Adenauer Dies: 1876-1967
Adenauer Dies: 1876-1967
"Former West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer dies and all the world mourns the passing of a great leader and statesman. President Johnson announces he'll attend the funeral in Cologne. Adenauer was West Germany's first postwar Chancellor. He rebuilt his nation and had an outstanding career embracing personal diplomacy with all world leaders. TLS - West German flag flying at half-mast in front of embassy building. MS - Emblem on building: "Bundesrepublik Deutschland." Still of Konrad Adenauer on wall in funeral home, tilt down to guest registry on desk. MS - Man signing registry at desk, then standing up. MSs West German Chancellor KONRAD ADENAUER walking along street, flanked by smiling crowd, then delivering speech. MS - Grim-faced German soldiers saluting American-style (though their helmets & uniforms are terribly reminiscent of fascist Nazi Germany). TLS - Konrad Adenauer taking oath of office, 1949; high angle TLS - German Parliament sitting at desks, applauding. MS - Konrad Adenauer greeting NATO Commander General DWIGHT EISENHOWER. Nice TLS - Room filled with reporters, newsreel cameramen. MS - President Adenauer greeting Prime Minister of Great Britain WINSTON CHURCHILL. MS - Mr. Adenauer posing, holding hands with Soviet Premier NIKOLAI BULGANIN and Soviet First Secretary NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV. MS/CUs Konrad Adenauer at various public events.