To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
[ERNST DEGNER]: We went to East Germany
Please log in to add to collections.
Missile from the East

We went to East Germany, settled down there, then half a year latermy mother died so, I...

[ERNST DEGNER]:
We went to East Germany, settled down there, then half a year later
my mother died so, I was 14-years-old
without any parents

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.243
[ERNST DEGNER]: We went to East Germany,
00:00:03.278 --> 00:00:04.728
settled down there,
00:00:04.762 --> 00:00:07.627
then half a year later my mother died
00:00:07.662 --> 00:00:12.008
so, I was 14-years-old without any parents.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:53
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
biography
Production
N/A

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

The story of East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner, who, at the height of the Cold War and on the cusp of achieving his life ambition to win the world championship, fled East Germany with his family in a heart-stopping escape.
I wouldn't have wanted to be an orphan in East Germany - Missile from the East 00:05
I wouldn't have wanted to be an orphan in East Germany
All those eastern countries were bombed and bashed - Missile from the East 00:07
All those eastern countries were bombed and bashed
[OLAF]: I could see that he had a very tough childhood. - Missile from the East 00:06
[OLAF]: I could see that he had a very tough childhood.
His father was extremely strong. - Missile from the East 00:05
His father was extremely strong.
He tried to educate Ernst by beating him. - Missile from the East 00:06
He tried to educate Ernst by beating him.
I think this is a very dark part of his life. - Missile from the East 00:06
I think this is a very dark part of his life.
[WARPLANES FLYING OVERHEAD] - Missile from the East 00:13
[WARPLANES FLYING OVERHEAD]
[ARCHIVE REPORTER]: Nikita Khrushchev made it clear - Missile from the East 00:07
[ARCHIVE REPORTER]: Nikita Khrushchev made it clear
Even if there were only one communist - Missile from the East 00:08
Even if there were only one communist
[ARCHIVE REPORTER]: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik One - Missile from the East 00:07
[ARCHIVE REPORTER]: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik One
[TREMENDOUS SOUNDS OF ROCKET LAUNCH] - Missile from the East 00:14
[TREMENDOUS SOUNDS OF ROCKET LAUNCH]
Eastern bloc athletes competing in the west - Missile from the East 00:07
Eastern bloc athletes competing in the west
The communist regimes were very intent - Missile from the East 00:13
The communist regimes were very intent
[MURRAY WALKER]: MZ was an East German - Missile from the East 00:06
[MURRAY WALKER]: MZ was an East German
If you were an East German - Missile from the East 00:08
If you were an East German
[ROBB]: Walter Kaaden was an exceptional engineer. - Missile from the East 00:05
[ROBB]: Walter Kaaden was an exceptional engineer.
He was probably the person who advanced 2-strokes - Missile from the East 00:08
He was probably the person who advanced 2-strokes
[HAMMER TAPPING] - Missile from the East 00:07
[HAMMER TAPPING]
[WALKER]: He harnessed the harmonics of the exhaust system, - Missile from the East 00:10
[WALKER]: He harnessed the harmonics of the exhaust system,
The materials they used weren't the best materials - Missile from the East 00:09
The materials they used weren't the best materials