Reds Stir It Up (1962)

Titles read: “BERLIN - REDS STIR IT UP“. Germany. L/S of notice reading “You are leaving the American sector“; pan to general view of people standing round wreaths and crosses which mark the spot where 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot by the East German guards while trying to escape to the west. A West Berlin policeman stands on guard beside a black flag. C/U of a cross and flowers on the ground. L/S of a building on the other side of the wall with a balcony that has been bricked up, leaving just spy-holes. C/U of an East German guard looking furtively through one of the spy-holes. C/U of a wreath on the Berlin wall. People add to the flowers on the ground. C/U of sign renaming a road ’Peter Fechter Street’. People mill about on the street below. Police control the crowd. We see a scuffle break out. The police carry a man off and put him inside a police van. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FA