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SYND 21-4-74 EEC FOREIGN MINISTERS SPEND WEEKEND IN CASTLE NEAR BONN
Foreign ministers spend a weekend in a castle in Bonn to discuss possible unity with common market. Guests include West German minister Walter Scheel, Ove Guldberg from Denmark, British minister James Callaghan, France's Michel Jobert,...
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SYND 10 9 76 REFORGER GORDION SHIELD MILITARY EXERCISE
NATO troops have begun a massive exercise in the Hessen region of West Germany as part of "Operation Reforger" ..... a military manoeuvre aimed at simulating NATO reaction to invasion. The current exercise, codenamed Gordian Shield,...
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SYND 15 6 75 SOARES MEETING WITH BRANDT
Portugese politician Mario Soares and former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt meet at Brandt's home and talk to press.
1. vs Sores arriving
2. ms greets Brandt
3. cu Brandt
4. vs Soares and Brandt talk to press
5. Soares and Brandt...
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SYND 27 11 75 NEW REPRODUCTION PROCESS
Reproduction paintings being printed by a former West German painter to a new degree of perfection by a special process
1 gv workshop
2 ms colour chart and camera
3 ms illuminated negative being retouched by woman
4 ms printing...
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CAN933 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING MEETING HELD IN BREMEN
The United States and the Soviet Union dominate the International Swimming Meeting in Bremen. The women's 100 metre freestyle is won by America's Martha Randall with America's Lillian "Pokey" Watson coming second and Holland?s Nel Bos....
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SYND STORIES 16-9-69 INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE TRIALS
East Germany takes lead after first day of six day international motorycle trials
1 ms start West Germans, Euding Terne, Josef Wolfgruber and Heinz Buder away
2 ms race in progress, Stefan Pachernegg of Austria and Rudolf Jenak of East...
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SUND 26 9 79 GENERAL SCENES OF THE WEST GERMAN MONEY MARKET AS THE DEUTSCHE MARK STABILISES
Scenes of general activity in the Frankfurt money market during the rise and stabilisation of the Deutsche mark against foreign currencies.
1. various ms interior German money market
2. various cu computers
3. cu and pan down currency...
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SYND 14/06/70 CHANCELLOR HERR WILLY BRANDT & MRS BRANDT VOTE IN THE WEST GERMAN ELECTIONS
West German Chancellor Herr Willy Brandt and Mrs Rut Brandt cast their votes in West German election
1) ms Herr Brandt and wife Rut, down street in Bonn
2) mcu polling station notice
3) ms Herr Brandt and wife into polling station
4)...
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CAN537 WEST GERMANY'S THALIDOMIDE BABIES GROWING UP
West Germany's thalidomide babies growing up.
1. vs interior children with deformed limbs play with toys as female therapists look on
2. vs exterior child drawing on paper by holding pen between her toes
3. vs young child sits in body...
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SYND 15 4 80 SPORTING HOVERCRAFT RACE IN MUNICH
Hovercraft race on lake in Munich, West Germany. Germany's Johann Feulner wins the race.
1. ms hovercraft on land before race
2. cu hand on throttle
3. ms start of the race, hovercrafts launch onto water
4. various ws race in progress...
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CAN936 POLICE DEMONSTRATE INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
West German Police from Dusseldorf demonstrate the use of infrared photography in police work.
1. ms signs outside Police Station (GERMAN)
2. ms plain clothed policeman in hat walks along hall to door number 354, enters room
3. cu door...
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GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL RUINS -
RAF films show the damage that Allied bombing has done to such places as Hanover, Duisburg etc. The Krupps armament factory at Essen now lies in ruins. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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IN THE BAG -
Many prominent Nazi leaders are now in Allied custody. Admiral Horthy, ex-Regent of Hungary, was found by the Americans near Marnbach. Field-Marshal Kesselring, Field Marshal von Rundstedt, Field Marshal von Kleist are all imprisoned....
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COLLAPSE OF THE BRIDGE -
The bridge at Remagen, so useful in the crossing of the Rhine, has collapsed. Despite the repair work carried out by the Americans enemy shelling is presumed to have weakened the bridge. Men working on it at the time of the collapse were...
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Kaiser's Grandson Weds Commoner
Ex-Crown Prince's heir, by marriage at Bonn with Fraulein von Salviati, forfeits royal rights. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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BONN TREATY SIGNED -
At Bonn, the ratification of the European Defence Community Treaty by the German Parliament - Communist demonstrators in the streets outside showed disapproval. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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EAST REFUGEES -
In the Neukolln district of West Berlin, an empty factory has been pressed into service to accommodate four thousand refugees - and still they come. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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PRIZE SCULPTURE
Seen in Berlin - entries for an International Sculpture prize, the Subject being the ""Unknown Political Prisoner"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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FOOD QUEUES -
In West Berlin, food is distributed to the hungry population of the Soviet sector. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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HIGHEST HOTEL -
Germany's loftiest hotel, the Schneefernerhaus, nearly 10,000 feet up on the Zugspitze in the Alps, has been returned to the Bavarian authorities by the Americans. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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WHO'S FOR THE HIGH JUMP?
International Ski Jumping in Bavaria, and in the Black Forest, a ski race for children. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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MUNICH OCTOBER FESTIVAL
Munich has also been enjoying a Festival - a traditional October event to mark the harvest. The accent is on beer, but they have an amusement park which compares quite well with our Battersea Fun-Fair. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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QUICK SERVICE
Roy, a waiter in Munich, who is an amateur ju-jitsu expert, defeated a professional wrestler and knocked him out. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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A TRICKY JOB
This 26,000 ton floating dock, destined for the Niarchos Shipyard in Greece, had to be floated through the lock from the shipyard to the river Weser. It was a tricky job to get it through a space too narrow for it. But they solved the...