Welt im Film 63/1946 07.08.1946

01 La Guardia in Munich: leaking aircraft on the airfield. La Guardia, Director-General of UNRRA, comes down the stairs and is accompanied by American officers from the airport. He gets in a car. The car drives. La Guardia before the "Haus der Kunst", half-close. Drive through Munich, shield "Displaced Persons". Funk barracks. La Guardia talking to children of deportees. He strokes a boy about the hair. Close-up of La Guardia.
(32 m) 2 Manila: the Philippines independence crowd, totally. Manuel Roxas, President of the new State, sitting, half-close. General Mac Arthur speaks, total. The Chief Representative who speaks United States MC Nutt, totally original sound. The Philippine flag goes up on the mast. Marching troops.
(32 m) 03 Hamburg: Landahl Senator of the school talks about trip to England Lacy, totally in the circle of students. Lacy speaks, half close interview: "we talked about teachers, scientists, students and students during our three-week stay in England. We talked with Ministers, parliamentarians, senior officials but also with workers and housewives." Student: "could you determine which attitudes of Germany?" "Anywhere we met a hostile or even negative attitude. On the contrary, interested in everything about us, was unexpectedly large. "How it looks today in Germany?' was the question, and everyone wanted to help." Student: "had You too the opportunity to seek out German prisoner-of-war camp?" "Yes, and I've was pleased to determine in what great mental and physical condition, the men there are." The bearings are well established in every respect,""what we especially miss as Anglicists is an intellectual exchange between Germany and England, at least in the British zone. Is here any prospect?" "A number of British men and women were Right away ready to send English magazines and books to Germany. A correspondence between English and German students and pupils will be all quickly underway. We visited the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. There was general interest in studying in Germany, and I don't think so to say Too much, if I guess that English professors, possibly students after Germany will come in the next few weeks, and that then also German students at English universities can take into next year. Finally, I must tell you the visit we made in England, was encouraging. We found a world without hate, a country without propaganda, a nation where facts, just facts will be settled."
(69 m) 04. Salzburger Festspiele: Helene Thimig arrives with illuminated train lights in platform train. Shield: Arlberg Express. Helene Thimig rises out of the train, half-close. She will be greeted by actors of the Salzburg Festival and receives a bouquet of flowers. Her brothers Hermann Thimig, Hans Thimig, half-close. Ewald Balser, half close, Helene Thimig speaks interview "I can feel only that I am proud to participate in a start, and I hope that it is one."
(28 m) 5th Berlin streiflichter (104 m) a. exchange market at Lichtenberg market of people, totally. People have goods laid out on the floor. People at the exchange of linen and clothes. Police investigate dealer with black material. Quick judge tried black marketeer in the Sofortverfahren. The judges Get up and read the verdict.
(29 m) b. Strandbad Wannsee bathhouse with font "Strandbad Wannsee". People on the way to the beach. Boys go down the embankment. Girl in a bathing suit go to the bathing beach. Crowded 饺子馆 bath. Beach Chair and recliner stand. Lifeguard gets through the mouthpiece. Bathers, total. Little naked girl builds in the sand. Different people on the beach. "Looking for my mother" (25 m) sign c. bicycle tax behind bicycle depends on trailer. Woman sits in the trailer. Leaving cyclists with trailer. Common feet on the pedals. Spinning bicycle tires. Brandenburg Gate, great. The bicycle taxi runs out in front of the Hotel Adlon. The lady gets out, takes cases from supporters and paid the driver.
(20 m) d. reconstruction with elephants rubble women shoveling debris on cars. An elephant pushes the cart with debris with his head. The elephant is a houses walls with his head.
(27 m) 6th meeting in New York: Commission on the control of nuclear - energy Commission for the control of atomic energy. The Commission meets in the Hunter College. Participants upon arrival in the room. The American scientist Bernard M. Baruch, half-close. He reads a speech.
(24 m) 07. England: Jet aircraft Gloster Meteor - over 1000 km/h facing three pilots a jet aircraft, half-close. The 'Gloster Meteor' Jet. The nozzle size. The aircraft is turned on the airfield, total. The rear of the aircraft, large. Launch and flight.
(20 m) 8th Nuremberg trial - closing argument of the prosecutor Robert Jackson, the U.S. Prosecutor in his closing argument, total. The dock, total. By Schierach and von Ribbentrop, half-close. Spear and Hess, half close. Actuality, Jackson: "if we would say from these men, they are not guilty, it would be the same to say, there is what was no, no deads, no crime." The British Prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross holds his plea, total. Pan over the dock, half-close. Göring, half close, with the hand on the forehead. O-ton Sir Shawcross. The judges table.
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01 La Guardia in Munich La Guardia, former Mayor of New York and current General Director of UNRRA arrived on his European tour in Munich. General Morgan, the UNRRA President for Germany, as well as other leaders from the UNRRA, officers and Director of Verschlepptenlager received him at the airport of riem. La Guardia went the previous House of German art. General Müller, head of the American military administration of Bavaria welcomed him here. La Guardia attended various foreign camps, hospitals and other facilities in the u [...] in Munich. In a camp of foreign workers, he converses with the children of deportees. By the leaders of the camp, he can report on their work.
Meanwhile, he has continued his inspection tour.

02. Manila: Independence for the Philippines a historic day for Manila: the Declaration of independence of the Philippines.
Right, the President of the new State, Manuel Roxas. Also, the liberator of the Philippine Islands from the Japanese, General Mac Arthur, power attended the solemn action.
With this ceremony, said the General, a new nation was born.
Then, the Chief Representative of the United States McNutt the new Philippine Republic proclaimed.
(Original sound).
President Roosevelt promised solemnly the independence of the Filipino population in the year 1941.
Now, America has redeemed his promise.

03. Hamburg: As report first representatives of German Government visited the head of the Hamburg-based education, Senator Dr. Landahl, on a trip to England after the war and State Minister Grimme, England.
The visit was invited by British authorities.
After his return, Senator Landahl Hamburg students reported a circle by his press in England.
(Original sound): L. We talked about teachers, scientists, students and students during our dreiwöchentlichen stay in England. We talked with Ministers, parliamentarians, senior officials, but also with workers and housewives.
St What attitude towards Germany could you determine?
L. nowhere met us a hostile or even negative attitude. On the contrary, interested in everything about us, was unexpectedly large. "How it looks today in Germany?" was the question, and everyone wanted to help.
St. You too had opportunity to visit German prisoner-of-war camp?
L. Yes, and I've was pleased to determine in what excellent physical and mental condition are the men there. The bearings are well furnished in all respects.

04. Salzburger Festspiele: Helene Thimig arrives from America coming absence Helene Thimig arrived in Salzburg after l0jähriger, the wife of the late great Director Max Reinhardt. Received by all artists contributors at the Salzburg Festival on the station. She even plays as in previous years in the Festival performance of "Everyman".
Professor Baumgartner her brothers Hermann and Hans Thimig Ewald Balser Frida Richard and Heinz Hilpert.
(Original sound).

05. Berlin streiflichter: a. exchange market what's new in Berlin?
First, the large exchange market in Lichtenberg, where each fee by 1 mark can take part in the officially controlled, regulated exchange traffic.
Commodities of all kinds can be purchased here through exchange of equivalent goods. Financial transactions and exchange with life and pleasure means are prohibited.
Despite this prohibition, traffickers often To try to use the people teeming Lichtenberger exchange market as business local. Therefore, the market is constantly controlled by detectives in plain clothes; for the punishment of sinners of exchange market the Berlin police has taken a new path: a speedy trial, provisionally set at school Lichtenberg, she convicted on the spot. Usually there are fines, in severe cases arrest and in any case seizure of found black ware.

b. Wannsee: news from the Wannsee... in this Hundstagen in every sense in the "Spotlight" is. This popular beach - last summer, still orphaned and unkempt - now again reached record numbers. Up to 30,000 visitors were counted on hot Sundays. For the season 1946 already many things has been done: you can swimming trunks again and sun loungers for rent, against brands buy refreshments and send postcards to envious acquaintance from the newly opened post office, Wannsee Wannsee again: a wimmelndes panorama of bathing, beach athletes, families, couples, crawling - and other children in addition to other aficionados of the "Lido of Berlin".

c. bicycle tax news from the Berlin traffic.
A new means of transport in Berlin is the bicycle tax.
Here, such a modern Ritschah of Berlin takes a load before the Anhalter Bahnhof station.
He must now have what the taxi driver had in the canister in the legs.
Arrival at the Hotel Adlon. A ride costs 3.50-5 mark depending on the distance.

d. elephant news from the reconstruction.
Everyone - engaged in heavy protective work and this also applies to the four elephants of Cirkus Barlay. The help of the elephants is not advertising trick or virtually worthless bauble: because every working day an elephant replaces the performance of 8-10 persons, men and women who are thus free for other reconstruction work.
On a wreckage site in Schönhauser Allee, where lack of horses and tractors, the working elephant Jumbo not only as pachyderms, but also as a useful iron head shows can be found. Without effort it is with the head through the wall - with the Pickaxe alone was unable to cope.

6th meeting in New York: the Commission for the control of Atomic Energy at Hunter College, New York, meets the United Nations Commission for the control of atomic energy, whose elemental violence when the two big experiments of bikini was further explored.
The dominant personality of the Commission is the 75-year-old American statesman Bernard M. Baruch, who declared recently in a great keynote speech: "the science we were taught the harnessing of nuclear power. It is located in the area of human duty; to the best of humanity Instead of to their destruction to use power of nuclear.
We are more ethical than before a physical task."

07. England: over 1,000 km/h...
Faster than 1,000 km hour! This is the power of this British Gloster Meteor Jet.
It scored under the leadership of Capt. Beamont the new world record of 1,013 kilometers per hour. Thus, the record was outbid of 975 km, which was set up last year with a machine of the same type.
Capt. Beamont is the fastest man in the world according to this performance.

8th Nuremberg trial: closing argument of the Prosecutor before the Nuremberg Tribunal the four main plaintiffs held their final pleas... in a speech of great format of the American Chief Prosecutor Robert Jackson.
He explained that the Protocol of the Nuremberg process as the historical text of the shame and depravity of the 20th century will live on. The accusation of conspiracy brought against the defendants is based on the following five groups of acts: 1) the oppression of in Germany after the Nazis seized power, 2.) the responsibility and management of wars of aggression, 3) warfare in violation of international law, 4.) the enslavement and plundering in the occupied territories, 5) the persecution and extermination of Jews and Christians.
His historic speech sounded off with the words: "would say of these men, that they were not guilty, so you could say with the same law, there was no war, no killing, no crime."
(Original sound). The British Prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross in his large closing speech noted that the men in the dock the terrible guilt of 12 million murders - the fallen soldiers of the battle fields not included - have loaded on the German people.
"The accused" - he said - "have transferred themselves to Each other and brought into disrepute and finally destroyed the legend they had created over the shape of their leader."
(Original sound).
Sir Hartley Shawcross said this process must become a landmark in the history of not only, but also the confirmation of the claim of the common man in this world, that the individual is more important than the State by one practice vengeance on the guilty.

01. La Guardia in Munich
Fiorello la Guardia, the former Mayor of New York, now director general of the UNRRA, arrives at Munich on his trip through Europe.
At Riem aerodrome he is welcomed by General Morgan, the UNRRA president for Germany and other leading Personalities of UNRRA, officers and commanders of D.P. camps.
La Guardia on his way to the one-time "House of German Art".
General Muller, Chief of Military Government for Bavaria, welcomes him.
After preliminary discussions La Guardia drives to the UNRRA Headquarters at Pasing.
He also visits several camps for foreign workers, hospitals and other installations in and near Munich. In the Freimann-camp he is welcomed by the children of displaced persons. La Guardia visits the various blocks and receives reports from the heads of the camp.
Later he continued his inspection trip through the towns and countries of Europe.

02. Manila:

Freedom for the Philippines
A historic date for Manila: the declaration of independence for the Philippine Islands, which president Roosevelt solemnly promised to the Filipinos in 1941.
Thousands of Filipinos gather to listen to the memorable words of the proclamation.
The president of the new independent state, Manuel Roxas.
General MacArthur, who liberated the Philippine Islands from the Japanese, attends the ceremony. He says:
"This ceremony means the birth of a new nation - a nation tried through centuries of struggle for her political freedom".
Then, Paul McNutt, high commissioner of the U.S., proclaims the new Philippine Republic. America has fulfilled her pledge!
(original sound).

03. Hamburg:

Report about a trip to England
As the first representatives of German postwar administration the head of Hamburg school affairs, Senator Dr. Landahl, and State Minister Grimme, visited England ... on invitation of the British government.
After his return Senator Landahl gives Hamburg students a report of his experiences and impressions in England.
(original sound).

04. Salzburg festivals:

Helene Thimig arrives
Coming from the US., Helene Thimig, the wife of the late great producer and director Max Reinhardt, arrives at Salzburg after an absence of 10 years.
At the station she is welcomed by representatives of the authorities and the artists performing in the Salzburg festivals. Frida Richard. Ewald Balser. her brothers Hermann und Hans Thimig, Heinz Hilpert.
Helene Thimig will again play in "Jedermann" (Everyman) as in former years.
(original sound).

05. Berlin highlights:

a. Barter-market
What's new in Berlin? First the big barter-marked in Lichtenberg, where everybody may take part in the publicly regulated and controlled barter, after payment of a 1-mark fee.
All sorts of every-day-necessities may be exchanged for equivalent commodities.
Cash transactions and bartering of foodstuffs and provisions are prohibited.
Despite this ban black marketers frequently try to use the crowded Lichtenberg barter market as their "businessroom".
Therefore the market is subject to permanent supervision by plain clothes men. To punish the offenders the Berlin police has established a summary court, provisionally established in the Lichtenberg school, Where sentences are pronounced at once, mostly fines, in more serious cases prison terms and in every case confiscation of the black commodities.

b. Wannsee:
News from Wannsee ... during these dog-days more topical than ever.
The favourite resort - last summer abandoned and neglected - is again reaching record numbers. Hot summer-days havs attracted up to 30.000 visitors.
Many conveniences have already been instituted for the 1946 season: swimming trunks and deck chairs may be hired, refreshments can be obtained against coupons, and through the newly opened post office picture postcards may be sent to envious acquaintances.
Wannsee has become again Wannsees: a swarming panorama of bathing beauties, beach athletes, families, two-somes, children of all sizes and others who enjoy the Berlin Lido".

c. Bicycle-taxicabs
Traffic news: A new Berlin means of conveyance: the bicycletaxi.
Here one of Berlin's modern rikschahs is hired at the "Anhalter Bahnhof". The young lady wants to be driven to the Adlon hotel.
A trip costs from RM 3.50 to RM 5.-- according to the distance.
What the taxi-driver formerly had in his tank, he now has to have in his legs.
A practival and original device to combat the present shortage of fuel and vehicles.

d. Elephants
News of reconstruction.
Everybody who is able-bodied for heavy work helps in the hard job of debris removing - and that goes also for the four elephants of the circus Barlay.
In the Schönhauser Allee, where horses and tractors are not available, the working elephant "Jumbo" shows himself not only as a pachyderm but also as a useful block-head. Without difficulty ha shatters a brick wall - which could not have been brought down just with the pickaxe.
He pushes the heavily loaded rubble-lorry to the debris dump.
The elephants' assistance is neither a [...] city stunt ner a joke of [...] value: each day it does the work of 8 to 10 persons, men and women, who thus may be used for other reconstruction work.

06. New York:

The committee for the control of atomic energy
In Hunter College, New York, meets the Committee of the U.N. for the control of atomic energy, the elementary force of which was further explored in the large scale experiments of Bikini.
The secretary general of the United Nations, Trygve Lie, attends this session. The top personality of this committee is the 75 year old American statesman Bernard M. Baruch, who recently said in a programmatic speech:
"Science has taught us how to use atomic power. It is within the sphere of human duties, to use atomic energy for the best of humanity instead for its destruction.
We face an ethical rather than a physical task."

07. Jet fighters
Faster than 1000 kms per hour!
This is the feat of the English Captain Beamont, who piloting his Gloster Meteor jet plane sets up a new world's record with 1.013 kms/hour.
Thus he toppled the last year's record of 975 kms/hour, made with a plane of the same type. For the first time he surpassed the 1.000 kms speed limit.
After this performance Capt. Beamont is the fastest human being in the world.

08. Nurnberg trial

Final plea of the prosecutors
Before Nurnberg tribunal the four chief prosecutors hold their final pleas ... at first two great speeches of the American chief prosecutor Robert Jackson and the British, Sir Hartly Shawcross.
Jackson says that the protocol of the Nurnberg trial will unfold before future generations the historic text of the shame and rottenness of the 20. century. The charge of conspiracy against the defendants is based upon the following 5 groups of deeds:
1.) Oppression of Germany after the assumtion of power 2.) Responsibility for and conducting of an aggressive war 3.) Conducting the war disregarding international law 4.) Enslavement and stripping of occupied territories 5.) Persecution and extirpation of Jews and Christians
Justice Jacksons historic speech ended with the words: "If one would say that these men are not guilty, then one could say with the same justification that there was no war, no dead, no crimes."
(original sound)
The British Chief Prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross stated in his final plea that those men in the defendant's dock have burdened the German people with the atrocious guilt of 12 million murders - not counting the soldiers killed in action. "The defendants have convicted and discredited each other and decisively destroyed the legend, which they had created around their Führer's person.
(original sound)
Sir Hartley Shawcross said that this trial must become a milestone of history not only by punishing the guilty, but also by substantiating the decision of the common people of this world that the individual shall transcend the state.

01. La Guardia in Vienna
La Guardia, former Mayor of New York, now director general of UNRRA arrives at Tulln aeredrome in the course of his Europe trip.
General Parminter, director of the UNRRA in Austria, welcomes La Guardia.
Before the UNRRA building at Schwarzenbergplatz. The representatives of the powers arrive for discussions with La Guardia.
Lt. General Steele, England.
General Mark Clark, America.
General Cheriere, France.
General Kurassow, Soviet Russia.

02. Handing over of Tauern power plant
In line with the transfer of former German Industrial plants situated within the U.S. Zone of Austria, the Tauern power station at Kaprun was put under the custody of Austrian government. The ceremony of transfer in the Salzburg Rittersaal. As deputy of General Mark Clark, Major General Collins transfers the important power station to the care of the Austria government.
(original sound).
Dr. Krauland, minister of economic planning, takes over the Kaprun Tauern power plant as representative of the Federal Government.
(original sound).
At present the daily capacity of this hydroelectric power station now partly finished, amounts to 80.000 kilowatts. After completion of the new storage lake in the upper Kaprun valley the plant's capacity will reach 200.000 kilowatts.

07. Jet fighters
Faster than 1000 kms per hour!
This is the feat of the English Captain Beamont, who piloting his Gloster Meteor jet plane sets up a new world's record with 1.013 kms/hour.
Thus he toppled the last year's record of 975 kms/hour, made with a plane of the same type. For the first time he surpassed the 1.000 kms speed limit.
After this performance Capt. Beamont is the fastest human being in the world.

04. Salzburg Festivals 1946
Coming from the States Helene Thimig, wife of the late great producer and director Max Reinhardt, arrives in Salzburg after an absence of 10 years.
At the station she is welcomed by all artists performing in the Salzburg festival. As in former years she will play again in "Jedermann" (Everyman).
Professor Baumgartner her brothers Herman and Hans Thimig Ewald Balser Frida Richard.
In the 600 year old Chiemseehof, seat of the Salzburg land government, General Mark Clark, Supreme Commander of U.S. Forces in Austria, is nominated honorary citizen of the city of Salzburg.
General Clark has distinguished himself in the promotion of both last year's and this year's festivals.
Landeshauptmann Hochleitner hands him the document of the freedom of the city.
Ceremonial opening of the Salzburg festival in the Festspielhaus.
In his speech General Clark says that Austria will in the future have further proof of the co-operation of the US. Forces and the US. people.
(original sound).
Federal Chancellor Figl thanks the new Salzburg honorary citizen General Clark for the opportunity, to present Austria oulture again to the world.
(original sound).
The overture of Don Giovanni conducted by professor Krips opens the festivals.

06. New York:

The committee for the control of atomic energy
In Hunter College, New York, meets the Committee of the U.N. for the control of atomic energy, the elementary force of which was further explored in the large scale experiments of Bikini.
The secretary general of the United Nations, Trygve Lie, attends this session. The top personality of this committee is the 75 year old American statesman Bernard M. Baruch, who recently said in a programmatic speech:
"Science has taught us how to use atomic power. It is within the sphere of human duties, to use atomic energy for the best of humanity instead for its destruction.
We face an ethical rather than a physical task."

06. Sport

Tennis
This year's Austrian tennis championship took place in Salzburg.
The final of the men's singles was played by the one-armed Viennese Hans Redl Vs. Dr. Eggert, Innsbruck.
Redl wins easily and with Hilde Doleschel he also carries off the championship in the mixed doubles.
Furthermore he wins the prize of the Salzburg tennis club.
Thus Redl is far and away Austria's best tennis player.

06. Sport

Riding
In the Schönbrunn park the British Occupation Authorities arranged an international riding tournament in the presence of Lt. Gen. Steele and Chancellor Figl. American, French and Swiss horsemen participate.
The course is full of difficult obstacles, demanding the best of horse and rider. Frequently, obstacles placed in narrow succession must be cleared.
The "bridge", an easy-looking but unpopular hurdle.
This is the cup which the British team carried off as winner of the Big Prize of Schönbrunn. dead, no crimes."
(original sound)
The British Chief Prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross stated in his final plea that those men in the defendant's dock have burdened the German people with the atrocious guilt of 12 million murders - not counting the soldiers killed in action. "The defendants have convicted and discredited each other and decisively destroyed the legend, which they had created around their Führer's person.
(original sound)
Sir Hartley Shawcross said that this trial must become a milestone of history not only by punishing the guilty, but also by substantiating the decision of the common people of this world that the individual shall transcend the state.

Date of Release:

07.08.1946

Year of Production:

1946

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German