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Cold War Hockey

When Scotland's hockey team was invited to play against West Germany in Berlin in September 1961, it was just weeks after the Berlin Wall had been constructed.

When Scotland's women hockey team was invited to play against West Germany in Berlin in September 1961, it was just weeks after the Berlin Wall had been constructed. Many feared the world was on the verge of war.

Four players from Scotland's team recall playing hockey and politics as they came face to face with the shocking reality of the Berlin Crisis. With aggression and war once again on the agenda in Europe, two of the team, Jenna and Valerie, revisit the city for the first time in 60 years.

An uair a chaidh fiathachadh a thoirt do sgioba hocaidh na h-Alba cluiche an aghaidh Taobh Siar na Gearmailt san t-Sultain 1961, cha robh ach beagan sheachdainean bho chaidh Balla Bherlin a thogail. Bha eagal air m貌ran gun robh an saoghal air starsach cogadh eile. Ann an Hocaidh a鈥� Chogaidh Fhuar, tha ceathrar bhoireannach bho sgioba na h-Alba a cuimhneachadh mar a chluich iad hocaidh agus poileataigs 鈥檚 iad air an glacadh an teas mheadhain Staing Bherlin. Aig 脿m an uair a tha gnothaichean frionasach a-rithist san Roinn E貌rpa, tha dithis dhiubh, Jenna agus Valerie a鈥� siubhal gu Berlin airson a鈥� chiad turas ann an tr矛 fichead bliadhna sa me貌rachadh air a鈥� bhuaidh a thug a鈥� chiad thuras air am beathannan fh猫in agus air eachdraidh a鈥� Chogaidh Fhuar.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

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59 minutes

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Saturday 23:00

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Narrator Alex O'Henley
Director Margot McCuaig
Executive Producer Fiona Mackenzie

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