| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 18 min. 42 sec.) ; 454037183 bytes |
| Series |
Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History ; Series 1, Episode 8 |
| Summary |
After decades living under a repressive Communist regime, the people of East Germany could no longer stay trapped behind the brick wall that separated them from their countrymen in the West - and so they tore that Wall down. Since the 1960s, West Berlin had been a cultural hotspot and a draw for artists like the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. But because rock music was considered politically dangerous to the Communist authorities, teenagers in the East had little access to it. This episode charts the course of the Cold War in Berlin through music, showing how it helped to sow the seeds of rebellion. After the Wall officially came down in 1989, a number of artists including Roger Waters of Pink Floyd put on concerts to celebrate. But it was a German band, the Scorpions, who came up with the true anthem of that moment in time, 'Wind of Change', which captured the bittersweet emotions behind such a dramatic moment in history |
| Notes |
Closed captioning in English |
| Event |
Broadcast 2017-10-01 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Communism.
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Musicians.
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Politics and government.
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Protest movements.
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Sexism in political culture.
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Germany -- Berlin.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Hollingsworth, Tony, contributor
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