Following the German-French agreement in 1956, Saarland was incorporated into the Federal Republic on January 1, 1957. Two years after the integration, leading politicians from Saarland speak about the difficulties that resulted from this and about the state of alignment with the other federal states. 0:30 President Theodor Heuss at the German-Saarland border, French customs officers 0:47 Coal mining, miners 1:05 Saarbrücken 1:20 Saar loop near Mettlach 1:37 Mettlach section 2:10 Steel production 2:20 West Wall 3:00 Golden Bremm 3:20 Treaty of Versailles 3:30 January 1935 Referendum 3:55 Hitler marches into Saarbrücken, repurchase of the Saar mines 4:30 December 1945 4:42 Introduction of the French franc 5:00 First Saarland government under Johannes Hoffmann 5:20 Cultural agreement 5:40 Gilbert Grandval, French High Commissioner in Saarland 6:15 1955 New Year's reception of the Saarland government, Saar Statute 6:44 Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay in Luxembourg 7:12 German Homeland Association 7:50 Vote: Heinrich Schneider, DPS (SPD), Hubert Ney (CDU Saar), Kurt Conrad (SPD) and Senator Becker 8:20 Statement by Johannes Hoffmann 10:10 Election of Hubert Schneider as Prime Minister 10:30 Political reintegration of the Saarland 11:00 Hubert Schneider on the reasons for the rejection of the Saar Statute 13:20 Regulars' table to preserve the social status quo 14:15 Statement by Interior Minister Kurt Conrad, SPD Chairman 16:20 May Day celebrations 17:20 DGB Chairman Georg Reuter 17:55 Statement by DGB Chairman Karl Dinges 19:00 Duty-free trade with France 19:20 Saar Fair 20:00 Award ceremony Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Saarbrücken, cheese and wine tasting of French food products 20:45 French Ambassador to the Federal Republic: François Seydoux de Clausonne 21:05 Economic review 21:50 Minette iron ores from Lorraine 22:05 Ore and coal in the Saarbrücken area 22:10 Thomas process, Thomas bulb 22:30 Völklinger Hütte 23:20 Saar mines, Saar mining 23:25 Statement by General Director Rolshoven on Saar mining 24:40 Miners at work 25:35 Traffic situation, waterways, motorways, electrification of the Federal Railway 26:00 Statement by the President of the Federal Railway Directorate in Saarbrücken 27:20 Connection to the German Federal Motorway Network 28:00 Waterways leading to France 29:00 Villeroy & Boch in Mettlach, ceramics, tile and glass production 30:30 Saarland breweries 30:50 Meat from France 31:40 Iron processing industry 32:40 Statement by Saarland Minister of Economics and Finance Manfred Schäfer 35:50 Saarbrücken University of Art and Music, Saarbrücken Theater 36:10 Radio station Europa1 near Saarlouis 37:20 Saarland Broadcasting Corporation 37:40 Statement by SR Director Dr. Franz Mai 38:15 Plans for Funkhaus Halberg 39:00 University of Saarbrücken 39:30 Statement by Rector of Saarland University Prof. Heinz Diedrich Wulff 40:00 Statement by Saarland Prime Minister Franz-Josef Röder 42:00 Relocation of the customs stations Subscribe to German television history on YouTube: / @deutschefernsehgeschichte