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Year Published: 1960s
Format: 16mm
Description: Made in the 1960s, "Wings to Germany" celebrates the vibrant nation of West Germany and Pan Am Airlines' jet service to Berlin. The film also includes images of Cologne, Frankfurt, and other cities on a Rhine River cruise. Skiing in the German Alps is also shown at the 8:40 mark, and Munich at the 9:30 mark. The film ends with an extended look at Oktoberfest and the beer halls, parades, carnivals and the music that accompanies this epic celebration. Pan American World Airways, known from its founding until 1950 as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991. Founded in 1927 as a scheduled air mail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, the airline became a major company credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry, including the widespread use of jet aircraft, jumbo jets, and computerized reservation systems. It was also a founding member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association. Identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball"), the use of the word "Clipper" in aircraft names and call signs, and the white pilot uniform caps, the airline was a cultural icon of the 20th century. In an era dominated by flag carriers that were wholly or majority government-owned, it was also the unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States. During most of the jet era, Pan Am's flagship terminal was the Worldport located at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
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foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] historic capital of Central Europe today a city vibrant with the life and pulse of our modern world [Music] her people her busy streets her Exquisite shops invite you to become a part of one of the most exciting cities in the world [Music] thank you in the late afternoon on the coffustin Dom at na1 of the famous Berlin coffee houses you can watch the world go by [Music] the crossroads of Central Europe and there is always something to see okay [Music] this is Berlin by day busy modern endlessly exciting and by night this too is Berlin Tonight We Dine at the Ritz one of the great restaurants of the world [Music] Specialties of the house try gin and tomato soup a rose saddle of venison cooked over a bed of pine needles and served with the delicate sour cream sauce potato pancakes crisp and light a German trademark [Music] while of course and for dessert what else ice cream coconut and Flake chocolate over which we pour bananas and flaming Brandy pause for a moment and explore the churches of Germany linger among the ruins of the old church that stands in the center of Berlin and wonder at the Masterpiece of modern architecture that has like a phoenix written From the Ashes of the past [Music] [Applause] [Music] um [Music] across the land the churches of Germany join In A Chorus of praise to the Creator [Music] this is the great Cathedral at cologne begun in the 14th century [Music] 100 years artists and Artisans labored to achieve this rare combination of massive Beauty and delicacy of detail today this church at cologne reflects in the beauty of its conception man's Eternal Devotion to God [Music] oh [Music] from the beautiful city of Cologne begin now a journey on the river Rhine [Music] [Music] in the comfort of a rhinesteamer one moves back through the corridors of time exploring the romance of Old Europe the lovely Vineyards the great castles the churches and Cathedrals the small villages all create an illusion of another age [Music] tonight [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] celebrated in history and Legend the river Rhine weaves an eternal spell and in the flood died of its dark Waters can be found the ceaseless flow of History the black forest the quiet cool beauty of an evergreen world the music of these dark woods the peace and Enchantment of this tranquil place time loses all perspective in the schwarzwald foreign this is summer in southern Germany and in a few short months this will be winter in southern Germany offering a panorama of snow-capped Peaks of long unbroken fields of Virgin Snow an invitation to explore the world of winter sports foreign [Music] thank you this is the world famous winter Resort of garmisch in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany capital of Bavaria is Munich [Music] a modern city rich in history and culture [Applause] [Music] Munich site of the wildest gayest most improbable Festival in all Europe the Oktoberfest you might need [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] machine [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] thank you [Applause] [Music] foreign thank you [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] this is Germany the year round summer winter fall or spring offering its history its culture its Romance and its beauty Germany welcomes you all right
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