Die Zeit unter der Lupe 1001/1969 01.04.1969

01 Cuxhaven: Exit of Hamburg the Hamburg at the wharf in Cuxhaven. Luggage is loaded. Passengers go aboard. The lines are cut loose. Beckoning to the shore. Travellers wave of vessels. Moving Hamburg.

02. Bremen: launching the Esso Scotia of the tanker on the dock, great. Christening of the ship. Ship is launched. View from the front. Screw slides into water. Launched from behind. Ship in the water.

03 Buenos Aires. Argentine beat group "The Cats" band plays in the Park, on roof. Panoramic view from the top of skyscrapers of the city. Band plays on the road. City image. Distorted perspectives during recording.

04. 50 years Federal Post Office Department Dollinger unveiled pictures of the former Postmaster of Schubert and Lemmer. Daniels speaks o-ton: "Germany was a shambles. Over 30% of the entire post and telecommunication facilities were destroyed. There was no organized administration. in 1950 there were again 2.5 million receivers. Today, there are 11.2 million. The satellite technology came to television. The German Federal Post Office built the Earth station Holzhausen and thus enabled the overcoming of time and space, as it has made it clear the broadcast of the Olympics from Mexico all. The assignment of the Soviet occupied zone of Germany turned the post completely new problems. The biggest change forced the change of traffic flows, which were until then from West to East and now went from North to South. I tried again and again in the past two years, with the postal administration in East Berlin to talk about normalization and improvement of postal and telecommunication conditions between the two parts of Germany. Unfortunately that didn't work." Speech set accompanied by images. Debris from the post-war period, Raisting. Telephone exchange with switchboards. Construction of relay.

05. Beatle John Lennon in Amsterdam breakdown from UFA 662 / 2 - same section. The Hilton Amsterdam. White Rolls Royce is parked in front of the hotel. John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono Japanese lie in bed to demonstrate for peace in the world. Close-up of Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Reporters and photographers surrounding the bed. On the wall hangs a nude picture of the two.

06. Aintree: Grand National breakdown from UFA 662 / 5 - same section. Winner's trophy. English police officers prior to use at the meeting. The racetrack, total. Bookmakers. Jockeys ride to the start. Start, total. Horses in the race. Jumps. Jump over Beachers Brook. Fall of 2 horses. Horse without a rider gallops alongside racetrack. Running straight. Outsider Highland wedding runs and WINS. Winning horse to victory with owner, surrounded by people.

07. burial Dwight D. Eisenhower breakdown from UFA 662 / 6 - here without looking back. Eisenhower speaks with a doctorate. Eisenhower, laughing, waving hat. Photo of the young Eisenhower. Invasion. Eisenhower as a General with the troops. Ticker-tape parade after victory in New York. Nixon waving. Eisenhower next to Dulles, great. Eisenhower next to Heuss, in addition to Brandt, in addition to Adenauer in car driving. Eisenhower on his farm in Gettisburg fishing and playing golf. With Mamie Eisenhower and family. US flag is at half-mast in front of the Capitol. People in front of the Capitol in long snake. They parade past the casket. The Cathedral. De Gaulle upon arrival. Johnson and wife upon arrival. Nixon and family. Mamie Eisenhower gets out of car. Soldiers carry the coffin. In the funeral wake of de Gaulle, Kiesinger, Humphrey, Nixon.

Phasing out of the "Hamburg" camera: Rieck launching the Esso Scotia camera: Rieck, Brandes, Rühe, Petersen Argentine band "Gatos" origin: Sucesos 50 years Federal Post Office Department camera: Pahl John Lennon in Amsterdam origin: Polygoon Grand National in Aintree origin: Pathé news death of Dwight D, Eisenhower camera: Luppa, Wiers at the beginning and end of total length

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Still she is solidly in Cuxhaven "Hamburg", the latest luxury edition of the German passenger fleet at anchor. When the last piece of luggage is transported and a total of 600 passengers, including many guests of honor, are gathered on board, it says for the first time for the "Hamburg": cast off for a great ride.
Gala of the 25,000 tonne headed via Dakar to Montevideo - a 35-day trial for the 100 million-mark-star of the river Elbe.
The superlative of the week presented Bremen: "Esso Scotia", the largest tanker built in Europe, is ready for its launch. Nearly 350 metres long is the 253,000 tonnes, a baptised person, of his godparents 70 million marl: has cost.
"Esso Scotia" is the beginning of a series of 15 super tankers of the same size. The turbine ship cargo tanks have a capacity of over 300,000 cubic meters.
The "Esso"Scoita is rarely their birthplace reunion with a draught of almost 20 meters In the loaded state she can call at any German port. That cats can not just Yelp, but make music, a pop group from Argentina wants to prove. In her latest hit, "Gatos" - the cats to german - sing about the year 2000.
Buenos Aires seems already to be a city of the 21st century. The 5 cats, Argentina's answer to the Beatles, were born here.
By the way, the cats now also in the European music forest want to poach.
Federal post Minister Dollinger paid tribute to the former Postmaster Schuberth and Lemmer on the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Federal Post Office Department with the unveiling of their portraits. Well and aware of progress - as presented today the Federal Post Office. In his speech, Minister Dollinger pointed to the rapid development of the post after the collapse of 1945.
"Germany was a shambles. Over 30% of the entire post and telecommunication facilities were destroyed. There was no organized administration. in 1950 there were again 2.5 million receivers. Today, there are 11.2 million. The satellite technology came to television. The German Federal Post Office built the Earth station Holzhausen and thus enabled the overcoming of tent and space as it has made it clear the broadcast of the Olympics from Mexico all. The assignment of the Soviet-occupied zone of Germany turned the post completely new problems. The biggest change forced the change of traffic flows, which were until then from West to East and now went from North to South.
I tried again and again in the past two years, with the postal administration in East Berlin to talk about normalization and improvement of postal and telecommunication conditions between the two parts of Germany. Unfortunately that didn't work."
A white Rolls Royce had driving break, because his owner was going to spend the whole week in bed. Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono had loaded in Amsterdam to the most spectacular honeymoon of the month. Her 6 years younger ascended, and the 34-jährig Japanese both to crazy ideas never lay, spent the first days of their official happiness in bed because there - she explained - best for peace can demonstrate. The popular peace demonstrators revealed another reason of staying bed particularly curious: "We want to increase our family."
New victory trophies, experienced little counting bobbies and Britain's flock of weather-obsessed horse fools: Aintree on the day of the Grand National steeple Chase. Fashionable Chlck WINS here no prestige, horse mind but pays off, 30 riders get ready to start for the heaviest and most dangerous obstacle race in the world.
The three-Ecks course is 3.6 km long. Twice he must be rode by. 30 obstacles stand in his way to victory.
The infamous Becher's Brook takes "a sensation" the tip. Last year's winner and favorite "Red Alligator" is located at the end of the field. The most surprising result of a Grand National listed the Aintree Chronicle 1928: 39 horses, only one reached the target.
His betting supporters disappointed the high bet "red alligator". He crashes. "Steel Bridge" seems an easy victory against ride.
The 12-year veteran of "Highland Wedding", 8th 1966, 1968 seventh, amazed with his spurt. At the 3. Start letting its competitors at the finish 12 corridors behind them. "Highland Wedding" gives the first victory, many bettors his Jockey disappointed faces, its owner 170,000 marks. Aintree confirmed his reputation for being unpredictable.
His death was not unprepared America. The President and one completed his life like an old soldier from it is to say, he does not die, he wipes out. In the Capitol, thousands of Americans who recognized himself in the optimistic, inspiring man of the people, took leave from IKE. In the Cathedrale Peter and Paul, representatives from more than 100 Nations and America's leaders gave respects the President.
In his funeral speech, Richard Nixon cited the last words of Eisenhower: "I loved getting my wife... I loved getting my country."
Nixon was his father's friend as the right man in the right place at the right time. "What he did, what he did rather than what he was, he won the trust and affection of his own people and of the peoples of the world."
Hamburg, April 1, 1969

Date of Release:

01.04.1969

Year of Production:

1969

Camera Work:

Brandes, Klaus; Luppa; Pahl, Georg; Rieck, Hans Jürgen; Rühe, Bernd Michael; Wiers, Hindericus; Petersen

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Polygon; Sucesos; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German