Ahead of the Queen’s long-heralded State Visit to West Germany; Tonight takes a boat trip along the Rhine – sailing the same stretch of water that the Queen is scheduled to tour – through some of the busiest, most dangerous waters and wildest scenery in Europe. Sailing on the good ship Tonight – Wikinger – are Cliff Michelmore, Kenneth Allsop, Julian Pettifer, Cathal O’Shannon, and Dorothy Williams.
00:00 Introduction
01:43 Binger Loch – the most dangerous part of the Rhine
03:27 Passing the “Mouse Tower” – Mäuseturm
04:31 Wiesbaden – Cathal O’Shannon at the most modern shop in the world
08:34 Rheinhessen – Germany’s wine industry
09:54 Hotel Krone – Julian Pettifer interviews the President of the Winegrowers Association of Rheingau
13:49 Commercial shipping on Rhine – Kenneth Allsop
18:32 The Oscar Huber – last paddle steamer on the Rhine
20:09 The bridge at Remagen – Cliff Michelmore on Ludendorff Bridge, aka Karl Timmerman’s Bridge
23:23 Bonn – Julian Pettifer on the market town that became the capital of West Germany
28:25 Ascending The Drachenfels, on foot, by Drachenfelsbahn railway, and on a donkey
29:56 The legend of The Drachenfels
32:26 End credits
Clip taken from Tonight: Am Rhein, originally broadcast on BBC One, 14 May, 1965.
Credit to : BBC Archive