01 new Elbe tunnel Hamburg crowd. Photographer holds camera. Men with protective helmets. Policemen. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt with Cap enters the lectern and speaks to the inauguration of the new Elbe tunnel: "then in 1967 or 1968, were also Hein and Maris of Eimsbüttel appeared as written as construction work on the tunnel in the construction authority, and who wanted to apply for the job."Yes, the track Director said then, "... but you have also the necessary engineers and construction machines?" And Hein responded: "dat you explore you be our concern." How mog dat easily. Hein in Övelgönne begins with de Schipperei and I here in Altenwerder. "And in de middle, wi that meet." "Yes, is that quite nice, but how To want you because to calculate that, you meet really right in the Middle?" Seggt Maris: "dat slats you one og sien our concern." Finally, our entrepreneurial risk is dat. And if we really do not meet in de Middle do, then nice nothing can happen to you, then you have 2 tunnel." Among the listeners of Mayor Hans-Ulrich Klose, great. Cameraman with fur hat films. Elbe to Övelgönne, shot back. Altenwerder. Hans-Ulrich Klose and Heinz Ruhnau in the crowd. Construction site Elbtunnel. Rock. Digging of the tunnel tube. Helmut Schmidt drinks from 3-liter beer glass and passes it to Hans-Ulrich Klose, who drinks. Representation of tunnel management from drawing. Pictures of Elbe crossing construction. Tractor pull tunnel segment at the prescribed place. Graphical representation of the lowering of the tunnels. Buoy marks site. Balloon construction site. Folk Festival at the tunnel opening. Carousel rotates. Stalls. People go on foot through the tunnel. Music band playing in the tunnel. Cars in the tunnel. Traffic is monitored on television monitors. Helmut Schmidt and Loki Schmidt before TV wall with 48 monitors. Control Panel. A COP on the phone. Köhlbrandbrücke. Driving record to drive into the tunnel through the tunnel and out of the tunnel.

02. Paris: EC Summit in French police officer directs traffic. The Elysee Palace. Car driveway. Car blow opens. Honor guard greets with Sabre. Harold Wilson is leaving. Car blow opens. Quit Helmut Schmidt and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. French flag at the Elysee Palace, great. Conference Hall. Helmut Schmidt in addition to Hans-Dietrich Genscher at the Conference table. Helmut Schmidt takes off glasses. Harold Wilson with a pipe. Valéry Giscard D ' Estaing, great. View of the courtyard of the Elysee Palace by Arch. Group with Harold Wilson, Helmut Schmidt, Valéry Giscard D' Estaing. Parking by Citroen with stand of the EC countries. Helmut Schmidt and Harold Wilson left the Elysee Palace. Reporter. Final press conference. Valéry Giscard D' Estaing talks about unification of Europe (übersprochener narration). In addition to his Jean Sauvagnargues, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

03. Ottobrunn near Munich/United States: construction and launch of the space satellite Symphony starting an American Thor-Delta rocket that launches the first European satellite into outer space. Graphical representation of the satellite orbit. Building by Messerschmidt in Ottobrunn near Munich. Window front. Space technicians at work, in the manufacture of satellites in German French co-production. Settings of the satellite. Exact tests and measurements. Use as experimental station for telephone, radio and television broadcasts. Radio and picture bridge between countries. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Valéry Giscard D' Estaing Secretary of State to communicate first via satellite: "We are today in this very modern way talk." "Good day, Mr. Chancellor." (More speech post-synchronisation) 04 portrait of Margot Werner close-up Margot Werner for the singing of French Chanson. Margot Werner, ballerina of the Bavarian State Opera, ballet training. Going on the road in Zebra - fur coat. While practicing at the Barre. Theater display Ballet Swan Lake. Margot Werner for the makeup in her dressing room. Setup of wig. Dance performance. Singing in a cabaret of the Munich Lach - und Schießgesellschaft.

05. Munich: sports press Festival Olympic Hall with total viewers. Well-known athletes at the competition. Invasion on ice in ice hockey clothing. Slalom run on the ice with ice hockey puck to sticks around and subsequent scoring. Athletes slip on the ice and fall. Starter waving banner. Go-kart racing. Advertisement: Rowenta - Doornkart - Hettlage - continent furniture - six official drops. The racing driver Hans Stuck is congratulated as the winner. Franz Beckenbauer claps. Kettcar race. The Turner Gienger WINS ahead of Hans Stuck. Total viewers. Tobogganing on the ice. Beckenbauer runs to sleigh and boots. Here, alpine ski racer Christian Neureuther WINS. Chin-ups on the horizontal bar. Gienger WINS with 33 pull-ups. Rolf Milser, weight lifting in many experiments. Milser is overall winner and receives the image of the Canadian miracle skater of Toller Cranston as a gift. Congratulate athletes, such as Beckenbauer.

From the Rhine, the Chancellor at the Elbe had traveled to pay his tribute to a century building. And with an Eclipse from Helmut Schmidt opened his hometown Hamburg's new Elbe tunnel.
With a three-liter glass Chancellor Schmidt and Hamburg Mayor Klose on the future of Europe's largest and longest underwater tunnel came on, the heart of the Hamburg North-South highway.
The tunnel is 3.209 meters long, about 30 meters deep under the Elbe.
The Elbe crossing was the most complicated and at the same time most spectacular of three phases. In a leergepumpten dock 8 tunnel segments were made from concrete - each component 132 metres long.
Your final destination is a pre dredged river route at the Elbe, in which they are lowered.
Tractor pull each of temporarily sealed segments to its prescribed course.
Had worked after seconds and centimeters on the Elbe, one of the busiest navigable waterways. You had never before used the Precasting technique developed in the 1930s to such extent.
No wonder that himself during the six-year construction period technicians and engineers gave the Jack in your hand, to study the construction of the powerful underwater road with its 6 lanes.
Under the northern slopes of the Elbe through the tunnel in the shield tunnelling method was performed again upwards.
With a folk festival, Hamburg celebrated the completion of the "structure of the century". 600,000 hamburger followed the invitation of its Office of building and took the tunnel view - the first and the last time foot - only cars are allowed through him then.
Traffic flows are largely automatically controlled by computer programs. Before a wall of television with 48 monitors, the trained tunnel team wakes up around the clock. At the South exit of the new motorway of the Hamburg free port with the köhlbrand bridge presents itself. His test was the tunnel just after the opening. 200,000 fascinated motorists from all over northern Germany drew their wagons under the Elbe to test the last transport link between Stockholm and Lisbon on its suitability.
"So that was, at that time, 67 or 68, as construction work on the tunnel, appeared as advertised in the Authority also Hein and Maris of Eimsbüttel and who wanted to apply for the job." Yes, said the track Director then, but have also the necessary engineers and construction machinery? And Hein responded: dat Plumb se sien man our concern, wi mokt dat whole eenfach. Hein begins in Övelgönne with de Schnüffel and ick here op Maakenwerder. And in the Middle, there dröpt like us. (That can be only our concern, we make it easy. Hein begins to shovel and I in Övelgönne with here in Maakenwerder. And in the Middle, because we meet.)
Yes, says high Director then sill that is quite nice, but how To want you now calculate that, you meet really right in the Middle? Segt Maris: Dat you explore se ok sien our concern. Finally, our entrepreneurial risk is dat, nech. And if we really do not meet in the Middle do tscha nothing can happen to you because have two tunnels. (Maris says: that you allow to be also our concern.) Finally that our entrepreneurial risk, isn't? (Und falls wir uns wirklich nicht in der Mitte Treffen, dann kann Ihnen ja nichts passieren, dann haben Sie zwei tunnel.) "

Hardly an International Conference during these months, that is not in the character of the energy crisis, inflation and unemployment. Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson was followed as well as the German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the invitation by President Giscard d' Estaing to Paris to discuss with the other members of the European Community of a common approach to crisis. In the Elysee Palace, the cooperative attitude of EC partners was on the bench. Because they belong to the core of the highly industrialized States of the West, whose Wirtschaft is shaken by the explosion of in commodity prices.
Host Giscard d' Estaing could determine satisfied at the end, that the critics of European integration of the Conference participants have been refuted. Help To want to not only with each other but EC States also the developing countries, which are particularly hard hit by high oil prices. No confrontation but dialogue between oil consumers and oil producing countries - on these routes the EC partners agreed in Paris. The Conference was also a personal success for Chancellor Schmidt. His economic and stability policy, which helped the lowest inflation rate in the Western world with the Federal Republic of Germany, has been seen by all partner countries as exemplary. At the final press conference, Giscard d' Estaing moved yet another major negotiating issue to the fore: the progress of European integration which are community facilities tightened, the unanimity principle is gradually replaced by the majority decision. The EC heads of Government will in future regularly meet as the European Council.

An American Thor-Delta rocket carried him to the turn of the year in space: the first European satellite "Symphony" - a Franco German joint project. All units working reliably, the art Moon was stabilized on its orbit, could start trial broadcasts. Down on Earth, in Ottobrunn near Munich scientists and technicians of the company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm breathed up easier. Europe had in the all flag shown and thus dared the first step to distance itself from the space-news monopoly of the two superpowers. The space engineers in Ottobrunn and their French colleagues for this moment had worked since 1970.
"Symphonie" was developed solely by Europeans and built. Only the rocket comes from the United States. New technologies encountered strong interest of the Americans: for example a 3-axis stabilization system for the satellite, Sun sensors and new control and drive systems. One hundred times the art Moon was measured and adjusted. The precision work paid off. On its orbit, the news satellite could be stabilised so precisely that the receivers half the size and thus cheaper could be built on the Earth as the American satellite ground stations. The solar cells on the wings of the Sun provide the equipment with electrical energy. You provide 270 Watts. The technical lifetime of the satellite has been set at five years. During this time, German and French technicians use it as experimental station for telephone, radio and television broadcasts. In altitude of 36,000 kilometres off the West African coast, he does pacemaker services for future regional satellite communications which countries and continents are approaching radio - and image-bridge. The German Chancellor and the French President were the first Europeans who brought together "Symphony" for an interview.
Paris s ' il yous plait Chancellor Schmidt: "Dear Mr. President, dear friend, I am, that we today can talk on this very modern novel way."
President d'Estaing: "Good day, Mr. Chancellor - and also the bon jour, Helmut Schmidt." I am pleased to be able to have this conversation about this instrument of advanced technology, whose name probably corresponds to the Franco German cooperation with you because it is yes 'Symphony'."

With 35 (years old), she dares the leap into a second career. The Münchenerin Margot Werner, acclaimed prima ballerina of the Bavarian State Opera is "on the song here" - as it announced the title of their first run.
Singing as entertainment, like it Sammy Davis Jr. or as an example made the young Rita Hayworth, Margot Werner sees their new task. She throws it with the same ambitions and the same energy with which she built up her career as a dancer. Their debut was Very much successful and yet judged she restrained their future expectations. "I am a skeptical person", she says, "through the work in the ballet and the constant ups and downs in this profession I am careful".
For a while, Margot Werner lives with two professions. Every morning the daily ballet training, then vocal exercises, afternoon rehearsals and evening a performance as a dancer in the ballet "Swan Lake" or as a performer in a cabaret as the Munich "Lach - und Schießgesellschaft". Their program includes evergreens from the United States by Cole Porter Burt Bacharach, parodies and chansons from France, Holland and Germany.
Margot Werners the brief heyday of the large Berlin Song style from the mid-20s has become alive songs, so my many critics.

This time, the Munich sports press party at the sold-out Olympic Stadium resembled a circus attraction of international standing. World Champion and Olympic winner spoiled the 10,000 visitors with a 3-hour program. The circus show with jokes flavored culminated in the battle for the title of a super ten fighter. Each participant had to start in 10 unusual disciplines. In the meantime as a breather for the most Decathletes the go-cart race of formula I pilots Petterson, Regazzoni Stommelen and stucco. On the velodrome a slope hunt with speed of 90.
The talent from Bavaria "Striezel" stuck was pleased with his first win against the formula I ACEs.
When the Decathlon stuck in the warp-cart had to bow to the Turner Gienger. His muscles, stucco, recognized not quite approaching on his go-cart engine.
When tobogganing, Emperor Franz went on the whole. But it was enough for the football star here Go ahead the 6th place. The winner was the ski-as Christian Neureuther in this discipline.
On the horizontal bar, the moment of truth beat for the sports heroes of the nation. Horizontal bar world champion Gienger had it easy. He came on 33 pull-ups.
Pull in the Red a strongman from Duisburg won here the last decisive points almost unnoticed. Germany had its new Supersport, the weight-lifter and World Championship third Rolf Milser, which congratulated the defeated contenders to his title and a picture of the Canadian former of Toller Cranston.

Year of Release:

1975

Year of Production:

1975

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:

Colour

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

Afrikaans; Arabisch; English; French; German; Greek; Portuguese; Spanish; Turkish