German Events #1 (1965)

[Music] for the first time in soccer history a german squad won the europe cup the championship game saw the fc liverpool team this year's english champs and the heavy favorites in this game going against borussia dortmund in scotland's harbor city of glasgow dortmund draws first blood in the 63rd minute of play [Applause] [Music] [Applause] but liverpool ties it up shortly thereafter the regulation period ends in a one-to-one tie the liverpool squad plays a better game but just can't get lucky dortmund boots in the winning goal in the ninth minute of the 30-minute overtime period team gets a wild reception back in dortmund which is one of the rohr valley's most enthusiastic soccer areas [Music] lake a few miles southwest of munich recently celebrated its 1200th birthday this bavarian village invited one and all to a great family gathering and the festive occasion got underway with mass out in the open fields umbox history began when the surrounding area was given as a gift to the church [Music] and umbox history is very european even this tiny nest saw its share of warriors marauders of all sorts napoleon's troops and even the swedes at the end of the thirty years war who reportedly drowned in the lake when the ice gave way [Music] around the maypole was as much a part of the festivities as a five-act play performed at a historically famous house in the village [Music] the festivities continued for seven days after which ambach and the ombuckers once again returned to their everyday bavarian routine a declaration of freedom by west germany's labor unions was held on may first at republic square in berlin two hundred fifty thousand people including federal president heinrich luebke and west berlin mayor billy brunt gathered for the speeches two issues were most prominent reunification in peace and freedom and a protest against the eastern zone's standing orders to shoot any refugees trying to cross over the wall an informational booklet was issued listing political documents from 1955 up to the present day which revealed the problems and the efforts of the federal government and its allies in seeking germany's reunification for twenty years the book points out the division of germany has prevented one-fourth of the german people from freely deciding their own fate despite the dangerous mine filled no man's land some people still try to escape to freedom for which some of them have paid with their lives [Music] in addition to the building of the wall the governmental booklet recalls the workers uprising in east berlin and the zone on the 17th of june 1953. this date was officially named the day of national unity in memory of those who died during the unsuccessful uprising chancellor earhart notes that those who risked their lives in that revolt are still remembered in free germany russian tanks had to be called in 13 years ago to help the communist regime maintain control and the uprising was finally quelled but this protest did not fail to register with the peoples of the world [Music] the chancellor points out that the ties between germans in the federal republic and the soviet occupied zone are eternal and indestructible and he sees west germany's goal in helping those in the east obtain freedom of choice but despite the wall and the east-west borderline germany politics has become active recently one reason is the west german government's peace paper which noted ways in which the reunification of germany could lead to peace and freedom for all of europe [Music] the german french border in the tsar valley a centuries-long subject of debate is today little more than a formality a valid passport is all anyone needs to cross the border [Music] is the capital city of this state the city's new expressway connects directly with the national autobahn system [Music] this border city suffered severe damage during the last war but a new city grew up from the rubble and south burton today numbers among the federal republic's 55 largest cities [Music] small boats and barges are a part of sarpwood's skyline yet the city still needs a serviceable waterway which would join it to europe's main navigational systems [Music] tsarputin is also the economic center of the state mining and iron ore processing are the main industries here the bubaka foundry with its seven thousand employees produces close to one and a half million tons of steel annually [Music] but the area is also growing in importance by virtue of a tremendous increase in the lighter industries not far away from former battlefields we find one of the spots most favored by residents of the czar valley the beautiful garden at deutsche created by german and french gardeners and maintained by them it is an outstanding example of modern horticultural architecture the university here is one of the institutions built after 1945. its students number about six thousand including many frenchmen [Music] the top hall mountain on the outskirts of saarbrucken we find the federal radio station servicing the area zarlander funk one of its most popular programs is much like the music and hourly news format which we know so well [Music] the nearby tv studios are lit for a beat program with some young european stars the director is one of germany's best brands starland's tv shows by bronze are usually unconventional always interesting and are numbered among the most popular in german television [Music] [Applause] [Music] the well-known german painter georg meistermann teaches and works in karlsruhe his comment about the creative process my painting is a direct conversion of the imagination into a picture its origin is indefinable here special field is designing stained glass windows [Music] glass painting permits one to add a poetical element to modern architecture he says whereby i treat each window as an architectural unit the work on a new glass window begins with a detailed design on life-sized pieces of cardboard such as this one for the has designed over 50 window compositions for sacred as well as secular buildings he is considered germany's leading representative of modern glass painting both here and abroad [Music] you