I'm 59 now. But I do remember this theme when I was a young boy as in the early 70's we were able to receive ARD on our TV-cable system in the Netherlands. The gong at 20:00 and then the intro. Memory lane for me together with the old ARD logo (compressed circles) . Especially the version in the late 70's. But now I learned that in essence the theme is still recognisable from the 50's. Well done to keep it spot on all those years
2000-2002 were great intro..i used to watch vesti back then but couldnt understand..at 3:25 , does somebody know this newscaster name...she along with another newscaster were my favourite...i think her name was Anna Titova