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Hannibal Brooks Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/23/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Hannibal Brooks



1968 entgleiste hier für Dreharbeiten zum Film Hannibal Brooks ein
mit Sperrholzpanzern beladener Zug.

Ein Kriegsfilm im Montafon

1968 wurde im Montafon der Film "Hannibal Brooks" gedreht. Die beiden Bilder vom entgleisenden Zug wurden von meinem Vater gemacht. Seit 1968 hat sich die Landschaft hier durch Hochwasser und die Verlegung der Montafonerbahn ziemlich verändert.

Erstausstattung des Cache:

2 Magnetspiele
2 Geduldspiele
2 Schleich-Elefanten 6 Schwarz-Weiss Fotos

During filming of the movie "Hannibal Brooks", a train was derailed in this area. The train was laden with wooden replicas of German tanks. Below you can find a description of the film in English

Der Zugang zum Cache erfolgt von Vandans aus, von der L188 in St. Anton aus ist er nicht direkt erreichbar. In Vandans der Unteren Venser Strasse bis zum Fahrverbotsschild bei der Venser Bild Kapelle folgen.

Parke dein Auto bei der Venser Bild Kapelle, folge dann der Venser Strasse bis zur Brücke über das Venser Tobel, dann kannst du entweder noch ein wenig weiter gehen, und einer Schotterstrasse zur Ill folgen, oder direkt dem Bach hinunter zur Ill folgen.

To Access the Cache you have to drive to Vandans, it is not accessible from the L188 on the St. Anton side of the river. Follow the "Untere Venser Strasse" to the "Venser Bild" Chapel. Park your car at the Venser Bild chapel.

Hier eine Zusammenfassung des Films in Englisch:

"During World War II, Brooks, a peace-loving British soldier, is captured by the Germans in Italy and placed on a prison train to Germany. On board, he meets Packy, an American prisoner of war who engineers an escape for them against Brooks's will. They are captured and taken to a prison camp outside Munich. Brooks is assigned to work at the local zoo, where he becomes attached to Lucy, a 15-year-old elephant. The elephant keeper is killed during an air raid; and Brooks is detailed to take Lucy by train to a zoo in Innsbruck, Austria. Their railroad car is commandeered by SS Col. von Haller, however, thus forcing Brooks and Lucy to make the journey by foot. Accompanying them are Willi, a friendly Austrian guard; Vronia, a Polish prisoner who is their cook; and Kurt, a disagreeable German guard who frequently gets drunk and insults both Vronia and the elephant. Brooks accidentally kills Kurt when the latter threatens to shoot Lucy; and Willi suggests they cross the Alps to the Swiss border, 60 miles away. Brooks agrees, but insists upon taking along Lucy. Brooks sets out with Lucy on the long trek across the Alps after Vronia and Willi have gone on ahead. En route, he repeatedly crosses paths with his pursuers, led by von Haller, as well as with Packy, who now leads a guerrilla band of escaped prisoners. Finally, Brooks, Packy, Vroni, and Willi all reach the border, whereupon von Haller, who is deserting as the war nears its end, tries to doublecross them to make good his own escape. During the fighting that breaks out, Vroni and Willi, who have betrayed their loyalties, are killed, but Lucy knocks down a border post and leads Brooks, Packy, and the remnants of his small army, to safety in Switzerland."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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