Die Zeit unter der Lupe 1013/1969 24.06.1969

01 Hannover: explosion accident by ammunition wagon of the Bundeswehr breakdown from UFA 674 / 1 - same section. Destroyed railway tracks and cars. Crater of the explosion of the ammunition wagon. Retired cars. Overturned railcars. Experts at the scene. Destroyed cars on the freight train on a siding. Destroyed houses.

02. Rotterdam: Hydraulic pilot Heber city image Rotterdam with Bridge, transformer. Ship is in port. Traffic controller rises rope ladder to the ship's bow. Hydraulic lift drives to ship wall up with pilot. Pilot comes on board.

03. Soviet Union: Russian student looking for rescue for the Tower of Pisa the leaning tower of Pisa. Student records attempt a rescue by pulling a steel plate and heavy steel girders on the floors. Pan across the Tower of Pisa.

04. England: world record in a Ferris wheel spinning Ferris wheel. Gondola is a young man and sleeping. Young man leaves 15 days in Ferris wheel. He leaves the Ferris wheel based, fluctuating.

05. Mannequins show off fashions from the CSSR fashions. Trouser suit for mother and child. Mini metal strings. Side high slashed long dress. Demonstration of wedding dresses. Pantsuits show on the beach.

06. Prerov: Motocross Championship race start of motocross riders. Dust cloud in mass start. Spectator stand and sit on the edge of the track. Ride across hilly terrain in clouds of dust. Motorcycle riders pushes up motorcycle mountain. Motorcycle jumps. Ride through the target. Winner John Banks / England dries off.

07. Zandvoort: World Championship race of the formula 1 car flat racing cars at the start. Driver sits in racing cars. Start. Ride. Car in curve. It performs Lotus Graham Hill on Ford. Jochen Rindts car is the race track with gearbox failure on the edge. Jacky Stewart No. 4 on Matraford goes into the lead and WINS ahead of Joseph Siffert. Jacky Stewart with laurel wreath.

08th Kieler Woche breakdown from UFA 674 / 6 - something shorter. Sailor set of boats and sailing before the start. Sail is raised. Regatta field from above, aerial view. Setting the spinnaker. Super yachts at sea. Winch with rope, great. Panoramic view from the mast down on boat.

Explosion of an ammunition car of the Bundeswehr in Hanover camera: Rieck Holland: hydraulic pilot lift origin: Polygoon bailout f. Tower v. Pisa origin: Sovkino world record i. Ferris wheel driving origin: Pathé news fashion from the CSSR origin: State Motocross Championship race in Prerov origin: Bratislava car race in Zandvoort origin: Polygoon Kieler Woche camera: Rieck, Rühe, fire, wild Hagen at the beginning and end of total length

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Images of disaster, documents of terror - the station Hannover-Linden after the heaviest explosion accident since the war. A wagon with ammunition for the Bundeswehr was exploded 15 tons of armor-piercing shells flew through the air. Twelve people were killed, over thirty were injured, Unterarmgroße shrapnel devastated station and the surrounding area. Days after the accident it could not overlook the damage.
The possible causes of the disaster of Hanover: an overheated axle has used the wagon outside fire, self-ignition of ammunition or an act of sabotage. 10 hours of transport stood unguarded on the tracks, a fact that doubt in securing munitions transport.
Rotterdam - Europe's largest port, a ship technical new development, a construction that should solve the problem of shipping presented its visitors. It concerns the takeover of pilot. The high super tanker may no longer use the usual up to 9 meters long pilot ladder. Steel, iron, and hydraulics are used of wood and rope now in place. One advantage of the new lift: greater security for the pilots; the cabin can not commute in heavy seas.
The pilot lift is a development in the background - but for shipping, it can be of the utmost importance.
How you can get the leaning tower of Pisa in 2000, is a problem for international construction experts. An iron slab at a depth of 3 metres to the tower and heavy steel girders Altis the floors - the Russian proposal looks to catch the tip of the tower. Whether for the almost 800-year-old historical building curiosity could be saved, the Italians dare to doubt.
The English seaside resort of Ramsgate caused a sensation this week a vet had sworn himself to break the world record in the Ferris wheel ride. He broke it. David Trumayne had taken food, newspapers and cigarettes on the ride. A wash-basin was built into the cable.
Exactly 15 days and 6 minutes was the world record holder between heaven and Earth. Fortunately, the 62.207 turns were free.
The fashion in the CSSR is not a stepchild, the new line - international chic proves with jokes for all ages.
This cool snippet is intended only for hot nights. The most important day in a woman's life, the veil is an eye-catcher.
Suits for women who love trousers and don't like to show that they are women, are missing in any collection.
After this show, it was agreed to: competitor got Paris and Rome.
Heat and dust make the strain already watching.
For the players, the fifth round of the World Championship of 500 cubic meters of class is hell. 14 countries send their best motocross riders in Czechoslovakia, but only the very best, have chances of winning.
70 meters height difference. Skill counts more than tempo in Prerov. The problem of the landscape is the most dangerous opponent.
The race calls last reserves of energy. Who sleeps between the rounds, playing with life.
The race on the 1,400 meter circuit is decided before the target. John Banks from England hurtling past the competition and secures in Prerov important Weltmeisterscbafts points.
Modern cars are now flat as saucers. Seats for the Fourth World Cup run of the formula I racing car in the Dutch Zandvoort.
The cream of the international stars of the slopes had reported for the dunes course of Zandvoort. The reigning world champion Graham Hill on "Lotus Ford" leads after the first round.
Soon, the German Austrian Jochen Rindt directs his "Lotus Ford" at the top. But also in Zandvoort, the bad luck followed him: gearbox damage.
With Jochen Rindt is a hot favorite in the race. Chance for Jacky Stewart, who Club his "Matra-Ford" forward - hard pressed by Joseph Siffert who loves the risk.
The checkered flag is lowered for Jacky Stewart. He extended his lead in the overall standings with his third victory in 4 World Championship races.
The sailing ACEs from 27 Nations wanted only a stiff breeze - everything else was well prepared in Kiel as always. About 1,100 sailors, more than ever, pushed at the start of the 87th Kieler Woche. Increasingly becoming interest reveals: from now on the Kiel fjord is the test area, on which the candidates for the Olympic sailing regattas 1972 measure.
Germany's race sailors had a difficult on their home track. In the first races, especially the Scandinavians showed how to deal best with headache wind, currents and waves.
Belong to any of the 5 Olympic boat classes, and are always in the spotlight of every Kieler Woche: "Dick"ships, the ocean capable Super yachts. You are more extravagant and expensive - so it is said in the fjord. And up to 4 million mark should be paid already for new buildings in Germany.
The last wind reserves be used with the spinnaker.
England's courtiers, 1715, also fought for the first time a sailing price. 135 years later Germany's sailors for the first time to a regatta met on the Alster. Sailing has long since lost the reputation of being, sports for the social elite. Only tough men are may adorn themselves in 1972 with the Golden Laurel.

Date of Release:

24.06.1969

Year of Production:

1969

Camera Work:

Brandes, Klaus; Rieck, Hans Jürgen; Rühe, Bernd Michael; Wildhagen

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Polygon; State; Sovkino; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German