On 7 October 1989, ITN filmed events and ceremonies around East Berlin as the city marked the 40th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik; DDR). As well as capturing East German leader Erich Honecker taking part in a commemorative event at the Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde), cameras also ventured to Alexanderplatz, where they captured celebrations and, later on in the day, a clash between prodemocracy protesters and the East German police. The tensions visible in this footage would reach their peak just over a month later with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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