1964
German TV show
"Gravity and Space Travel"
("Schwerkraft und Raumfahrt").
Burkhard Heim and his contrabator and discussion about current and
future space propulsion systems with Prof. Hermann Oberth, Prof. Pascual
Jordan, Prof. Eugen Sänger
Info
Discussion and report by Hermann Rockmann (RB)
Television program, ARD; Sun, January 19, 1964, 17:30
recorded on
14.06.1963 in Bremen
The Hamburger Abendblatt wrote on 20.01.1964: [...] it became obvious
that the head of the programme was missing the thread: unfortunately
there was no clear judgement of the experts about the equally
sensational and controversial efforts of the Göttingen physicist
Burkhard Heim to influence gravity and use it as a drive in space
travel.
Gong 6/1964 wrote in his review: "On Sunday afternoon
exercises for the III. program will take place, which should serve the
general education. [...] Thus Hermann Rockmann was able to bring
Professors Oberth, Pascual Jordan and singers together in his teaching,
which must be called a sensation. However, it did not come up for
discussion [...]. Hermann Rockmann, not free of the manuscript, did
nothing to make the program more lively: [...]. One remained objective,
hard as a bone, dry. It is questionable whether this will win over the
TVs for the III. program. What the gentlemen had to say is in their
books. [...]
Sources:
tvprogramme,
sz-photo.de
Audio recording from the estate of Burkhard Heim: