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To Make A Cold War Documentary, NBC Funded An Escape Tunnel Under The Berlin Wall

NBC's documentary "The Tunnel" came at a pivotal moment in the Cold War.

Berlin’s Jazz Age Nightclubs Let People Message Each Other Through Pneumatic Tubes

In our time there are lots of apps and other programs that help people who are looking to date. Back in the 1920s, some clubs in Berlin let singles flirt using pneumatic tubes and tableside telephones!

Gail Halvorsen, The “Candy Bomber” Of The Berlin Airlift

Today in 1948, an unusually sweet moment in the history of the Cold War: American servicemember Gail Halvorsen came up with a plan that would eventually earn him the nickname "the Berlin Candy Bomber."