East Berlin tram & bus rides 1989

[OfMiceandTransmen]

Looking at those Trabants makes me laugh - thinking that my father had a 5 Series BMW parked just the other side of the Wall! No wonder they had to put the Wall up - how else could they have stopped everyone fleeing communism?!?!

[Liftorangejuice]

barbwiregermany

[Shukria123]

But these changing winds can turn cold and hostile....

[1joshjosh1]

This is cool!!

I like the tram drivers epic hair.

[ratatulsuprem1]

the featured trams kt4d are still in operation in Galati, South-Eastern Romania.

[RegrebEwuNews]

Das ist genau mein tägliches Einzugsgebiet! :D

[MrJohnnz]

Trabant Invasion :D

[mic08041977]

@pidrpede This is indeed the door closing bell (or, to be exact, a door closing buzzer). The Ikarus buses had that signal (buzzer + light) at each door. The doors were all driver operated, as was the closing signal - so if the driver didn't push the "signal" button, there was no closing signal and the doors merely closed. Different at the trams: the Tatra KT4D had a signal that was operated by a time relay, the driver gave the "close" command, signal sounded+lighted, and doors closed.

[kitiowa]

Sehr Sehr interestiert. Vielen Danken!

[kolja2003]

Eastern Berlin looks absolutely like Moscow of 1989. Same trains same cars even people clothes are same.

[pidrpede]

12:38 is that the door closing bell? did you have that at each stop?

[Yolticat]

@pidrpede No I don't remember a door closing bell on them. Possibly it was an air release from a valve underneath.

[tramtraveler]

@pidrpede-- Sounds like a door closing bell to me.

[sophiascalpel]

geil, hat der fahrer blumen vorne drinne... hach...ich vermisse die orangen plastestühle in der tram... zum glück klingen die noch genauso und deren warnsignalgeklingel auch, wenn mal wieder wer unerlaubt auf die fahrbahn springt.

[zebedep]

A fascinating piece of film - thank you for posting.

[JRRacing85]

All your East / West Berlin videos are Excellent. Fantastic Work.

[alexandre210613]

The time when there was no mess in public transport, no graffiti, everyone is polite, no noise. Otherwise !

[Yolticat]

@Notiveronline If you hang around another twenty years you might get to see some of my stuff from 2011, lol!

[grannbiszkotow]

2:12

Haha, Truck with 'Fresh Fish' bound for Normannenstrasse crosses tracks

[heartbeat1965]

Wann in Jahre 1989 war das?

[Yolticat]

@heartbeat1965 29 June 1989

[tavi35]

superb videoclip !

[Wannseebahn]

ob nun ost oder west berlin. die zeit an sich war so einmalig schöngott sei dank kommen bei uns die 80 er und 90er wieder. aber diesmal für immer ! ! ! :-)

[DoctorNatas]

Klasse aufnahmen, ich bin immer noch total beeindruckt wieviele Züge damals auf den linien im einsatz waren, wenn man da so an heute denkt.

Schöne aufnahmen, danke.

[TrainNico]

Thank's! I love you! *gg*

The greates Video I've ever seen.

I hope you've got  such other good videos ;-)

[Gerwalk1982]

Urban buses usually have automatic transmissions, don't they?

[Klingl3r]

@Gerwalk1982 Ikarus busses for East Berlin don´t had it.

[Gerwalk1982]

@Klingl3r Yes, I see that in the video :) I mean nowadays. Are they still manual?

[Klingl3r]

@Gerwalk1982 Nowadays only driver school bus has manual transmission, all other are automatic.

[Gerwalk1982]

@Klingl3r Thanks :)

[SilvermanStan]

East Berlin looked better than I remembered. However, just as many Trabants!

[NYz3R0dAY]

in communist berlin, camera records YOU!

haha just kidding.

awesome video man. how did you manage to smuggle the camera without being caught?

[Yolticat]

@NYz3R0dAY This was only one day filming in East. At frontier return to West side film was hidden in clothing, with camera empty!