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Missile from the East

I think this was a time whenthey started to think about trying to find a way to escape

I think this was a time when
they started to think about trying to find a way to escape

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I think this was a time when they started to think about
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trying to find a way to escape.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:09
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
biography
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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.
[LIVELY MUSIC] - Missile from the East 00:05
[LIVELY MUSIC]
[WALKER]: The Isle of Man TT - Missile from the East 00:08
[WALKER]: The Isle of Man TT
[ROBB]: The hazards were the fact that you had hedges, - Missile from the East 00:10
[ROBB]: The hazards were the fact that you had hedges,
And he said, "Jimmy, we must win the motorcycle racing in Europe. - Missile from the East 00:08
And he said, "Jimmy, we must win the motorcycle racing ...
Then people will recognise that - Missile from the East 00:11
Then people will recognise that
To try to bring Suzuki's performance up to - Missile from the East 00:08
To try to bring Suzuki's performance up to
[ROBB]: At the TT, I was staying in the same guest house, - Missile from the East 00:09
[ROBB]: At the TT, I was staying in the same guest house,
He was determined to get Suzuki to the top. - Missile from the East 00:05
He was determined to get Suzuki to the top.
He said, "You, you spoke German!" - Missile from the East 00:15
He said, "You, you spoke German!"
[ROBB]: In those days, they had a chief commissar with them, - Missile from the East 00:11
[ROBB]: In those days, they had a chief commissar with them,
And he had the ability to stop that race meeting for them - Missile from the East 00:07
And he had the ability to stop that race meeting for them
[COMMENTATOR]: These East German 2-strokes, - Missile from the East 00:07
[COMMENTATOR]: These East German 2-strokes,
[ROAR OF MOTORBIKE] - Missile from the East 00:08
[ROAR OF MOTORBIKE]
[WALKER]: The BBC did the TT in the Isle of Man... - Missile from the East 00:05
[WALKER]: The BBC did the TT in the Isle of Man...
And I used to go round all the individual camps - Missile from the East 00:07
And I used to go round all the individual camps
And he certainly had a lot inside his head - Missile from the East 00:09
And he certainly had a lot inside his head
[MOTORBIKE ROARS PAST] - Missile from the East 00:09
[MOTORBIKE ROARS PAST]
[ERNST]: Well, we had known in the MZ team - Missile from the East 00:07
[ERNST]: Well, we had known in the MZ team
So Matsumiya and I had to talk together - Missile from the East 00:07
So Matsumiya and I had to talk together
[MATSUMIYA]: One day, when he was in my room - Missile from the East 00:17
[MATSUMIYA]: One day, when he was in my room