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Audio Video Interleaved Video  |  1995-02-19  |  9.8 MB  |  308x236  |  14.992fps  |  1 minute, 1 second
Transcription: As a free man, I take pride in the word, Ich bin ein Berliner. The people it trapped inside tried desperately to get out. Others attacked the wall with anger and with stones. When all that failed, when Germans could only gather and wave at loved ones the wall said they could no longer touch, the wall also became a symbol of despair. Historians agree the wall nearly brought Kennedy and Khrushchev to the brink of nuclear war. When that crisis ebbed and the wall endured, the world grew to accept it. The one-time menace sported fresh graffiti, became a photo op for tourists, another stop on bus to ...