I was curious and I bought the students book 1 of Issues 1 (1976) and the teacher book (Lehrerhandreichungen) of Issues 2 (1979). As assumed, there are no movies, but at least some audio recordings (by FWU on audio reels and cassettes) which have been recorded and broadcasted on radio (Schulfunk) by Radio Bremen. These kits (Baukästen) were collections of materials to be used at schools. Some stories are based on other books and maybe some turned into movies, or could be.
There were also workbooks for students. The student's book of Issues 1 has 38 pages (A4), the teacher book 64 including 25 pages of concept info and overview and no illustrations beside these boxes. Issues 2 has 5 deeper stories. More about that in a separate post.
The contents of the workbooks (dark grey) are included in the student book as well just smaller.
The cover story in 10 short scenes is about a holiday camp in Denmark. Main character is 14 yo Caroline Redcliffe from Canterbury with at least 2 (younger ?) brothers. She met a Danish boy. Also about 14 yo Roland Schmidt from Frankfurt. Some very short plots, shop, disco etc. Few simple illustrations and multiple choice tasks.
The picture story is a comic of another boy+girl, 6 boxes.
Then there's a short story (Farewell to the Soldiers), set in 1812 about a teen romance, 4 pages, also on audio.
Finally 4 pop songs by teen Darren Burn with lyrics and simple illustrations and then vocabulary.
In total rather poor (nowadays) and just like school books.
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/issues-i.html
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