1.
FERRY BOAT "THEODOR HEUSS" ARRIVES CARRYING PRESIDENT LUEBKE
0.07

2.
TV & CU..KING FREDERIK WAITS TO GREET LUEBKE
0.11

3.
GV FERRU ENTERS DOCK
0.19

4.
LV LUEBKE AND PARTY ON BOW OF FERRY
0.26

5.
LV PRESSMEN ON DAIS
0.29

6.
TSV LUEBKE ASHORE, SHAKES HANDS WITH KING
0.40

7.
GTV PRESIDENT MEETS OTHER OFFICIALS
0.35

8.
SCU KING AND PRESIDENT WALK TOWARDS
0.49

9.
SV PRESSMEN FILMING AS KING AND PRESIDENT GO ABROAD THE "KONG FREDERIK" FERRY"
0.52

10.
GV ESCORT BOAT TO THE "KONG FREDERIK"
1.54

11.
GV "KONG FREDERIK" APPROACHES RIBBON
1.01

12.
SCU KING FREDERIK AND LUEBKE
1.05

13.
TV FERRY APPROACHES RIBBON
1.12

14.
TV BREAKING RIBBON
1.15

15.
SBV KING AND LUEBKE OVER SIDE OF FERRY
1.19

16.
GV FERRY APPROACHES DOCKS
1.24

17.
GV GUARD OF HONOUR ON QUAYSIDE
1.27

18.
SV "KONG FREDERIK"INTO DOCK
1.30

19.
LV PEOPLE WAVE AS KING AND PRESIDENT LEAVE FERRY
1.32

20.
GV KING AND PRESIDENT ON T RAILWAY PLATFORM
1.38

21.
GV CROWDS GATHERED AROUND KING AND PRESIDENT
1.44



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Background: AN IMAGINATIVE ROAD-SEA-RAIL INK, THE DREAM OF GERMAN AND DANISH ENGINEERS FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, WAS FORMALLY INAUGURATED YESTERDAY (TUESDAY). PRESIDENT LUEBKE WITH MANY OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, FIRST EMBARKED IN BRILLIANT SUNSHINE ON THE FERRY-BOAT "THEODOR HEUSS" TO MEET KING FREDERIK AT THE DANISH PORT OF RODBY.

AFTER WARMLY WELCOMING HIS GUEST TO DENMARK. KING FREDERIK LED BY THE PARTY ABROAD THE DANISH FERRY BOAT "KONG FREDERIK", WHICH SET SAIL FOR GERMANY. THE NEW ROUTE WAS INAUGURATED BY CUTTING A RIBBON STRETCHED ACROSS THE MOUTH OF RODBY HARBOUR.

TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN SCANDINAVIA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC WILL BE CONSIDERABLY SHORTENED BY THE NEW ROUTE. SEVERAL NEW BRIDGES - ONE A 1,000 YARDS (914 METERS) LONG - HAD TO BE SPECIALLY BUILT ACROSS THE INLAND WATERWAY LINKING GERMANY AND DENMARK. AS WELL AS THE BRIDGES, NEW HARBOUR INSTILLATION ROAD AND RAILWAY APPROACHES HAD TO BE CONSTRUCTED. THE WHOLE PROJECT HAS COST ALMOST ?30 MILLION
IT IS EXPECTED THAT OVER 80,000 CARS WILL BE USING THE ROAD - CALLED THE BEE-LINE - EACH MONTH. THIS FIGURE WILL DOUBLE THE TRAFFIC USING THE OLD ROUTE. IN ADDITION, 12 EXPRESS TRAINS WILL USE THE FERRY EACH DAY, AGAIN A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN NUMBERS OVER THE OLD CONNECTIONS.