• Short Summary

    WEST GERMAN PRESIDENT HEINRICH LUEBKE HAD A NARROW ESCAPE ON MONDAY (JULY 25) WHEN A WIRE-CONTROLLED MISSILE BROKE LOOSE AND LANDED ONLY 109 YARDS (100 METRES) FROM WHERE HE WAS WATCHING A MILITARY DEMONSTRATION.

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    PRESIDENT LUEBKE AT MILITARY DEMONSTRATION.




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    Background: WEST GERMAN PRESIDENT HEINRICH LUEBKE HAD A NARROW ESCAPE ON MONDAY (JULY 25) WHEN A WIRE-CONTROLLED MISSILE BROKE LOOSE AND LANDED ONLY 109 YARDS (100 METRES) FROM WHERE HE WAS WATCHING A MILITARY DEMONSTRATION.

    DR. LUEBKE WAS WATCHING A SHOW PUT BY A GERMAN ARMY TANK REGIMENT AT AN ARMAMENTS PRACTICE GROUND WHEN THE MISSILE SPRANG FROM ITS LANUCHER ON ONE TANK. THE ROCKET SPUN MADLY IN THE GROUND, THROWING UP A SPRAY OF SPARKS, BUT DID NOT EXPLODE.

    THE WEST GERMAN PRESIDENT, WHO ARRIVED AT THE DEMONSTRATION BY HELICOPTER, WAS MET BY GENERAL DE MAIZIERE AND OTHER HIGH-RANKING OFFICERS. THE EXERCISE WAS GIVEN TO DEMONSTRATE THE POTENTIALITY OF TANK CORPS AND OF THE LATEST ANTI-TANK WEAPONS.

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    Film ID:
    VLVA8JX22RO65DAW475PN6HBFQJSG
    Media URN:
    VLVA8JX22RO65DAW475PN6HBFQJSG
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    26/07/1966
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:47:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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