Over 450 journalists from all over the world were present when the last miners were rescued. This event, along with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 10 years earlier, became a hallmark for early TV coverage of events with international interest. The rescue was the first significant news story to receive current daily "breaking news" television coverage, and it made watching the "Tagesschau" a sort of ritual in Western Germany. In 1969, Rudolf Jugert made a first movie about the events. Several documentations have been shot as well, so ""Das Wunder von Lengede oder Ich wünsch' keinem was wir mitgemacht haben"" 1979 by ZDF and ""Das Drama von Lengede, Protokoll einer Katastrophe"" 2003 by the WDR. In 2003, a television film titled ""Das Wunder von Lengede"" (or "A Light in Dark Places") in two parts was produced by German television station Sat.1. The film was written by Benedikt Röskau based on the recollections of one of the rescued miners. It was directed by Kaspar Heidelbach and featured Heino Ferch, Jan Josef Liefers, , Heike Makatsch, Axel Prahl, Uwe Rohde, Armin Rohde, Klaus J. Behrendt and Thomas Heinze. It was first broadcast on 9–10 November 2003 and among others was televised in Sweden. The film won a Grimme Award in 2004. The children's television series "Thunderbirds" (1965–1966), about a rescue organisation was inspired by this disaster.