Synopsis
01. meet Kohl/Clinton in the United States of 40 years of German-American relations Washington cityscape. Right of way Helmut Kohl outside the White House. Guard soldier, great. Flag guard command. Call Kohl and Clinton. Close-up of Clinton, on the side.
black and white: The rubble of Germany, distribution of Carepaketen, Berlin airlift, 1953: Adenauer in the United States. Waving when driving through town. Meeting with Eisenhower. Rock 'n' roll dance. Berlin wall 1961 U.S. tank on the border. John F. Kennedy in Berlin cheered.
Color: Ronald Reagan in Berlin actuality: "Mr. Gorbachev - open this gate!"
Jubilation. Fall of the wall. The Brandenburg Gate. Celebration of reunification in Berlin. German flag.
How is Germany today judged by America? The United States Ambassador to Bonn, Robert M. Kimmitt quote: "the Federal Republic is founded on a solid democratic foundation. And I believe that this democracy in the future will be even stronger because the German people understand that tolerance is a fundamental characteristic of a modern democracy. - But neither Germany nor America can go alone in a new world order. So we need to work very closely. Germany is a close partner of the United States."
At a press conference in Washington, Bill Clinton speaks interview (translation): "when will make the people around the world better, the United States and Germany must cooperate even more closely with each other. Particularly with regard to the tasks in the North Atlantic Alliance, the EC and of the CSCE in Europe. Germany is a factor of stability that meets the challenges of our world with new initiatives. -In these tasks I could wish no better partner than Kohl and the German people."
When Helmut Kohl press conference interview: "it was an intense and friendly conversation. In German, there is no word for it, that you can translate well with the term ' the chemistry is right '. They have introduced it here - I like to record it - it is in fact true. The German-American relations are even as important, so important 30 years ago today for us in Germany, and especially for me."
(166 m, 10:00:25 10:06:20) 02. Berlin: realism exhibition images, large, realistic: old woman, 2 boys, boy monkey, portraits, Marilyn Monroe, and husband mirror. Sculptures. Exhibition visitors in the Gropius-Bau. Berlin Kurfuerstendamm with Memorial Church. Mathias Koeppel, realist of the Berlin scene, o-ton: "realism nowadays is so nothing special, that realism is an eternal principle. The realism was pushed just a little into the background by the many art fashions, which existed in the 20th century and that huddle again with great power forward. "Realism is not only: something depicting what it can, recognize it is also our reality in which we live, to interpret and to deal with it."
(65 m, 10:06:15 10:08:35) 03. New transport concepts in Lübeck and Lübeck, Holstentor Oberstdorf. Statdbild. The houses of the old town. Lot of car traffic in the streets. Exhaust gases from exhaust. Crocus lawn. Revocation of old town at the weekend. Man is blocking signs. Pedestrian traffic. Bus. Bicycle road. Oberstdorf long shot. Electric bus drives. Map with marked car-free zone of the city centre. People get on car parking lot and continue with electric bus.
Visitors and visitor interview: "I find it very good. Above all it is: go here for 20 years. We often had trouble with parking. And this is very cool, I find prima." "Yes, I like that. You can go shopping in peace and not constantly have to watch whether a car coming; You can run even on the road."
Mayor o-ton: "we have had a frequency by an average of 20 people per trip last fall. However, we make at the moment. the finding that in winter the car driver but harder to motivate is, to leave the comfortable car to get into the E-bus"
E bus through narrow streets. Full moon in the night sky.
(77 m, 10:08:30 10:11:20) 04. Eastern band: the Princes appearance of the band. The five young men playing ball in the Park. Quintet sings in the choir. Four of these five musicians were choirboys at the Thomanern. Tour. Skat game in bus. Loading/unloading of the sound system. Fans clap in appearance. Light sparklers.
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Narration
01 Chancellor Kohl at President Clinton--40 years of German-American relations 0'37 spring in Washington. Blue sky and sunshine. The conditions could be hardly better: 0'51 final preparations for the reception of the German Chancellor. It is the first visit of Helmut Kohl since the inauguration of the new US President Bill Clinton.
1'05 for the Federal Chancellor is the German-American friendship a central plank of his foreign policy.
1'15 that both leaders are sympathetic, was equally evident in their first encounter. Both Kohl and Clinton assured that the new global challenges can be solved only through close cooperation.
1'32 at the beginning of a soon 50th German-American postwar relationship was the help of the United States for the destroyed Germany. Care packages and the Marshall Plan helped to alleviate the suffering and to promote the economic reconstruction. 1'54 during the Berlin blockade in particular American pilots provided the West Berlin for a year from the air. -Opportunity for a new German-American friendship on many levels.
2'08 Konrad Adenauer visited in April 1953 as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic for the first time the United States.
2'22 his meeting with President Eisenhower was an important step for the international recognition of the Federal Republic of Germany. Formerly warring States were partners.
2'40 the rather quiet tones in the political arena followed hitherto unfamiliar sounds. Also Germany conquered rock and roll and the American lifestyle.
3'04 1961 looked the world's attention again on Berlin. The German-American relations become more stable proved themselves during the construction of the wall by the GDR.
3'22 was President Kennedy's, which reaffirmed the close relationship of America with Germany during his acclaimed visit. 3'32 nearly 25 years later is with perestroika and glasnost serious reforms in the Soviet Union indicated. Ronald Reagan seemed to sense the impending changes: "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate."
3'57 after the fall of the Berlin wall Germany was reunited after decades of Division. Germans from East and West come together. It begins the difficult process of growing together. -The changes in the world political situation brings new requirements on German-American relations.
4'24 how is Germany today judged in America? We talked to "the Federal Republic is Italia on a solid democratic foundation. the Ambassador of the United States in Bonn, Robert M. Kimmitt: 4'33 And I believe that this democracy in the future will be even stronger because the German people understand that tolerance is a fundamental characteristic of a modern democracy. - But neither Germany nor America can go alone in a new world order. So we need to work very closely. Germany is a close partner of the United States.
5'12 President Clinton clarified the future common tasks of the two States: 5'19 "when will make the people around the world better, the United States and Germany must cooperate even more closely with each other. Particularly with regard to the tasks in the North Atlantic Alliance, the EC and of the CSCE in Europe. Germany is a factor of stability that meets the challenges of our world with new initiatives. -In these tasks I could wish no better partner than Kohl and the German people."
5'53 after this first encounter with President Clinton pulls even Chancellor Kohl a positive balance: 6'01 "it was an intense and friendly conversation. In German, there is no word for it that you can translate well with the term ' the chemistry is right '. They have introduced it here - I like to record it - it is in fact true. The German-American relations are even as important, so important 30 years ago today for us in Germany, and especially for me."
6'30 this year want both statesmen the exchanges of opinion in Germany continue.
02. realism exhibition in Berlin 6'47 images of people. Since the Reanissance the art knows the appearance of the ego. The German realists of the present, who set up and our world critically, fantastic or surreal scene, have been loudly to the public.
7'12 seek the realists conscious confrontation with the fading tendencies of abstract art and want the ancient power of the gegenstandlichen image to new gain recognition. More than a hundred German painters and sculptors have in this sense to a first major balance sheet joined together: "Contemporary realism" in the famous Berliner Gropius Bau.
7'42 Matthias Koeppel has been for years one of the outstanding realists of the Berlin scene. critical distance and not without irony, his pictures comment often events of the time. His point of view: 7'56 "realism nowadays is so nothing special, that realism is an eternal principle. The realism was pushed just a little into the background by the many art fashions, which existed in the 20th century and that huddle again with great power forward. "Realism is not only: something depicting what it can recognize it also means to interpret our reality in which we live, and to deal with it."
8'44 es will wait to be whether the principle is able to give realism of the unsettled international art scene fresh impetus. This exhibition in Berlin could be a start.
03. ' 02 which is one of Lübeck with its over 1000 heritage new transport concepts 9 houses to the most beautiful places of in Germany.
9'10 but the old town is at risk: you threaten to become victims of the increasing car traffic. More and more local residents protesting against the sheet avalanches in the cities.
9'25 Lübeck is an example of new, environmentally friendly transport concepts: every weekend, the old town for cars will be locked. Then it says: road free for pedestrians and cyclists.
9'41 shopping without noise and exhaust gas is facilitated by the expansion of public transport. - And in the newly established bicycle roads of the old town monuments, children and local residents before the cars are safe.
10'01 change of location in the South; in the Alps. Here, too, new transport concepts will be tested.
10'10 the idyllically situated Oberstdorf is a popular holiday destination. However, incorrigible car fools should better avoid the place. Because applies to the – highlighted in red here - City: cars must stay out.
10'32 to come to the Centre and the cable cars, offers the community an attractive alternative: environmentally friendly Electrobuses shall ensure that visitors leave their cars on the outskirts.
Many holiday makers have accepted the change.
"I find it very good. Alien above it is: go here for 20 years. We often had trouble with parking. And this is very cool, I find prima."
11'04 "Yes, I find it beautiful. You can go shopping in peace and not constantly have to watch whether a car coming; You can run even on the road."
11'11 for half a year is car-free Oberstdorf. The Mayor takes a first stock: 11'18 "we have last fall a frequency by an average of 20 people per trip had. However, we make at the moment. the finding that in winter the car driver but harder to motivate is, to leave the comfortable car to get into the E-bus"
To avert the impending gridlock in cities and resorts, car drivers shift will necessarily - in the interests of the environment and therefore in our own interest.
04. the Princes of 12'06 your songs are cheerful, light-hearted and enter the image of funny guys who want to annoy the teachers like. Four of these five musicians from the famous Thomas school in Leipzig, where she began her career as a choir boy at the Thomanern get.
12'51 confident they call themselves 'The Prince', sold nearly 1 million records and which are sensational successfully launched in her second tour with 50 performances.
The 5 friends ' 06 met since she was 11; 13 they come from Kenova and have remained modest until today. -During their live performances, the Princes become Kings – their naivete is a catchy tune disarmingly--almost every song.
13'40 as from two sausages are five Princes. "Nonsense instead of consensus" behind the quintet from Saxony - and it perfectly treated - as a Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.
"we want not seal 13 as the great-grandson of Goethe. We are we"- say the Prince - and they want to prove that soon abroad.
Topics
Musik ; Sachindex Wochenschauen ; Foreign policy ; Kunst, darstellende ; 01 16 mm project ; 10 finding book Germany mirror
Type
Periodicals (G)
Genre
Monthly Newsreel
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