• Short Summary

    THE SON OF RUDOLF HESS, HILTER'S AILING FORMER DEPUTY, TODAY (FEBRUARY 2ND) SAW HIS FATHER FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 28-YEARS AT THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL IN WEST BERLIN.

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    HOSPITAL EXTERIOR; HESS'S SON ARRIVES; WALKS FROM CAR INTO HOSPITAL.




    Initials PH/V/AH/SGM



    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: THE SON OF RUDOLF HESS, HILTER'S AILING FORMER DEPUTY, TODAY (FEBRUARY 2ND) SAW HIS FATHER FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 28-YEARS AT THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL IN WEST BERLIN.

    IT WAS TO HAVE BEEN A FULL FAMILY REUNION, BUT HESS'S 70-YEAR OLD WIFE ILSE WAS PREVENTED FROM FLYING FROM MUNICH BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER.

    30-YEAR-OLD WOLD RUEDIGER, DROVE DIRECTLY INTO THE HOSPITAL COMPOUND WHERE HE WAS MET BY OFFICIALS.

    THE VISIT LASTED MORE THAN AN HOUR, BUT RUEDIGER WOULD NOT COMMENT ON HIS FATHER'S CONDITION.

    HESS, WHO IS 75, WAS IN SPANDAU PRISON SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE (IMPOSED IN 1946) WHEN LAST NOVEMBER HE WAS MOVED TO THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM A STOMACH ULCER.

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    Film ID:
    VLVA6K1HWQRUX4T4VS7GLNWK6QPXO
    Media URN:
    VLVA6K1HWQRUX4T4VS7GLNWK6QPXO
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    02/02/1970
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Colour
    Duration:
    00:01:04:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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