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- SummaryThis material shows pictures on the topic "Capital City Decision". Politicians, journalists and employees of Schöneberg's town hall have gathered in the town hall to watch the live broadcast of the capital city vote in the Bundestag. After the announcement of the result there is great joy. Klaus-Rüdiger Landowsky gives a speech. The last part shows exterior shots of the town hall Schöneberg as well as various statements of the gatekeepers, who let the bells of the town hall clock beat. Afterwards, recordings of horn concerts can be seen on the Kurfürstendamm. The second cassette shows various statements by Eberhard Diepgen, who comments, among other things, on the capital city decision. Also shown are recordings of a Senate session. Afterwards, outdoor shots of the town hall Schöneberg as well as a kiosk with various magazines and headlines on the capital's decision can be seen. The last part includes a press conference with Eberhard Diepgen in which Diepgen comments on the capital city's decision and Berlin's future.
- ShotlistC1/1983: Rathhaus Schöneberg, inside; waiting room/foyer with TV on columns; politicians, journalists, employees of the town hall wait for the result of the vote, stand in front of TV sets, watch the TV show (from behind); men engaged in conversation (sitting), watch TV; pan over room, politicians/employees of the town hall stand in front of TV sets, wait for the result; Pan over room; pan over waiting people; Walter Momper GA (filmed from TV); puller on politicians, employees of the town hall in front of TV, woman and man in conversation deepened in the VG; drinks buffet; people watching TV (standing, from the front), follow press conference on TV; Dieter Heckelmann OT: "That's no question at all/ both at the security level and at the level of the administrative units that promote the East Berlin districts, because they need it the most at the moment; Dieter Heckelmann OT on the question of whether all eventualities are taken into consideration: "But of course, we start tomorrow morning at half past nine, are scheduled for a Senate session tomorrow morning, is now certain..."; Woman and two men OH in conversation; Heckelmann and ? in conversation, running television in the HG; people waiting in front of television (from the front); two women OH in conversation; politicians, journalists, employees of the town hall in front of television (standing); view of television set, voting on television; pan for waiting politicians, journalists, employees of the town hall; pan for television set; man P; waiting camera team; Man OT at the lectern: "655 voted then."; various recordings of waiting journalists; Renate Künast in conversation with Heckelmann and ?Panning from television to waiting journalists and politicians and back; two journalists in the VG, taking notes; hand holding Schultheiss beer glass; winch on man; group of men in conversation, holding beer glasses; relay in conversation with journalists; camera movement over waiting; wall clock GA (21st century); wall clock GA (21. century); wall clock GA (21st century); wall clock GA (21st century); wall clock GA (21. century); wall clock GA (21. century):30 a.m.); TV GA with series/film; winch on waiting room; zoom on TV GA with series/film; winch on waiting room; woman drinking P; cameraman P; wall clock GA (From below); waiting journalists and politicians in front of TV sets; on TV again voting of the Bundestag (NiB); press; TV GA with pictures from the Bundestag; pan for waiting; TV GA with Rita Süssmuth (President of the Bundestag) OT: "The tension is huge and I am announcing the result now. 660 votes cast, of which 659 are valid. 320 votes for the Federal State Solution proposal Bonn proposal, 337 votes for the Completion of Unity of Germany proposal Berlin proposal..."; A pan shot at jubilant journalists and politicians in the town hall; Landowsky raises her hands, cheers, is moved, wipes her eyes with her hand; jubilant journalists and politicians; man OT in PK: "...hope that the President of the Bundestag has not miscounted herself. For the governing mayor and thus also for the Senate, I can express here with all emotion and greatest satisfaction that we are delighted without measure, ladies and gentlemen. I am almost unprepared for this situation, but I believe that something has spoken for Berlin that we decided here at the beginning of February as a signal policy, namely to focus on the aspect of the credibility of German post-war policy in the debate on the question of the seat of government. We have succeeded in doing this, and this has been expressed above all today in a few but excellent speeches in the German Bundestag, and I would like to express my thanks to those Members who voted for Berlin and, in particular, in outstanding speeches, spoke out in favour of it. First and foremost I mean the contribution of Federal Minister Schäuble, but also the contribution of Wolfgang Thierse, Willy Brandt and others and of course the governing mayor. Ladies and gentlemen, let me say very briefly that I am delighted and happy and hope that you feel the same way and, in the direction of Bonn, I would like to say that we naturally also feel the same way with the people of Bonn, just as we expected the Federal Republic, the Federal Government, not to leave us alone for the future, it will also be the case and I hope that Bonn will certainly not be left alone either. I am especially happy - I may tell you this - as someone who came to West Berlin from the zone here in 1959 and am especially happy for the citizens in the eastern part of the city and in the five new countries. Thank you." Man asks press to take a few steps back; Landowsky OT: "Ladies and gentlemen, today at 9.58 p.m. the unity of our country with its capital Berlin has come true. The Liberty Bell rings, it is the moment, may I say, for what the Germans, especially in the East, but we Berliners as a whole, have been waiting for for over 40 years. I say this, I joined the Union in 1956 after the Hungarian uprising, I joined the CDU in 1961 after the construction of the Wall and we all remembered and decided Social Democrats...from 1948. My great respect goes to the majority decision of the German Bundestag ... President Richard von Weizsäcker, Helmut Kohl our Chancellor, Federal Foreign Minister Genscher, Willy Brandt, Jochen Vogel ... the Bundestag gave us its backing today, I may say it is also a great success for the coalition, which has only been working for six months, it will be a great success for us..."; Ditmar Staffelt approaches the lectern; politicians toast; Rathaus Schöneberg, outside; in the evening; Rathausuhr with Rathausurm cut (frog's perspective); Turmuhr strikes; Rathausurm (cut) with Rathausuhr and waving Berlin flag on roof; Rathaus Schöneberg T (lateral); Pförtner/Sicherheitsbeamter OT (Rathaus Schöneberg) on the question of why the Rathausglocke struck: "We said spontaneously of ourselves, my colleague and another colleague, because we heard the result... 'Let's not turn on the bell' and that's when the mayor called and said let's turn on the bell. That's when we turned her on." Doorman OT to the question whether he had expected the result: "I hoped it, I hoped it"; Doorman OT to the question whether he was satisfied: "Now satisfied...very satisfied, as a Berliner anyway."; Doorman OT to the question why the bell was issued again: "Well, because the people live over there, they probably don't want to be disturbed, because it's 10 p.m.. People may not know, something happened...we don't know exactly, so we only let the bell ring for five minutes." ; Kurfürstendamm, evening; honk concert on Kurfürstendamm; busy street; car with German flag and Berlin city flag approaches; various honking cars; large crowd at the Kranzler corner; frog perspective car queue with honking car; car honking, German flag is held out of sunroof; pan to street with honking cars, many passers-by in the HG C1/1984: Eberhard Diepgen approaches, welcomes press; Interview Diepgen; Diepgen OT on his feelings about the decision that Berlin is now the capital: "I am happy, I fell a stone from my heart yesterday, because the decision taken yesterday by the German Bundestag was necessary in the continuation of the unification process in Germany. I believe that the arguments, the historical arguments, the arguments of credibility and the integration of German politics into the fascinating processes of European development, that yesterday's were just resounding and that is important. For Berlin this decision is connected with new chances, additional chances for the upswing and there are certainly many Berliners who are very happy, because they do not have to fear now that also their job will be liquidated, thus lost; Diepgen OT on the question of whether there are now new tasks for the city: "Not new tasks, but a clear perspective and security for planning. Not new tasks because we have always seen Berlin as the capital over the last 40 years and have reserved areas and buildings for the seat of government and parliament. What is a new task is that by the end of this year we must, together with the Federal Government, the Presidium of the German Bundestag and I am also quite deliberately supplementing the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, present the time schedule, financial organizational planning to implement the decision of the German Bundestag. This is a new, additional, fascinating task." Rathaus Schöneberg, inside; meeting room; painting (detail) in the meeting room; painting on painting in the meeting room; painting (detail) in the meeting room GA; various photographs of Senate members in the meeting room; politicians in conversation; Eberhardt Diepgen enters the meeting room; greets some politicians; Diepgen takes his seat; puller on the conference table; detail speech Diepgen; Diepgen OT: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this Senate session. I have to confess...and I want to say here, it was a real community action of the Berlin friends across all party lines and Wolfgang Schäuble, Jochen Vogel..."; Panning about session participants; Diepgen OT: "...that was... is something that was quite characteristic for me yesterday, it was a real joint action, that this is not a victory for one or the other city, I need not say here either. That it is a challenge for us, also with regard to .......two resolutions must be passed, one even shorter Federalism Commission, concrete proposals must also be made by us, from Berlin, in the consultation of the German Bundesrat ... of the Bundestag concrete financial policy, organizational, urban planning implementation conclusions and recommendations have made. After all, we can build on what we have always perceived as Berlin politics and have shaped..."; Rathaus Schöneberg outside; Rathaus Schöneberg cut with Europafahne, Deutschlandfahne and Stadtfahne Berlin im VG (Froschperspektive); Detail Rathausurm with waving Stadtfahne Berlin on roof; Aufzieher auf Rathaus Schöneberg T; Zoom on town hall tower with clock and flag on roof; wind-up on town hall Schöneberg T; swing down on town hall with Martin-Luther- Straße in the VG; swing up on town hall tower; swing down on street; swing up on town hall tower; BZ newspaper with headline "337:320 for Berlin!" GA at the kiosk; puller on newspaper kiosk with customer and dogs in VG (pensioner); zoom on display with BZ newspaper GA; puller on newspaper kiosk; Bild newspaper GA in display with headline "Ja, Berlin"; Downward panning on Berliner Morgenpost; upward panning on Bild-Zeitung in the display; puller on newspaper kiosk; zoom on headline of Bild-Zeitung; press conference Diepgen; Diepgen approaches, takes a seat; Diepgen OT: "I am happy, I fell a stone from my heart or whole columns of stones, because the last weeks and especially the last days were a bit nerve-racking. We have had a race to catch up with our arguments. All this did not look so good at the beginning of the year and now a good decision has been made. Since yesterday evening, Berlin has undoubtedly been the German capital without the danger of being reduced to a shell company. And who doesn't understand that we Berliners are happy. In any case, I would like to thank the friends of Berlin, the old parties, who have helped us in recent weeks. This has not often happened in the history of German parliamentarianism that party borders have been abolished. Yesterday, particularly from this point of view, we experienced a new chapter in the culture of parliamentarianism, and that heals a little of the wounds inflicted by the preparation of the Bonn decision. I would like to begin with a word to the citizens of Bonn. It's completely wrong to talk about winners and losers. I regret that the people of Bonn were given the impression that a decision in favour of Berlin was associated with social upheavals with the need for major social upheavals in the Rhine region. The Bundestag resolution of Bonn gives a concrete perspective, should also be taken seriously on this point in particular, with the administrative centre in Bonn, with the emphasis on jobs in Bonn, and we in Berlin will certainly help to ensure that a dynamic of change gets underway in Bonn, giving the city a new future if need be. This city of Berlin now has the opportunities that we and the citizens of eastern Germany have been waiting for for more than twenty years. And we should seize these opportunities wisely. Our problems have not diminished overnight, we have to roll up our sleeves, the difficulties of the unification process, the financial normalisation constraint and the pressure of the necessary future decision force us to adopt a policy of determination and a sense of proportion. I am convinced that Berliners are now approaching this task with new courage, confidence and strength. Berlin now takes over the Stafette from Bonn. From conviction and honest heart we will refute the fears, the change in Germany leads to centralism, to more centralism. Germany remains a country of the regions. The East, the new Länder and not only Berlin will now be more closely involved in the federal tasks. We also see this as a good starting point for a modern Europe of the regions, and I am firmly convinced that the door of Western Europe to the East was opened even further yesterday. The senate met this morning, was a little pleased at the beginning and passed the first resolutions. With its decisions, it has taken concrete steps to fulfil the new tasks we have been given. We will set up a `Föderalismusarbeitsgruppe´, here the lead office at the Senate Chancellery, in which in particular the Federal Senator will also be involved. This working group is to draw up proposals and participate in the Federalism Commission adopted by the Bundestag. Let me point out here that this proposal by the Berlin Senate from the decisions of February has been expressly accepted by the Bundestag, incidentally with regard to both motions, which were controversially put to the vote yesterday in the final phase. We have set up a working group `Hauptstadt´, state secretary level, the senate administration urban development, environmental protection, economic administration, construction administration, financial administration and federal affairs as well as of course senate chancellery are involved. This working group is concerned with planning, which is also mentioned in the Bundestag resolution. Until 31.12.1991 a concept for the relocation of the seat of the German Bundestag to Berlin is to be submitted, for the relocation of the seat of the German Bundestag and essential function of the Federal Government. We are not at the beginning, we have always planned Berlin as capital, seat of government, seat of parliament; on this basis the work can be continued. I want to make it very clear here that we in all these working groups will deliberately attach importance to fair and equitable behaviour, so that the differences between East and West, insofar as they have broken out in this debate on the seat of government and parliament, will not be further exacerbated, but that they will be dismantled. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have now shown such commitment in the city to the cause of the capital. That was a sign of solidarity. And I would also like to say to the Berliners that we can now assume more for our region and our city a stable future, a stability for planning decisions, which will affect the job situation, the quality of life and the vitality of the city. We will use tools to further improve the housing situation and we will also use tools to ensure that rent explosions are avoided and that explosions in land prices are avoided. The property of the state of Berlin will be able to be used for stabilization. There is certainly no decision...but a decision for creativity, vitality for jobs and I know that today many, be it the employees in the many diplomatic representations, be it the employees in the branch offices of the Federal Government, are very happy, because there is already a bit of stability for their immediate jobs. Ladies and gentlemen, in summary, even though I am a little restless, I am not saying tired, restless, please take from my remarks, happy, happy and full of energy, and this will have a very concrete effect on the implementation of the resolutions of the German Bundestag in the coming months; various pictures of the journalists/press during the conference; swivel on picture newspaper on table with headline "Ja, Berlin"; swivel from Diepgen on picture newspaper on table with headline "Ja, Berlin" GA (2x); journalists at the press conference; Ms OH takes notes; Diepgen profile; Pulling on Diepgen at the conference table; various attitudes of journalists; photographers (lateral); journalists (lateral); various pictures of journalists; Diepgen OT (NiB) on the question of what he would have said if the decision in Bonn had turned out differently (alternative developed): "I could, but I don't want to."; journalists laugh; Diepgen OT: "I was very thirsty from eleven o'clock and that was mainly due to their colleagues who had punched me for at least an hour and a half and I had a fluffy tongue. Just so they have an accurate status report. I'm usually a beer drinker. Kölsch we might drink tomorrow or any other North German beer"; Diepgen laughs, says thank you
- TagsBerlin; capital city decision; city hall Schöneberg; capital city vote; joy; Kurfürsten-Damm (Ku-Damm); day; night; man; politics; politician; seat of government; capital; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG); election; decision; senate; headline; newspaper; daily newspaper; kiosk; senate decision; working group; honk concert; press conference (PK); senate session; government; government
- Decade1990
- Production Year1991
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- Genre
- Country of Production
- Actors
- PersonalitiesRenate Künast, Eberhard Diepgen, Klaus-Rüdiger Landowsky, Ditmar Staffelt, Heckelmann
- Director
- Producer
- CameraUwe Frenzel
- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A00AJ66