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>> 1500 american soldiers arrived in west berlin after a 110-mile road trip across east germany. soviet person radio described the arrival of additional american forces as a challenging military act. >> the berliners know that western strength is their only protection. >> there are all sorts of people who say send the tanks in, knock the damn wall down. and kennedy, no. he understands this solves his problem. will khrushchev try to take over the rest of berlin if he's putting up a wall? will he risk a war with us? no. the wall saves us from that kind of conflict. >> after the berlin crisis, kh...

Give way, raining bricks and debris on the street below. >> the initial sound to me was like a crack. then a rumble. and then, of course, everything became physical. you could see the interior was collapsings and that pulled the wall down in a curtain-like fashion. >> residents are grateful there are no fatalities or serious injuries, but the loss of homes and businesses is a blow. >> your life is gone. everything that you had, everything is just gone. >> for chief norum, the collapse emphasizes an important caution, there are often hidden hazards behind the fire and smoke. >> it's very, very ...

A plastic jesus original, and one last thing, but you have to come around here with the angle grinder and cut the wall down, so a little something for you. >> and if history is any indicator, somebody is firing off a strongly worded memo chastising me for breaking the laws of the land. relax, because we got permission. too kind of you, man. >> pleasure having you out on the streets. >> i hope the next time i see you i'm not posting bail. >> it might come to that. >> i hope i'm not reading to you about some police blotter. but, you know, i knew you when. years from now, i predict you will be th...

Then a rumble. and then, of course, everything became physical. you could see the interior collapsed. of course then it pulled the wall down in a curtain-like fashion. >> residents are grateful there are no fatalities or serious injuries, but the loss of homes and businesses is a blow. >> your life is gone. everything that you are building. everything that you had, everything is just gone. >> for chief norum, the collapse emphasizes an important caution, there are often hidden hazards behind the fire and smoke. >> it's very, very important that people in the area, especially firefighters and o...

Short of war to convince him that they do? >> 1500 american soldiers arrived in west berlin after a 110-mile road trip across east germany. soviet person radio described the forces as a challenging military act. >> the berliners know that western strength is their only protection. >> there are all sorts of people who say send the tanks in, knock the damn wall down. and kennedy, no. he understands this solves his problem. will khrushchev try to take over the rest of berlin if he's putting up a wall? will he risk a war with us? no. the wall saves us from that kind of conflict. >> after the berli...