
28:43 The Victory Column
29:16 The Heavy Load-Bearing Body
30:32 Tempelhof Airport
31:36 Olympic Stadium
32:30 The Second World War
35:04 The Berlin Airlift
36:34 Germany is divided
38:02 Palaces for the workers
39:13 The Berlin Wall is built
41:10 Checkpoint Charlie
41:49 The Berlin Wall memorial
43:38 A deadly border
44:29 "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
45:26 Life in divided Berlin
47:40 The Culture Forum
49:15 To the Bridge of Spies
50:41 The fall of the Berlin Wall
52:51 Berlin starts rebuilding (again)
55:59 A new government quarter
57:38 Looking to the future
Music:
Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/
Jason Shaw http://audionautix.com/
Various artists http://ccmixter.org/
YouTube Audio Library
Images:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/
Roger Wollstadt http://flickr.com/
Historical film material
in the public domain from:
http://millercenter.org
US Air Force
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