Captain Kremmen The series became an animated cartoon in "The Kenny Everett Video Show" and "The Kenny Everett Television Show". This was produced for the series by Cosgrove Hall Films. The characters were designed and animated by Graham Kennedy. The single "Captain Kremmen (Retribution)" was a chart hit for Kenny Everett and Mike Vickers in late November 1977. Its main lyric, "Tread boldly, men", was a skit on "Star Trek"'s opening monologue. In 1979, a View-Master three-reel blister card was produced titled "Kenny Everett's Captain Kremmen". The View-Master company was well known for creating products aimed at children during the years the
Kremmen Railway 1893 between Velten and Kremmen. In 1927, the line from Berlin to Velten was electrified on the third-rail DC system of the lines that were later branded as the Berlin S-Bahn. After the establishment of S-Bahn operations, trains from Kremmen generally reversed at Velten, although a few trains ran through to Berlin or later to Hennigsdorf. Continuous electrical operations ran between Berlin and Velten until the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 interrupted the track between Heiligensee and Hennigsdorf. Subsequently, S-Bahn operations were maintained between Velten and Hennigsdorf as a shuttle operation. In 1958 with the completion