President Reagan at Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin on June 11, 1982

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  • Full Title: President Reagan visit to Checkpoint Charlie with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Richard von Weizsacker in West Berlin, Cuts of crowd during President Reagan's speech at Charlottenburg, Cuts of Chancellor Schmidt and President Reagan's Farewell speech. Cologne/Bonn Airport Palace, Federal Republic of Germany on June 11, 1982
    Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
    Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
    Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
    Transcript: N/A
    Production Date: 6/11/1982
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    Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
    Phone: 800-410-8354, Fax: 805-577-4074, Email: reagan.library@nara.gov
    National Archives Identifier:66384008
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Komentáře • 759

  • @rednovember2205
    @rednovember2205 Před 4 lety +655

    “Will Berlin ever be one city again..?” “Yes.”

    • @boreddude3508
      @boreddude3508 Před 4 lety +11

      The Privileged Capitalist a perfect response

    • @OlekRahmel
      @OlekRahmel Před 4 lety +36

      4:30
      Will Berlin ever be one city again..?” “Yes.”

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 Před 4 lety +14

      @@OlekRahmel Technically, yes, though there are some that point out how being apart for so long and developing differently still has West and East Berlin/Germany divided psychosocially. Germany modernized the East quite a bit, but there are still some problems. You can look up "Berlin from space" and see that the different halves of the city use different-colored lights; infrastructure evolved differently. While capitalism transformed the East, it is a learned skill by the older parts of the population and they aren't quite as good at it as the established westerners. This phenomenon is referred to as "The Wall in the Mind"

    • @snuggles03
      @snuggles03 Před 4 lety +16

      He was totally right

    • @snuggles03
      @snuggles03 Před 4 lety +2

      Man I’m bored dude you’re privileged hypocrite

  • @fetengineer9151
    @fetengineer9151 Před 6 lety +145

    Boy do I remember this. I graduated from High School in 1983 and couldn't wait to join the US Army. I got over to Germany and completed several tours. I did 31 years in the Army & loved every day of it.

    • @justincase1445
      @justincase1445 Před 6 lety +14

      FET Engineer Thank you for your service.

    • @wesbervig1272
      @wesbervig1272 Před 6 lety +4

      I also graduated from high school in 1983. It was the happiest day of my life. On a SAD NOTE, Jeffrey Dahmer also joined the army and was stationed in Germany; while he was there he assaulted and raped two fellow servicemen. How DISGRACEFUL IT WAS that the U S Army had such a SCUMBAG serving in it.

    • @eadecamp
      @eadecamp Před 6 lety

      @@wesbervig1272 I'm pretty sure that part of Germany reopenedtheir missing persons cases.

    • @eadecamp
      @eadecamp Před 6 lety +5

      Thank you from a fellow soldier who missed out on Germany but got to see Italy at least. Would do it all again.

    • @easystreet1888
      @easystreet1888 Před 5 lety

      It get better and better as the years go by. LOL

  • @MudRogue
    @MudRogue Před 3 lety +175

    How WW3 almost started: Captain to the Border Guards: "don't shoot that tall guy in the suit"... Border Guard: "but he stepped on the line....

    • @bernardgill1439
      @bernardgill1439 Před 3 lety +2

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      THANK YOU, BROTHER RICHARD 🙏

    • @JM-dy4ty
      @JM-dy4ty Před 3 lety +7

      Both sides were allowed to cross to the other side under the Four Power Agreement

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 Před 3 lety +1

      There was a checkpoint Charlie
      He didn't crack a smile
      -Elvis Costello, Oliver's Army

  • @MKIVWWI
    @MKIVWWI Před 6 lety +452

    Imagine those East German guards across the way? "OMG, that's the President of the United States!". And later: "Hey honey, I'm home. Guess who I saw today at work..."

    • @PathfinderHistoryTravel
      @PathfinderHistoryTravel Před 5 lety +35

      MKIVWWI They had to be careful what they said at home because everything was bugged. Or their wives were being blackmailed into being informants.

    • @RomelioSanz
      @RomelioSanz Před 5 lety +55

      I don't imagine a Communist German saying "Hey honey" xd

    • @MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV
      @MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV Před 5 lety +18

      @@RomelioSanz
      Honey= Schatzi!

    • @onkelfabs6408
      @onkelfabs6408 Před 5 lety +20

      The people watching were East German cameramen. They always filmed the West German troops and statesmen. They would then make storys of imperialism and war mongering out of these pictures.

    • @climatixseuche
      @climatixseuche Před 5 lety +7

      According to their dogma Reagan was the arch nemesis, I wonder how many had to be reminded not to shoot at him

  • @stephenschneekloth1435
    @stephenschneekloth1435 Před 3 lety +59

    Happy (mostly) memories. As a young 24 year old, I lived in Leipzig for a month in August 1988 to study German and crossed the border many times at Freidrichstrasse and Checkpoint Charlie. One visit back to Leipzig in late 1988 was nearly a disaster. I missed my train back to East Berllin and arrived in the city around @ in the morning. I was terrified as the border closed at midnight and I was travelling illegally on a tourist day visa that limits travel to Berlin only. I had visions of being arrested and locked up for life....I arrived at Friedrichstrasse crossing but it was shut and the city deserted. Stupidly I managed to open the big metal gates into the transit area under the bridge despite the warnings and walked into the crossing area to the astonishment of a young border guard who nearly shot me. I shouted 'Auslander' and waved my British passport at him. Thankfully all ended well but it aged me about 10 years...

  • @Centaur81
    @Centaur81 Před 6 lety +320

    Also the last days of Helmut Schmidt being chancellor. The best one Germany ever had. Rest in peace.

    • @marcziegenhain8420
      @marcziegenhain8420 Před 5 lety +14

      And von Weizsäcker was Mayor of Berlin at this time. Und von Weizsäcker war da noch "Regierender" von Berlin.

    • @ridrod93
      @ridrod93 Před 5 lety +18

      The Helmuts were both good. Kohl and Schmidt-for different reasons

    • @kubanskiloewe
      @kubanskiloewe Před 5 lety +18

      Kohlwas a pile of shit @@ridrod93

    • @joeputnam2995
      @joeputnam2995 Před 4 lety

      kubanskiloewe l

    • @rolanddepous2148
      @rolanddepous2148 Před 4 lety

      100% WAARHEID ...24 KARAATS GOUD

  • @ulrichlehnhardt4293
    @ulrichlehnhardt4293 Před 7 lety +279

    "Will Berlin ever be one city again?".. his answer: "YES".. no-one could have thought how right he was... good ol' Ronnie. We weren't huge fans of yours when we were young but you were right!

    • @glb360
      @glb360 Před 6 lety +11

      "Good ole Ronnie" was never right. Good intentions, but never right. History proves that his "plan" has had a terrible affect on our Country.

    • @markcantemail8018
      @markcantemail8018 Před 6 lety +5

      At Least it was a Plan . I am not discounting what you know or Believe , I am happy you pointed out there was a plan . These days we could use one . I never knew he stood there when things were Potentially so hot . I worry when I see this . Nice vid

    • @A_10_PaAng_111
      @A_10_PaAng_111 Před 5 lety +2

      Ulrich Lehnhardt What else was he going to say?

    • @brittnaycattaneo6015
      @brittnaycattaneo6015 Před 5 lety

      @@glb360 it's in the process ;)

    • @jestice75
      @jestice75 Před 4 lety +3

      And Berlin will not be a German city much longer. No one could have thought that 30 years ago.

  • @just2coolkk
    @just2coolkk Před 5 lety +137

    Reagan didnt knew he stand there with 2 of the most beloved german politicians in german history today with Weizsacker and Schmidt.

    • @billparsons7765
      @billparsons7765 Před 4 lety +5

      He did not need to know. He was the Commander in Chief of the US Armed and Getmany was and still is under US occupation.

    • @bobrik63
      @bobrik63 Před 4 lety +5

      Is it good or bad? Or you prefer Putin's occupation?

    • @billparsons7765
      @billparsons7765 Před 4 lety +3

      Alexey Bryzgalov occupation ? Putin‘s ? The germans always needed some serious spanking and the russians did a great job. Hope they do it again if needed because the Krauts learned nothing from their history lessons

    • @bobrik63
      @bobrik63 Před 4 lety +3

      The great job with 30 million people lost? And you let the Russians to repeat? However, you are not alone - many Russians want to repeat, because they don't know what the war means.

    • @billparsons7765
      @billparsons7765 Před 4 lety +1

      Alexey Bryzgalov it is laughable to make such a claim. The Russians suffered the most against the Germans during WWII. These are the facts and facts are stubborn things.

  • @Ghana-net
    @Ghana-net Před 7 lety +96

    What an amazing time document! Will Berlin ever be one city again? YES! A calm and very confident answer. 1982! Wow!

    • @TheRichardSpearman
      @TheRichardSpearman Před měsícem

      At least the reunification of Germany was without bloodshed.. unlike Vietnam in 1975, 50,000 US troops killed in that intervention. Korea remains divided, as does Cyprus and its capital Nicosia..

  • @diamondtran8331
    @diamondtran8331 Před 5 lety +53

    God! Mr. Reagan has been bigger than life, forever.

  • @Timotheus157
    @Timotheus157 Před 5 lety +58

    Ronald Reagan got it right. Berlin, one city again. Heartfelt salute to a great man.

  • @wasiuuu1
    @wasiuuu1 Před 6 lety +62

    in 1982 i was living on the other side ...Poland was under marshal law due to struggle for Freedom .

  • @124Outdoor
    @124Outdoor Před 10 měsíci +2

    The building on the left, with the apotheke. It continues to witness it all. Damn! 80’s West Berlin was a fantastic place to be in my 20’s. The most surreal time.

  • @wulliest
    @wulliest Před 3 lety +17

    Stood on that same spot a couple of years ago with my 8 year old. Regan was a class act - something Trump could never approach. I wonder if we'll ever see anyone this good ever again.

    • @go4it129
      @go4it129 Před 5 měsíci

      You got that right!

    • @TheRichardSpearman
      @TheRichardSpearman Před měsícem

      .. spending his time organising the overthrow of the government in Nicaragua with money from drug cartels and the Contra mercenaries... a true American.

  • @danceswithwombats
    @danceswithwombats Před 4 lety +7

    Berlin was the best assignment in the U.S. Army. I was proud to be a member of the Berlin Brigade and enjoyed my time there very much. I was stationed there during this visit, but unfortunately, unable to be there to see President Reagan.

  • @goarmymp1
    @goarmymp1 Před 6 lety +50

    Was stationed in Germany during this time and when the wall came down I was quite a scene

    • @saabab1474
      @saabab1474 Před 4 lety

      What was it like how often could you leave the military area

    • @chrismcnee9287
      @chrismcnee9287 Před 4 lety +1

      As a Canadian infantry soldier, I was posted in Baden when the wal came down and boy oh boy the excitement

  • @thedolphinDog
    @thedolphinDog Před 3 lety +14

    I was stationed in Berlin 1982/83 in one of the 3 US Army infantry battalions. 2/6 McNair Barracks. Berlin was a island of freedom surrounded by the worlds largest anti freedom prison 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain. Ronald Reagan was a great President as well as the leaders of Germany in those days. It Changed my life forever. God Bless you all.

    • @Zugspitze116
      @Zugspitze116 Před rokem

      Reagan was the only speech which the Russians understood.

    • @billymarx3038
      @billymarx3038 Před 7 měsíci

      We were there at the same time. I was U.S. Air Force 1982-1985. Stationed at Tempelhof and worked at the Marienfelde "Weather Station". To this day I still miss currywurst and doner kebabs!!!

    • @thedolphinDog
      @thedolphinDog Před 7 měsíci

      @@billymarx3038 and i miss German girks and kuferstebdam.....Did you know we qualify VA benefits selling that toxix easy German coal?

  • @jamespeter1662
    @jamespeter1662 Před 7 lety +7

    I've always wanted to see the rest of this video.. but could only find a short clip until now. Many thanks for sharing :)

  • @oldstvital2
    @oldstvital2 Před 7 lety +302

    he is clearing wearing body armour...

    • @peterlj613
      @peterlj613 Před 7 lety +77

      2:41 and 3:37 - you can clearly see he is wearing a bulletproof vest

    • @IblewuponyourfaceIII
      @IblewuponyourfaceIII Před 6 lety +53

      oldstvital2 he did get shot at before

    • @justincase1445
      @justincase1445 Před 6 lety +32

      His dressers should’ve let his coat out a little before the trip to make it a little less obvious. After surviving the assassination attempt, he was strongly urged to wear body armor at every public appearance. On some occasions, he refused due to its weight, bulk and the heat it produced. For maximum protection, soft body armor in the early ‘80s was very thick. I’m sure he was wearing the equivalent of Level III or IV-A which was at least twice as thick as similar protection is today.

    • @jhhwanghwang888
      @jhhwanghwang888 Před 5 lety +10

      oldstvital2 .
      PRESIDENT REAGAN
      HELPED TO REMOVE THE WALL .
      PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
      PRESIDENT PUTIN
      AND
      PRESIDENT XI
      CAN
      BRING PEACE
      AND GLOBAL PROSPERITY
      FOR ALL
      HUMANITY.
      WE ARE GOD 'S
      PEOPLES. SEEKING
      TO
      FINISH THE. TASK.
      GOD BLESS AMERICA

    • @jhhwanghwang888
      @jhhwanghwang888 Před 5 lety +8

      GOD WATCHES OVER AMERICA.
      PRESIDENT TRUMP
      IS A .VERY BRAVE
      PATRIOT.
      PRESIDENT REAGAN
      RISkED HIS LIFE IN
      BERLIN.
      PRESIDENT TRUMP
      RISKED HIS WHOLE SELF AGAINST FAKE NEWS AND TRAITORS SABOTAGING AMERICA.
      GOD WATCHES OVER
      PRESIDENT TRUMP
      GOD IS. ALMIGHTY.
      CRUSADERS AND
      CHRISTIANS AND
      PASTORS PRAYERS FOR GOD 'S
      SERVANTS
      TRUMP AND PENCE
      WE LOVE YOU BOTH
      WE ARE GOD 'S
      PEOPLES.
      WE ARE GOD 'S
      CRUSADERS.

  • @ozansakar6932
    @ozansakar6932 Před 4 lety +26

    Meiiin Gott, Ronald Reagan, Helmut Schmidt, Richard von Weizsäcker.... was für Legenden!!

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten Před 3 lety +2

      Im Gegensatz zu heute WAREN das Politiker die für eine Richtung einstanden, und Menschen mit Lebenserfahrung, Heute: Ich sage nur: Claudia Roth, Lindner, Kühnert,Merkel,.....alles nur noch Luftpumpen!!!Und das im ganzen Reichstag!!!! Keiner mehr mit Charisma, Führungsstil und Wertevermittlung!!

    • @marcziegenhain8420
      @marcziegenhain8420 Před 3 lety

      Von Weizsäcker war ja damas noch egierender Bürgermeister von West Berlin. Und das waren auch leider die letzten Züge von Schmidts Kanzlerschaft.

    • @Zugspitze116
      @Zugspitze116 Před 2 lety

      @@Wuestenkarsten Stimmt.

  • @stace3037
    @stace3037 Před 6 lety +29

    Robert Wanko on the left there from 0:36, the agent who brandished the Uzi during the assassination attempt the previous year.

  • @_cloudiiskxy_158
    @_cloudiiskxy_158 Před 4 lety +12

    I think Kennedy had the warmest reception of any American politician when he visited in 1963

  • @johnbaugh2437
    @johnbaugh2437 Před 4 lety +4

    Reading a history book about Checkpoint Charlie and remember when the wall came down in college. I didn’t think a whole lot about it at the time. Now, amazing the events that occurred and just took it as a shrug. The world was truly transformed.

  • @1980yazo
    @1980yazo Před 3 lety +11

    Helmut Schmidt was a real statesman. Probably one of the best this country has ever produced! Such a charisma, such a dignity & sublimity, this calm and slightly Nordic coolness are exactly what WE need now in the YEAR 2021! Germany has had much better times!

    • @stefanzimmermann4757
      @stefanzimmermann4757 Před rokem +1

      Still we have 2023 and Germany needed more than ever a real states man like Helmut Schmidt was, but that times will never come back. Todays German Goverment are real rubish and full of idiots!!

  • @bobrik63
    @bobrik63 Před 4 lety +38

    The greatest president of the present. I undestood it many years after.

    • @minkvelour
      @minkvelour Před 2 lety

      He was one of THE WORST presidents ever!

    • @bobrik63
      @bobrik63 Před 2 lety

      @@minkvelour Really?

  • @erge4753
    @erge4753 Před 6 lety +5

    I am so thankful for uniting Germany again after decades. Thank you Mr. President, thank you Mr. Schmidt, Mr. von Weizsäcker, Mr. Helmut Kohl and all the other politicians who made this possible!

    • @TheRichardSpearman
      @TheRichardSpearman Před měsícem

      Helmut Kohl, rumoured to be the most corrupt leader in the EU...who ordered the dismantling of the DDR after the anschluss and persecuted the DDR leaders who he had welcomed to the BRD just a few years earlier. Escaped justice for his criminality.

  • @Mark-yy2py
    @Mark-yy2py Před 2 lety +8

    Sam asks POTUS, “Will Berlin be one city again?”, Reagan said “Yes.”. Less than 9 years later, it became a reality. Now, that’s a principled leader!

  • @glb360
    @glb360 Před 6 lety +40

    Poor guy in uniform finally got his chance to salute his Commander in Chief. LOL

    • @bambang303378
      @bambang303378 Před 5 lety +2

      I wonder whatever happen to this MP.

    • @MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV
      @MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV Před 4 lety +3

      @@bambang303378
      The now former MP is on the US Army MP Facebook pages, I did see a posting of his in the last few months about that visit of President Reagan.

    • @tomquimby6432
      @tomquimby6432 Před 3 lety

      You're comment makes no sense, how is he a poor guy ? That was a U.S. Army MP. Saluting is common military courtesy . HOORAH. 🇺🇸🦅💹

    • @glb360
      @glb360 Před 3 lety

      @@tomquimby6432 You obviously did not watch the video. He tried repeatedly to get recognized so we could salute. That is what I meant by poor guy; I felt sorry for him.

    • @tomquimby6432
      @tomquimby6432 Před 3 lety

      @@glb360 I did watch the video. I spent 4 years in the U.S. Army and 2 years in Berlin during this time period. Everything went the way it was supposed to go. There should have been someone there from the Presidential team ahead of time to brief this soldier on what to expect. It was all a photo op.

  • @tonychapman1259
    @tonychapman1259 Před 4 lety +17

    He was just an awesome man, a great president and a true all American.

    • @addrakettp
      @addrakettp Před rokem +2

      Nope

    • @TheRichardSpearman
      @TheRichardSpearman Před měsícem

      Not so great as he organised the mercenary invasion of Nicaragua by the Contras, financed by drug cartels.

  • @johnbecker9242
    @johnbecker9242 Před 4 lety +5

    I was stationed at Templehof Air Force base at the time. Air Force One flew in there. He was met by dignitaries and Generals, was escorted to a podium to address the airmen and women, who were assembled outside, and then went into the city. We saw a recap of the day on the Armed Forces television network later that evening. Reagan was awesome. This was not the time he made his speech at the Berlin Wall.

    • @Kazilikaya
      @Kazilikaya Před 2 lety

      True. 1982-1983 was the height of the Cold War. Especially 1983 when the Cold War nearly turned white hot.

  • @jeffknowlton5200
    @jeffknowlton5200 Před 4 lety +6

    "Will Berlin ever be one citt again?" Reagan's response was CLASSIC!

  • @martialmusic
    @martialmusic Před 6 lety +4

    thanks for posting this. awesome!

  • @basiljun808
    @basiljun808 Před 5 lety +20

    He was right! It became one City again.

  • @frankw7266
    @frankw7266 Před 5 lety +18

    I was in Germany at his time. Granted I was only a teenager, my dad was stationed there, but I remember this. Looking back on this footage, I can imagine a few secret service members growing some extra gray hair that day.

    • @windhoek-land8339
      @windhoek-land8339 Před 4 lety

      @Taylan OG Du hast den doch selbst nur geklaut. Der "Witz" ist schon seit einem Jahr ausgelutscht.

    • @windhoek-land8339
      @windhoek-land8339 Před 4 lety

      @Taylan OG Du hast den doch selbst nur geklaut. Der "Witz" ist schon seit einem Jahr ausgelutscht.

  • @CHUUMPASS
    @CHUUMPASS Před 7 lety +37

    what a tremendous personality ! President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of honor, decency, wisdom, class and grace.

    • @mikej7476
      @mikej7476 Před 6 lety +2

      HAHAHAHA!!! Reagan was a fucking drug dealer! He KNEW the CIA was using money from cocaine deals for Iran-Contra, AND he had his wife going on TV saying "just say no" to drugs. What a blind, ignorant fuck you are. Reagan was a piece of shit! He didn't bring the wall down either, Gorbachev did. And don't forget about the 300 billion dollars he threw away(rather let his buddies pocket) on Star Wars BS when he was told it wasn't possible. Learn your history idiot!

    • @glb360
      @glb360 Před 6 lety

      And don't forget he's the reason why we have a "homeless" problem today and mass shootings too.

    • @minhvu5120
      @minhvu5120 Před 5 lety +2

      @mikej747 , you are so dumb and so fucked in the head to believe that president REAGAN is a drug dealer .

    • @renealexander2703
      @renealexander2703 Před 6 měsíci

      @@glb360 , no. That's not Reagan's fault. President Carter and social groups wanted those clinics closed. That's not on Reagan. Also, why doesn't the current President help the homeless problem and the mass shootings?

    • @TheRichardSpearman
      @TheRichardSpearman Před měsícem

      ... in your opinion. What about his masterminding the mercenary invasion of Nicaragua by the Contras, financed by drug cartels smuggled weaponry.

  • @kubanskiloewe
    @kubanskiloewe Před 5 lety +13

    17:24 i like our best chancellour with opened jacket .....a real workhorse he was, always in duty for hie country.

  • @desa415
    @desa415 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for this wonderful piece of history.

  • @alantoon5708
    @alantoon5708 Před 3 lety +3

    What an experience for that young Army MP, probably a young PFC or Specialist!

  • @thomaswolf1771
    @thomaswolf1771 Před 3 lety +4

    Fascinating scene! That white line on the street was marking precisely the border to East Berlin. It looks like the president's car crossed it by mistake while doing that maneuver. However, GDR border troops obviously kept distance during the visit. Nobody can be seen on the other side.

  • @josefschwemberger6392
    @josefschwemberger6392 Před 5 lety +17

    das war noch ein anständiger republikaner

  • @twinsonic
    @twinsonic Před 5 lety +9

    Ahhhh..the good old days. Miss them much..

    • @dixonpinfold2582
      @dixonpinfold2582 Před 3 lety +1

      The Cold War was expensive and frequently terrifying, but it made the West politically and socially strong, or kept it that way.
      Its resolution was an important factor in the decline since. Many of its people now yearn for a reduction in liberty, possibly half of those under 40. I believe they will get it.

  • @joyal77
    @joyal77 Před 6 lety +4

    This is So so so exciting to watch I have goose bumps!

  • @one4allall4one91
    @one4allall4one91 Před 4 lety +6

    We forget how technology lets look into the past at a glance. Not even Reagan imagine one day he was going to be on CZcams.

  • @SDeww
    @SDeww Před 6 lety +9

    one of the better presidents america ever had!, creat actor, great president, great person!,

    • @goclunker
      @goclunker Před rokem

      You are delusional, and uneducated

  • @3006Ave
    @3006Ave Před 4 lety +3

    Who would think Berlin ever be one city again? President Reagan said yes.

  • @d1agram4
    @d1agram4 Před 7 lety +37

    Lmao! 3:50 he steps over the line real quick.

    • @frankbergberlin82
      @frankbergberlin82 Před 6 lety +22

      But nobody ralised that his Limo turned around behind the white line.

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten Před 3 lety

      @@frankbergberlin82 No Problem!! It was an American, US Car who could pass over these Lines easy because of the Allied Status!!

    • @warrenhoffman2006
      @warrenhoffman2006 Před 2 lety

      Sam Donaldson from ABC.

  • @Yobbie72
    @Yobbie72 Před 5 lety +28

    TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

    • @reymiguelperez6643
      @reymiguelperez6643 Před 3 lety +1

      This video was 5 years before he uttered that iconic and powerful phrase to Mr. Gorbachev who is another great man by the way.

  • @SmokeyBCN
    @SmokeyBCN Před 3 lety +1

    this was Reagan's first visit to Berlin and it was decidely more muted than the more famous visit of 1987 where he asked Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!"

    • @chrisboston
      @chrisboston Před 3 lety

      More interesting I think, especially since 1982 was a much more tense time in the Cold War, Gorbachev was still 3 years in the future

  • @travelingwithmikeandpam9074

    I along with my future wife, & with her family, were there the day before, we loved watching this the next day!

    • @chrisboston
      @chrisboston Před 3 lety

      What was your memory of the live scene in Germany?

  • @Watschel
    @Watschel Před 3 lety +9

    President Reagan stood also at the Wall of Berlin and said loud: "Mr. Gorbatschow, please tear down this wall !"

    • @ronnybrowning8319
      @ronnybrowning8319 Před 3 lety +5

      Das war am 12.Juni 1987...
      1982 war Leonid Breschnew Sowjetischer Staatschef...

  • @GM-de6mv
    @GM-de6mv Před 4 lety +5

    God bless this man , a real heroe....

  • @dfharris03
    @dfharris03 Před 3 lety +1

    Very symbolic and gutsy.

  • @mathisnotforthefaintofheart

    That limousine crossed the white line and thus was for a moment in East Berlin but I couldn't catch Reagan crossing that line. I think he stood right on it!

  • @StarshipTrooper32
    @StarshipTrooper32 Před 4 lety +2

    I love it... Don't step over the line and he does... for a split second.

  • @kollusion1
    @kollusion1 Před 3 lety

    I've been watching quite a few videos on the Berlin wall, spys, & the whole East / West Berlin, East / West Germany thing of late, & find it even more mental than I ever knew.

  • @lpipmp
    @lpipmp Před 4 lety +41

    wow helmut schmidt without a sigarette

  • @paulward7863
    @paulward7863 Před 3 lety +1

    I was serving in army in W Germany at this time we were on very high alert...can remember this well...stationed at Garlstedt 2nd armored division fwd...

    • @chrisboston
      @chrisboston Před 3 lety

      What can you tell more about that time?

  • @joemacinnis1972
    @joemacinnis1972 Před 2 lety +2

    All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. Therefore as a free man, I take pride in the words, ich bin ein Berliner!

  • @thebestisyettocome4114
    @thebestisyettocome4114 Před 4 lety +5

    I miss him. 🇺🇸

  • @roachtoasties
    @roachtoasties Před 6 lety +3

    Yes, Berlin is one city again. At Checkpoint Charlie there's now a McDonald's. I was there last year. Aside from some spots where things are marked or left for historical purposes, it's hard to determine where the Berlin Wall was.

  • @pravindave4194
    @pravindave4194 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you from gujarat,ind.

  • @petermueller7041
    @petermueller7041 Před 5 lety +3

    Mit auf dem Bild,der beste Bundeskanzler den wir je hatten !

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten Před 3 lety +1

      Jepp....solche wie ihn gibt es nicht mehr...nach Ihm wurde die SPD ein Versagerverein.

  • @Tannhauser111
    @Tannhauser111 Před rokem +1

    Federal President Weizsäcker, President Reagan and Federal Chancellor Schmidt the West needs such people more than ever. But where are these?

  • @agnesmanly5711
    @agnesmanly5711 Před 3 lety +1

    June 11, 1982&# trip to federal Republic of Germany .Cuts of Cheekpoint Charlic , cuts of crowd during president Reagan's speeches at charlottenburg palace and Bonn Airport
    MasternTape #217
    please Credit: Courtesy Ronald Reagan presidential Library

  • @bossadave
    @bossadave Před 5 lety +6

    Car looks so lightly armoured

  • @fritzcat1788
    @fritzcat1788 Před 5 lety +25

    R.I.P Ronny ! Long life the german Vaterland

    • @Bikerbug2020
      @Bikerbug2020 Před 4 lety +3

      Fritz Cat - Ronald Reagan is one of the three greatest presidents of the US, Happily I have witnessed his and Trumps Presidency. I only wish that Germany had another Adenauer or Schmidt in the making. God Bless the memory and legacy of Ronald Reagan.

    • @manjelos
      @manjelos Před 4 lety +4

      @@Bikerbug2020 I would not dare to compare Reagan with Trump, only by IQ, not by other stuff. Of course, Ronald had his failures but Trump will never reach even shadow of his shoes

    • @user-ul5ul7yz1h
      @user-ul5ul7yz1h Před 3 lety +1

      @@Bikerbug2020 You can‘t even compare the two. Trump is the worst, Reagan one of the best.

    • @marcg.3830
      @marcg.3830 Před 3 lety

      @@user-ul5ul7yz1h first President not start any new wars in 30 + years, historic Middle East peace deals! Yea... Trump is the worst! Obviously you blindly believe what the msm media tells you!

    • @user-ul5ul7yz1h
      @user-ul5ul7yz1h Před 3 lety +1

      @@marcg.3830 You don't even know why I hate him. Germany has the worst relations to the Us since a VERY long time. Trump said things that aren't acceptable about our country. And the only argument pro him is the war one. Just look at Coronavirus in the US: DISASTER.

  • @tommytodatnguyen1413
    @tommytodatnguyen1413 Před 2 lety

    40 years and 33 day ago! as I am watching now.!!!

  • @dofadaking
    @dofadaking Před 3 lety +4

    “mr president, you want to go WHERE???!”

  • @KniffoBerlin
    @KniffoBerlin Před rokem

    Cohesion and friendship with your fellow human beings was learned on the other side of the wall.

  • @MOPCLinguistica
    @MOPCLinguistica Před 4 lety +3

    "As ugly as the idea behind it" 100% score

  • @GuBaoshan
    @GuBaoshan Před 2 lety +3

    Berlin would be a unified city in 8 years. And the Soviet Union, aka "the Evil Empire" collapsed one year later. Thank God for that.

  • @johnwilliams404
    @johnwilliams404 Před 5 lety +7

    I have a hard time picking who I love more as President Trump or Reagan. They are definitely the two best since WW2 that's for sure.

    • @JohnJohnson-oe3ot
      @JohnJohnson-oe3ot Před 5 lety +1

      Lol trump is garbage , Literlly the worst president besides Buchanan or van buren or W bush

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices Před 4 lety

      @@JohnJohnson-oe3ot That garbage man Trump is still taking out the glorious revolutionary humanist socialist trash.

    • @herbayum76
      @herbayum76 Před 4 lety +1

      Much succes with your treatment...

    • @smokeyjoe127
      @smokeyjoe127 Před 4 lety

      Lmao last I checked trump has made America’s greater than ever before economically.

    • @Wuestenkarsten
      @Wuestenkarsten Před 3 lety

      Who is Trump by the Way?? The Clown who was playing President? And the Clown nowadays, Biden is the same Shit! This Time you US Citizens could choose between Pest or Cancer. If this 2 Clowns are the best the US has, well, you deserve to go down....

  • @MargauxKim_13
    @MargauxKim_13 Před 7 lety +4

    Cool video! Thanks!

  • @ADDMEONPSN
    @ADDMEONPSN Před 3 lety +2

    This man Regan was Bulletproofed up 😂

  • @MuhammadAli-wy6hk
    @MuhammadAli-wy6hk Před 4 lety +2

    No one bad comments about mr Reagan , it means that he was not only good politician he was good man.

    • @manjelos
      @manjelos Před 4 lety

      Of course, we can find some things about him but generally he was not bad, I would vote for him again. He did keep US strong and great, not this idiot now who think to play games with Putin and China and they just laughing about him, if he continue, this will be end of USA as super power

  • @angelovalavanis2314
    @angelovalavanis2314 Před 3 lety +5

    A true leader.
    Rest in peace Mr. President... 🇺🇸

  • @ValWasTakenWasTaken
    @ValWasTakenWasTaken Před 4 lety +3

    Those classic american black limos pulling up looks quite badass I have to say

  • @andrewrobinson2565
    @andrewrobinson2565 Před 3 lety

    I went through Checkpoint Charlie in April 1982.

  • @zacharydavidvbangura9873
    @zacharydavidvbangura9873 Před měsícem +2

    Any notice he had bulletproof vest on..

  • @huswsimonbla
    @huswsimonbla Před 5 lety +10

    4:29 he knew it!

  • @Edenborner
    @Edenborner Před 3 lety +1

    Historical Visit and Optimistical speech from President the United States of Amerika.

  • @gavinv
    @gavinv Před 3 lety +1

    0:25 that guy jumping off of that caddy is badass!

  • @TheDoug2103
    @TheDoug2103 Před 6 lety +15

    regan was wearing some serious body armor......

    • @glb360
      @glb360 Před 6 lety +3

      That's because he learned his lesson on March 30, 1981

    • @ekapurura
      @ekapurura Před 6 lety

      Well his ass had just been shot the previous year😎😎😎

  • @stevenseguro
    @stevenseguro Před 2 lety

    As a stateside Garrison MP in the Army in the mid 80's we all knew well the notorious duty station known as "Checkpoint Charlie"

  • @GoodVideos4
    @GoodVideos4 Před 4 lety

    Aar, first time I've heard of Reagan having visited West Berlin in 1982. So, his second visit there was in 1987, not first.
    I'm in South Africa, and was also in Germany in 1982, and again in 1989.

  • @mooncatklubba
    @mooncatklubba Před 5 lety +8

    So strange to think it was all like this back in the day. Visit now & its a tatty tourist trap, with Starbucks one side of CC, & Maccy Ds the other. The road heading east is just like a normal street & if it wasn't for the signs, the little hut & the tourist stuff, you'd never know the high drama of that location at the time.

    • @TheLocalLt
      @TheLocalLt Před 4 lety

      mooncatklubba isn’t that the point though? That this was fundamentally one city, divided by politics?

    • @cyberbeat11
      @cyberbeat11 Před 4 lety

      life goes on

  • @joenewmark1513
    @joenewmark1513 Před 5 lety +5

    Listen carefully starting at 4:20 as he predicts the future --- and gets it right

    • @ahuman2081
      @ahuman2081 Před 4 lety

      What did he say

    • @musikkritik6316
      @musikkritik6316 Před 4 lety +2

      Dumb comment.
      What was he supposed to say without seeming unsovereign? No?

  • @thekingpug8281
    @thekingpug8281 Před 4 lety

    I was never was born I missed this history of the make 1982 🥺

  • @saladspinner3200
    @saladspinner3200 Před 3 lety +1

    In my head I'm convinced this must have been an actual conversation on the east-side; "Quickly, someone get a lasso and reel that Reagan guy in!"

  • @daved8524
    @daved8524 Před rokem +3

    Hard to believe it looked so dead and dreary. Today its a bustling tourist hub all new buildings and they’ve made it a disney toursit trap.

  • @thumper7897
    @thumper7897 Před 3 lety +1

    Pretty badass the MP is carrying a 1911, nice to see one issued before the Beretta 9mm came into service.

  • @fritzcat1788
    @fritzcat1788 Před 4 lety +2

    Schmidt the best chancellor for germany

  • @isrberlinerin4063
    @isrberlinerin4063 Před 6 lety +33

    I remember it well i lived on the other side of the wall under communism !

    • @arthurdont1478
      @arthurdont1478 Před 6 lety +3

      u should've known then it was socialism, not communism

    • @isrberlinerin4063
      @isrberlinerin4063 Před 6 lety +19

      Arthur Don't , your ignorance is incredible it seems you have no clue what you are talking about . I lived under the rule of Communism and you are telling me it was socialism ! Did you live in Eastern Germany or Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the soviet union ? I think you need a lesson in Socialism - Communism !

    • @arthurdont1478
      @arthurdont1478 Před 6 lety +2

      inga robinson,
      guten morgen, i understand how brainwashed you were, and probably still is, just by another side now; USSR was building a communistic society, it was ruled by communist party, but it's political and economic system was called socialism; the same applied to Eastern Germany; communism is a utopian society which is probably impossible to build considering human nature; now if you are still living in Germany you still in a socialistic society, but more democratic one; by the way, the irony is that foundation of communism and national socialism came from Germany, so you guys experienced both extremes,
      auf wiedersehen

    • @isrberlinerin4063
      @isrberlinerin4063 Před 6 lety +12

      Arthur Donn't , it seems to me you need a lesson in history before you call me brainwashed i really do not appreciate that. I never believed in Marxist socialism - communism and just because Hitler called it then national socialism does not mean it came from Germany and certainly not the foundation of communism that is a myth . The reason why it is now called democratic socialism it is easier for people to accept , because they think they get more free stuff at least the younger generation believes this lie in America . No i do not live in Germany anymore !

    • @arthurdont1478
      @arthurdont1478 Před 6 lety +4

      inga robinson ,
      i apologies for the term "brainwashed";
      according to Stanford: Communism was an economic-political philosophy founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the second half of the 19th century. Marx and Engels met in 1844, and discovered that they had similar principles. In 1848 they wrote and published "The Communist Manifesto.";
      according to Britannica: Nazism had peculiarly German roots. It can be partly traced to the Prussian tradition as developed under Frederick William I (1688-1740), Frederick the Great (1712-68), and Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), which regarded the militant spirit and the discipline of the Prussian army as the model for all individual and civic life.

  • @petermitchelmore2592
    @petermitchelmore2592 Před 3 lety +1

    In Berlin, Reagan and Kennedy are the most popular Americans ever.

  • @connormacleod7010
    @connormacleod7010 Před 3 lety

    I learned about Checkpoint Charlie in history class when I was in school about them having tanks escorting American ambassador through Checkpoint Charlie with tanks because of what the East End of the time from what I've learned in history class

  • @TopofTheHill3D
    @TopofTheHill3D Před 3 lety +1

    I was there. I have it on home video

  • @DavidBerquist334
    @DavidBerquist334 Před 6 lety +1

    was this uploaded live at the time and what site was used?

  • @marcziegenhain8420
    @marcziegenhain8420 Před 7 lety +4

    Great video.

  • @46FreddieMercury91
    @46FreddieMercury91 Před 7 lety +4

    "all of us today, that's right pickle".... I give up with subtitles

  • @uxzane6225
    @uxzane6225 Před 3 lety +1

    I like how most of them have a long hair and a mustache, it somehow looks professional and cool!