Those Were the Days: 1989: Berlin Wall Comes Down

Documentary series about the real-life stories behind the headlines of the most memorable events in recent history. This edition concentrates on November 9, 1989, the day it was announced that the Berlin Wall was coming down. On this day, in Mexico, an earthquake disrupted the largest convention of British travel agents ever gathered, a young postman from Southampton attempted to travel to New York and back in under twenty-four hours for charity, and in Berlin, a blind young East German boy atried to cross back into East Germany for an emotional reunion with his old friends.