[Leica] East Berlin 1966

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

Thanks, Oliver.  As tourist civilians we were ok to go across but it was
strongly suggested that we sign in with our details and expected time of
return before we crossed over. That is occurring in
http://www.bobbaron.com/EastBerlin1966/content/AlliedCkPt_large.html

--Bob

==On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net>
wrote:

> My compliments on these excellent images! Each frame tells a story (in
> B&W!).
>
> They brought back memories of Berlin from earlier times, among them
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OBRYK/Miscellaneous/Ber54a43.jpg.html
>
> made in November 1954 (I am the GI in the picture).
>
> Allied personnel were not allowed to go into the Soviet Zone except in a
> military bus with Military Police escorts fore and aft.
>
> I was on assignment to shoot a documentary of one of the last Horse
> Cavalry units of the US Army in Europe.
>
> Oliver
>
>