#Onthisday 1989: The Berlin Wall fell. Watch Brian Hanrahan's reports on the rapid developments that led to its collapse and the joyous scenes that followed. Explore the Berlin Wall story from the beginning in this BBC Archive collection https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/the-berlin-wall/zdphd6f | BBC Archive

Wonder what it was like to be there the day the Berlin Wall fell? On November, 9th 1989, crowds gathered at the wall after hearing East Germany had lifted travel restrictions to West Germany. There was cheering and revelers climbing on to the wall. Those moments were captured on television, and now with the use of reenactment and virtual reality, experience what it was like to actually stand among the crowd at the Brandenburg Gate that iconic night. #CNNVR TimeLooper CNN.com/TheEighties #Eightes