India-Pakistan border ceremony – BBC

Posted by admin on February 6th, 2010 and filed under border | 25 Comments »

Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar visits the India-Pakistan border to experience the facial hair and remarkable walks of the Border Ceremony. Conflict or photo op? What do you think? Free video clip from BBC Worldwide.

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Michael Palin at the India-Pakistan border ceremony – BBC

Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2010 and filed under border | 25 Comments »

Fascinating footage of a traditional ceremony that takes place on the Pakistan India border. From the BBC

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Border Crossing Former East & West Germany – Fall of the Berlin Wall

Posted by admin on December 21st, 2009 and filed under discount wallpaper border | 25 Comments »

This is the checkpoint near what was Hof, West Germany at the time. It was not long after the wall came down so we were free to pass between West and East Germany. The images at the end of the video were taken as we were going in to East Germany. September 1990.

We were living in Germany at the time the wall fell in 1989 and were stationed in Amberg, Pond Barracks, not far from the Czech border in Bavaria. 10 months later we took a trip and crossed over the border to the former East Germany. It was quite a moving experience to cross the border freely, considering the long history and blood shed over the years. Just that quick, the mission of the American military changed. There was no longer a need for border patrol.

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