It's good John, but watch out for the little propaganda details (eg the
puffs of nasty 2-stroke smoke coming from all those primitive communist
vehicles). There's also the original German version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbAUFvh04k
and some background (in English) at
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4440098,00.html.
Apparently "The animation is part of the DVD "Walled in! What the Cold War
frontier in divided Germany was really like" which can be purchased at DW's
online store or at the Berlin Wall memorial on Bernauer Strasse in the
German capital."
David
----- Original Message -----
From: SCHOFIELD, John
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:12 AM
Subject: Berlin Wall
This was recently brought to my attention and is, in my view, worth 10
minutes of your time!
J
German foreign broadcaster Deutsche Welle commissioned this 3D
model and film to show "what the Cold War frontier in divided Germany
was really like":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQsTzGkbiY
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