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SummaryDuring a visit to Dresden Bill Meyers gets to know the Strassburger family. It tells of the beautiful life in the GDR and that they don't want to live anywhere else. Afterwards they accompany Bill Meyers on a steamboat trip and talk about sights in Dresden.
Shotlist0:00:00 at family Strassburger in Dresden in the living room; mother Barbara vocational school teacher; father Gunther electrical engineer; 2 children; mother talks about the beautiful life in Dresden; father never talks about wanting to leave; children don't talk about wanting to leave; mother talks about everyday life; father talks about the good care of the family in the GDR; about company sports community (BSG)
0:05:12 Mrs Strassburger talks about family support from the state; about children's holiday camps; father talks about housing equipment; talk about the relationship to the wall; see it as a necessity; children talk about holiday games and leisure activities; socio-political measures still need to be developed further
0:14:05 Mother talks about vacation, made possible by the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB); father talks about interest in America; do not want to live in West Germany; talk about secure future prospects; mother talks about opportunities abroad to find out about the GDR
0:20:27 with the Strassburger family on a steamboat trip through Dresden; camera films the shore and the sights from a boat; children talk about the trip afterwards; children talk about the best thing about Dresden
0:41:38 Bill Meyers interviews Mr. Strassburger on the steamer; talks about the sights passed on the Elbe; talks about his childhood in Dresden; about festival events in Dresden; Mrs. Strassburger talks about recommended sights
0:49:34 end
TagsDresden; Company sports club; Family; Wall; FDGB; Free German Trade Union Federation; America; Blue Wonder; Semper Opera; Zwinger; Green Vault; Frauenkirche;
