In the first of two special reports on the reunification of Germany, Orla Guerin looks back on the history of the division of Germany and Berlin at the end of the Second World War.
Report shows archive footage of the Berlin Wall.
Map of East and West Germany.
Archive footage of the building of the Berlin Wall.
Newspaper headlines about people escaping from East Germany to West Germany.
Footage of an East German soldier escaping to West Germany.
United States President, Ronald Reagan, calling for an end to the Berlin Wall.
East German refugees leaving Hungary for the West.
East German protest marches and rallies.
Poster of former Chairman of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker.
Footage of the opening of the Berlin Wall.
Vox pop interviews with German people on the night the wall came down.
Footage of East Germany's first free elections in March of this year.
Crowds at the bank at start of the German monetary union.
Footage of German people celebrating.
The reporter is Orla Guerin.
