British guide on getting from West Germany to West Berlin during the cold war.

>If you watch this video, you have nothing to worry about. Just do everything exactly as specified. If the wrong commies are at the checkpoint, you're fricked. If you get in a car accident, you're fricked, but just hand off part of your papers to a random West German. Always ask for a Soviet officer. Whatever you do, don't speak Russian to the Russians. If an East German or Soviet talks to you remember everything about them in excruciating detail.

Thank god for German reunification. That whole process seems like a nightmare, and confusing especially when all you have is a bundle of papers and a 15 minute video before you essentially go driving through hostile territory.