The Road to the Wall

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The Road to the Wall
Written by Don Mankiewicz
Produced by Robert Saudek
Narrated by James Cagney [1]
Production
company
Distributed by Army Pictorial Service
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
33 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Road to the Wall is a 1962 American short documentary film produced by Robert Saudek about the construction of the Berlin Wall. [1] It aired as an episode of the United States Army's television show, The Big Picture . It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [3] [4]

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  2. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Federal_Communications_Commission_Report/_j4VkV6zVq8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robert%20Saudek%20Associates%22%20%22road%20to%20the%20wall%22&pg=PA145&printsec=frontcover
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