Deutschlandspiegel 174/1969 27.03.1969

1 Speedway - race a, b, c Inzell / Upper Bavaria: motorcyclists fit long studs on tires. Tire protection around the knee and steel toe-caps at the foot. Chain on the bike moves. Start the motorcycle rider on ice. Ride on the track and in the corners. Viewers, close. Riders at the start, the Russian Samorodov starts too early and will be disqualified. Audience protest, filling the screen. Motorcycle lifts at rear, racing home. Crash in turn. Vladimir Tzibrov races against a band of snow and crashes. Audience close. Various settings of the race, spectators, close. Driver drives through target, official flag. Award ceremony for 3 Russians. Gaptrahman Kadyrov with wreath and Cup winners.
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(10: 10:00 10:01:55) 02 Nixon in Bonn + Berlin Bonn: wagon train moves forward, Nixon gets out of car and umdrängt of cheering people. Flags are waved, Nixon holding onto the car and waving. Cabinet meeting. He was in addition to Brandt, half-close. Nixon, close. Nixon entered the Chamber of the Bundestag. Cameras of the cameramen shot. Bank of the Federal Council. Long shot of the Bundestag with Federal Eagle on front wall. Nixon, half close to the original sound (via strong German economy) speaks. Photographer, close. Deputies clapping, filling the screen.
Berlin: Moving motorcade with ongoing security forces on the side. People umdrängen the car. Nixon goes on the roof of his car with Kiesinger and contactor. Border in the snow. Brandt, contactor and Nixon, close to the wall. Siemens-Werke, screen-filling. Nixon at Siemens. Nixon shakes hands of workers. Workers in the Hall, screen-filling. Nixon, close to original sound (English): "on the map viewed, Berlin may look lonely. But it is a vital component of a world that believes that man is able to govern itself and to make his fate with dignity." Workers call: "HA, ho, Hey, are Berlin OK. Nixon waving, along with Brandt and Schütz, close. Workers waving, screen-filling. (58 m)
(10:01:50 10:04:00) 03 Siemens Berlin Berlin: Assembly Hall, screen-filling. Diverse wheels turn, great. Workers in large generators. Great runners. Runners are transported to the enclosure and swung. Workers with gloves on machines sitting. Small parts in machine are laid out automatically. Testing and testing ground for high-voltage and high-performance: Insulators are tested.
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(10:03:50 10:06:10) 04 Ingolstadt Ingolstadt photo montage: visitors go to the entrance of the Museum, exhibition - "History and essence of the photomontage". Bell towers are reflected in glass. Photo montage. Church towers in the city. Various photo montages, visitors to the exhibition. "Double portrait of Toulouse Lautrec" scrolls of 1890th visitors in catalog. Various Photomontages of John Heartfield. Close to visitors.
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(10:06:05 10:08:10) 05. ceramics and Kannenbacker Höhr-Grenzhausen (close to the Rhein at Koblenz): long shot. Large pottery vessel on base (landmark on the outskirts of the city), full screen. Cars driving through town. Rotating vase, screen-filling. Stein turns screen. Vessel is produced on a Potter's wheel. Pottery: Vessels in shelves, man sits at the hub.
Pottery, vessels are painted. Ornaments are carved with thin rod. State engineers and factory school for ceramics: Students left the building. Workshop: Students at work. Hands form tone that turns on disc. Beer mugs of measure in protection vessel on shelves. Handle is attached to a beer mug. Beer size jars are stacked in the kiln. Burning process: Oven emitted smoke. Man shoveling salt into holes (to glaze). Dish is packed for shipping. Beer mugs of measure in baskets, screen-filling.
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(10:08:00 10:10:25) 6 ITA Maximova luminous ceiling spotlights. Stage decoration is built. ITA Maximova (German painter) gives instructions on stage. Design of a stage set, great. Berlin: Cars driving through town. Hands in gloves of Maximova on the wheel size. Maximova, great in the car. Mercedes turn into driveway. Maximova while painting a design, tall, with glasses. Maximova holds great design in the hands. Different designs. Maximova Get up stage and discussion stage with man. Headlights are mounted. Ready decorated stage.
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(10:10:20 10:12:00) 07. presidential elections a, b, c, d, e Berlin: aircraft rolls out, applies. Members get out of pan in the machine. Any Briefcase, big feet. Radio tower, swivel on East Prussia Hall. Federal Assembly. Brandt speaks with Heinemann, close. Gerhard Schröder, half-close. Distribution of votes in ballot boxes and counting.
Blocking of access routes to Berlin. East police evict road block to the page. Kiesinger during voting. Counting. By hassel reads, quote: "... with the just-announced result of Federal Minister Dr. Heinemann has received the most votes. Mr. Dr. Heinemann, you accept the election of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany?" Intermediate section: Gerhard Schröder congratulates the winner of Heinemann. Heinemann, o-ton: "Mr President, I suppose the choice." By hassel congratulates Heinemann. Deputies clapping, filling the screen. Kiesinger congratulates Heinemann. Heinemann laughing, close, in the background of Helmut Schmidt, close.
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The tires are studded with almost 3 cm long spikes, their racing bikes have no brakes: armored in rubber and steel go ice motorcycle riders at the start. For the first time, they wore their world championship in Germany. 16 riders from seven countries met for the final at the ice stadium in Inzell in Bavaria.
The average speed of the machines of 100 was stdkm on the 400-metre ice rink. The car with a snow wall was surrounded to the safety of drivers and spectators. 12 thousand saw exciting battles of curves. There were 20 races for 4 rounds.
Number 5, Vladimir Tzibrov, USSR, fell off of the course. He was considered as a high favorite.
Participants from Czechoslovakia and Sweden tried in vain to place. But the Russians were can't be beat. You finished the 3 first in Inzell.
The winner was Gaptrahman Kadyrov - he won the world title for the fourth time. The first foreign trip of the President of the United States of America, Richard M. Nixon ran through 5 European countries. For two days, he came to the Federal Republic.
Current political issues were discussed with Chancellor Kiesinger and Foreign Minister Brandt in Bonn.
By way of derogation from the established programme, the President attended a plenary sitting of the German Bundestag. In a short speech, he pointed to common interests.

We are linked by economic factors and we know that a productive German economy is crucial for a strong free world economy.
The next stop of the trip was Berlin. The reception was cordial. Hundreds of thousands greeted the President.
A look at the other side of the divided city.
Climax and conclusion of the stay in Berlin was a visit to one of the largest production sites of the Siemens works.
5 thousand workers and employees, President Nixon renewed the guarantees for the freedom of the city and its inhabitants. He said among other things: viewed on the map, Berlin may look lonely. But it is a vital component of a world that believes that man is able to govern itself and to make his fate with dignity.
The Siemens works produce in Berlin electric machines and equipment for over 100 years. Berlin is still the largest industrial centre of Germany - despite its special situation -. Electrical engineering occupies a leading position among the various sectors of the economy.
in 1866, Werner Siemens - had constructed one of the ingenious inventor of the 19th century - the first Dynamo-machine. The age of the power engineering started. Today, the manufacture of generators is a production focus.
The runs! forged from one piece and weigh up to 50 tons. They are transported to the casing and gently swung. Generators - powered by steam turbines - serve up to 1 million kilowatts of electricity.
With approx. the Siemens works 40-thousand workers are the largest enterprises of the city. Its production programme extends to household appliances and smallest relay.
The testing and testing ground for high-voltage and high-performance belongs to the interesting equipment, insulators are tested.
As Werner Siemens in 1867 gave the Berlin Academy of Sciences talk about his new Dynamo machine, said he already was looking ahead: "the means are given to generate electric currents by unlimited strength of technology.

An unusual exhibition was opened in Ingolstadt. Topic: History and essence of photomontage. From Ingolstadt is the issuance by 20 German cities.
The show gives an overview of more than half a century. Initially, photo montage was only a technical "trick", copy photographs or combine in - and each other. Later recognized the artistic possibilities.

The photomontage was popular in the 1920s. She documented - often satirically and ironically - the spirit of the time.
The unlimited variety of "poetic picture language" inspired artist, graphic artist and photographer to ever-new designs.
An example of 1890: double portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec. It was a long way to the poster compositions of the Bauhaus masters 1928 dream images and cartoons - specific versions of the photo montage.
The German John Heartfield created the most aggressive and entlarvensten assemblies of prior to 1933.
A new magic style characterizes the work of the present. Photo montages as images of secret fears.

A large vase is a small town's landmark: Höhr-Grenzhausen, close to the Rhine at Koblenz, is the ceramics Centre of the Federal Republic.
For centuries in Kannenbacker land "operated the pottery, or as the residents earlier said:"Baked pots". A growing ceramic industry has emerged in the last few decades. A specialty is the simple, durable stoneware - in the middle ages the predominant tableware in Germany.
Numerous workshops produce artistically sophisticated vessels and vases.
Ornaments are engraved. A reputation the State Engineering and factory school for ceramics - enjoys in its kind only in the Federal Republic. It forms from ceramic engineers such as ceramic painter, modellers and potters. Many students come from abroad.
From the one of a kind to mass-produced. One of the most famous products of Höhr Grenzhausen interchange is the grey-blue beer mug popular especially in Bavaria.
Layer by layer is stacked the ware in the kiln.
The burning process takes 3 days. A man monitors him. Sometimes, he shovels salt into the holes so that the typical glaze.
After one-week cooling ware to the shipping will be packed. -for the German market and for export to many countries. When the theater begin rehearsals for a new piece, if the Stagehand for the first time assemble the finished decorative elements to the stage - the work of set designer is already done.
To clarify what still remains, are questions of detail, the last corrections, which will be discussed with the Director. One of the meistbeschäftigsten German set designer - is a woman: ITA Gorbacheva.
Whether she works for theatre or Opera stage in New York, Salzburg, Munich and Milan, they are drawn back to Berlin, where it is established for a long time.
About her work, she says: "a design only succeeded if it reflects something of the spirit and content of the piece, that is,. A good stage to stimulate the imagination of the audience, without distracting from the game of the players."
Diversity is a strength of ITA Maximownas. "She has the courage," wrote a well-known critic, "to be graceful in sober factual time and graceful, out of principle."

The election of the Federal President in Berlin was Instead of for the fourth time in the history of the Federal Republic. The new head of State is elected every 5 years directly by the people, but by a special body, the Federal Assembly.
Justice Minister Heinemann and Defense Minister Schröder were the candidates. 1,023-members of the Federal Assembly cast their votes. But the first rounds of voting were not the required majority for one of the candidates.
Authorities responded with traffic from and to Berlin in the other part of Germany on the choice in West Berlin. Protests of the Soviet Union were rejected by the Western powers.
The decision was made in the 3rd round. The new Federal President Gustav Heinemann was elected with 512 compared with 506 votes. First Gratulant: Minister Schröder. Then followed the form question: I ask you Mr Dr. Heinemann, accepting the choice? Suppose the choice.
With Dr. Heinemann, a distinguished German politician is head of State of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Date of Release:

27.03.1969

Year of Production:

1969

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Reportagefilm GmbH

Commissioned by:

Bundespresseamt

Film Format:

16 mm

Duration:

00:17:00

Film length (in m):

170

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

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