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Tram and traffic at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 1930

Name: Tram and traffic at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 1930
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:19:47.025Z
Duration: 10 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

Passengers push their way off a tram while a double-decker bus and numerous automobiles cross the intersection behind them. Potsdamer Platz was considered the busiest traffic junction in Europe during the Weimar Republic; in 1924 the continent's first automatic traffic light was installed there to manage the flow of trams, buses, cabs and pedestrians. The adjoining Leipziger Strasse was one of Berlin's principal shopping streets, lined with major department stores. The crowded scene captures everyday life in a city of millions in the final years of the Weimar Republic.

Period: c. 1930–1932
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE009983
Length: 0' 10"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 227,874,404 bytes

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