NOTE THE SECTION OF WALL SHOWN BEING REMOVED IN THIS PACKAGE IS A PIECE OF A MOCK WALL ERECTED BY THE PROTESTERS
1. Medium protesters in front of wall
2. Close police pushing protesters
3. Pan police to protesters
4. Close police pushing away protesters
5. Medium protesters
6. Medium police setting up barriers
7. Wide wall with protesters in front
8. Close removed wall piece and crane chained on wall piece
9. Pan down crane to protesters
10. SOUNDBITE (German) Robert Muschinsky, protester
"It's a scandal and embarrassing. Today we show the world that we destroy a long lasting part of our history here in favour of the interests of private investors."
11. Close picture of poster showing model of new apartment house with a red cross through it
12. SOUNDBITE (German) Kani Alavi, artist
"With our art we documented the peaceful revolution. It is a document which needs to be saved for later generations. If we destroy it now, we have nothing left to illustrate our past. We have to fight to keep this historic document."
13. Medium builder unchaining crane from wall piece as protesters cheer and whistle
14. Zoom out crane chain moving away AUDIO: applause
15. Various protesters in front of wall
16. Section of mock wall built by protesters to cover the removed section being taken down
17. Various of police carrying mock section of wall away
18. Medium of gap in the real wall
19. Section of mock wall wrapped up on truck
20. Close of gap in the real wall
21. Zoom out from Berlin TV tower to mock wall section on truck
Construction crews working to remove a section of one of the few remaining stretches of Berlin Wall were disrupted by protesters on Friday
Crews were only able to remove one section from the famous East Side Gallery before about 300 protesters pressed too close for the work to continue.
Demonstrators then managed to erect their own mock section of wall to cover the gap, before police removed it and took it away by truck.
Protesters are angry that such an important part of germany's history is being modified to make way for a condo project.
"With our art we documented the peaceful revolution. It is a document which needs to be saved for later generations. If we destroy it now, we have nothing left to illustrate our past. We have to fight to keep this historic document," said local artist Kani Alavi.
Alavi is one of the artist who's painting is displayed at the wall. Two day's after the wall came down he started painting the faces of people he saw during the night on November 9th 1989.
The East Side Gallery is the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall and is one of the German capital's most popular tourist attractions.
Despite its popularity, local city district chairman Franz Schulz told German newspaper 'Bild' that historical preservation authorities had given a construction firm permission to remove a section to build a road to access a new luxury apartment complex it is building on the nearby banks of the Spree river.
The plan is for an approximately 20-metre (22-yard) stretch of the 1.3 kilometre (3/4 mile) section of wall to be removed and relocated. It's not the first time a section has been removed; a few years ago, a section of wall in front of a new sports and concert arena was taken down.
For Robert Muschinsky it is a scandal. Since years he is fighting for keeping the east side gallery. The wall strip is one of the last reminiscent of a divided Germany during the cold war.
"It's a scandal and embarrassing. Today we show the world that we destroy a long lasted part of our history here in favour of interests of private investors."
