Screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. recalls what it was like to testify in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and explains what life was like as one of the Hollywood Ten.
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Hollywood actors and crew members discuss what it was like to be on the Hollywood Blacklist and how being identified as communists changed their careers. Continue reading
Watch director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman attempt to give his testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Continue reading
Actress Betty Garrett recalls what her husband, Larry Parks, went through as an actor on the Hollywood Blacklist and how it affected their lives. Continue reading
A West Berlin man talks about daily life and the mixing of East and West in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the wall. Continue reading
Residents of East Germany and West Germany recall their feelings when the wall came down in 1989. Continue reading
Curiously, David Hasselhoff had a huge hit in West Germany in 1989 with a song called "Looking for Freedom." He performed it on the remains of the wall a few weeks after it came down. Continue reading
Anthony Suau describes his experiences as the wall fell and joyous Berliners celebrated. He also recalls seeing a nearby village reunited as East Berliners crossed a bridge that had separated the nations. Continue reading
With revelers behind him, Tom Brokaw, the first American broadcaster on the scene, reports on the fall of the wall. Continue reading
Art Harman traveled to Berlin with three friends to watch the wall fall and returned to America with 1,000 pounds of rubble to sell. Continue reading
