Die Zeit unter der Lupe 799/1965 18.05.1965

01. Queen Elizabeth in Germany. 1st day in Bonn British Crown, large. Crown jewels. Man tried on tails and cylinder. Cakes in showcase, in picture of Elizabeth. Image of Elizabeth and Philip between wedding dresses in the shop window. British flags and flowers are distributed. Carpet is being rolled out at the airfield. Cabinet members go on carpet to receive (feet and legs), totally. Rolling out aircraft. Gun salutes. Elizabeth goes down stairs behind her Philip. Welcome by Lahiri. Elizabeth welcomes Erhard Schröder at the head of the Cabinet, total, then. Photographers. Elizabeth and Lahiri, behind Philip and Mrs Lübke. 15s. Elizabeth walks off with Lübke 15s. Elizabeth goes to Mercedes. Transparent welcome Elizabeth. Ride through the streets of Bonn. Police push back people to the side of the road. Entrance of the Mercedes in the gate of the Villa Hammerschmidt. Cameramen and photographers before stairs of the Villa Hammerschmidt. Elizabeth and Lahiri come out of door, totally. Mrs Lübke, Elizabeth, Lübke and Philip and Cabinet members on flight of stairs before Villa Hammerschmidt, total. Elizabeth in conversation with Lübke, half-close. Mrs Lübke, half-close.

02. Winsor: Queen Elizabeth Unveils monument to John F. Kennedy the memorial stone, flanked by a British and an American marine soldier. Queen Elizabeth goes to the Memorial, followed by Jaqueline Kennedy and Philip and Caroline Kennedy. Elizabeth, Jaqueline Kennedy, Kennedy children and Philip before the honorary place, half-close. Caroline and John, great. Walking away after the inauguration of the place of honour.

03. avalanche accident on the Zugspitze the Schneefernerhaus on Zugspitze with people in lounge chairs (archive). The Schneefernerhaus after the avalanche disaster, total, with search teams. Soldiers search probes and avalanche dogs. Torn down sunbeds. Transport of a coffin.

04. Viet Nam transport aircraft: military vehicle of U.S. arms rolls from the fuselage. Parachutists get off plane. U.S. soldiers on arrival and marching in the grounds.

05. Amsterdam: Famous artists - hobby painting man driving organ through the streets of the old town. Barrel organ player, great. Window opens. Coin is tossed down. Barrel organ player takes coin. Gysbert Perlee painting of motifs for barrel-organ. He leafs through art portfolio. Covers of well-known American newspapers. Distance learning for graphic artist school in Amsterdam. Images are reviewed and improved. Image and improved image side by side. Teacher dictates remote order, Secretary writes on a typewriter. Punched card machine. Employee sorted index. Sing the Blue Diamonds. Dancing couples. Ruud de Wolf, one of the singers paints in his spare time after remote teaching, great at painting and singing. Hand stuffs whistle. The shrimpers Hielke Veltman on his boat when fishing. He will bring a net. At home in his studio with graphic drawings in addition to design of a wall decoration.

06. parachute jumper on the training unit in the school of airborne troops in Pau. Skydivers on the plane. Door is opened. Bounce. Parachutes in the air. Landing a jumper. Bounce by sports parachutists in England with smoke canisters on the shoes. The "Red Devils" / England and the "Golden Knights" / United States joint training for the World Cup. Plumes behind the jumpers.

Spotlight on Queen Elizabeth in Germany camera: Vlasdeck, reason, Rieck, Seib, Arndt, Jonas information Queen Elizabeth Unveils monument to John F. Kennedy origin: Pathé news train top disaster origin: UPI, Fox Viet Nam origin: Gaumont, archive range of famous artists camera: Seib, Zakariah sport parachuting origin: Eclair, Pathé news start and end mark

Now she is here!

Queen Elizabeth II visiting the Federal Republic ' most expensive State.: it was as if Germany had a secret fondness for monarchies discovered. It prepared, thoroughly and carefully, as it that its name is guilty. Rental tailcoats, with or without cylinder, circulated as a burning question among the charged, and the welcome of German prosperity presented itself in all imaginable taste variants. But the trappings of German efficiency faded with the anticipation of the population to meet the representative of England and the British Commonwealth during the State visit of superlatives.
Highest political representatives of the Federal Republic of Queen Elizabeth II. for the first official visit by a British leader welcomed after 56 years at the airport Cologne/Bonn. On the page of the German Federal President, the well-travelled British monarch began the longest and probably most glamorous business, which has seen the Federal Republic in its brief history.
With waking eyes, the British public has their eleven days in the Federal Republic, which was identified by the times as their most important ever taken under State visit. The warm reception - accompanied by an extraordinary jubilation of the population in the capital city - suggests that her visit is understood as a significant step in Britain's to reduce distrust and resentment between the two peoples.
The first conversation between Queen Elizabeth and her top guest at the Villa Hammerschmidt was trusting and warm - and supported by the mutual will to strengthen the german/English loaded in 50 years by a close partnership.

The ceremony of Remembrance: England's Queen unveils memorial to John F. Kennedy close unveiled a memorial to John F. Kennedy Queen Elizabeth II. at Windsor, where the English democracy was called before 750 years with the signing of the Magna Charter, shortly before their departure for Germany.
In the presence of Jaqueline Kennedys and their children, this piece of historical ground was made the United States of America to the present.

The avalanche: Feverish search for survivors on the Zugspitze: the Schneefernerhaus on Zugspitze - before recently resort for late winter holidaymakers - was surprised by an avalanche of 800 x 200 meter. The number of missing persons is unknown, no one knows exactly the who has stopped at the moment of the disaster on the slopes and on the sun terrace. Yet while German and American helpers of the deep layer with probes and avalanche dogs explore, will ask questions out loud, why the snow build-up was not blown up and only athletes are warned of avalanches. But for the nine known fatalities, this consideration comes too late.

The jungle war: 3,500 U.S. paratroopers in South Vietnam arrived: in anticipation of a Viet Cong offensive to the monsoon season 3 ½ arrived a thousand American paratrooper in Vietnam. It has tripled in the past ten months the American troops contingent and has grown to 46,500 man. Behind the scenes, however, it is said, the United States took up diplomatic contacts with North Vietnam.

Hobby for talent in the Netherlands discovered: Europe's new passion to paint and to draw: in the historic centre of Amsterdam, we discovered a phenomenon that seemingly blames us in the Idyll of yesteryear, but in reality is the expression of a new wave of enthusiasm starting to prevail in Europe starting from America.
This phenomenon is called folk painting and drawing - hobby painting, graphics for everyday use without high artistic demands. Gysbert Perlee, son of a well-known organ Builder, has never attended an art school, because there was no time for a regular training. And yet he knows today, to design the organ decorations themselves and run. The famous artists, 12 well-known American graphic artist, who publish their work on the front pages with Ecircle him while coming to the aid. You took advantage of the wave of hobby painting and designed a way to promote graphic talents on the post.
At the European headquarters, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, experienced graphic designer from Germany, Holland and America in writing care for students. They discuss the lessons and correct the submitted work.
"in the last few weeks well come ahead. The relationship of the two characters, but must be much more insistent, for example by a high contrast ratio and a stronger variation of the tonal values. On my correction indicates the stoop of the man to the image Center and is more dynamite composition, while your work look is not precisely fixed on the woman. "
Individual adjustments that take into account the inclinations of the student and rational techniques of modern forms of organization are hard to. Extensive personnel files provide information about the services of a colorful composite character and time municipality.
One of the Blue diamonds - so far never set is dedicated to his spare time between engagements and foreign tours the character and time lessons powerful sound in the international show business. Once, Ruud de Wolf wants to earn his money as a graphic designer when his time as a showman is over.
On one of his last trips as scurry through the North Sea we met Hielke Veltman. For him, the hopes that connect him with many of the more than 270 thousand American and European hobby painters meet. The corrections to the final episode of his character studies by mail waiting for him at home. The shrimpers from Harlingen found its way from Sunday painting in a new profession.
He has just completed its first task, the wall decoration for a fish factory.

Jump into nothingness international skydivers elite at the World Cup training: jumps into nothingness observed our French colleagues in PAU, in the most important European school for airdrop troops. After hard weeks of training on the Simulator the young paras waiting for their first free jump - encouraged by the magic of a number: 140,000 jumps a year without accident means the balance of this school. In a time of war without fronts skydiving for her is no longer as accurate mastery of military means of transport - they leave the big sports show experts, envy that this day was tested in England with smoke canisters on the boots a new optical stimulus.
The 'Red Devils' from England and the American "Golden Knights" will face up to this joint training as the sharpest competitors at the World Championships.

Date of Release:

18.05.1965

Year of Production:

1965

Camera Work:

Grund; Rieck, Hans Jürgen; Seib, Gerhard; Vlasdeck, Willy; Zimpel, Werner; Jonas; Arndt

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Eclair; Gaumont; Fox; UPI; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German