Synopsis
01 of the Rhine of the kids Tractor pulls long trailer with children. The children go in Schierstein on the Rhine aboard an excursion steamer. The kids look over the railing of the ship. Bank of the Rhine. Vineyards and the Niederwald monument. The children on the ship received ice and wave to ride past tug.
(28 m) 02 release date in the British zone: the two first feature films: "In those days" and "Migratory birds" Hamburg: start the recording of the first film: "in those days". Hans Nielsen in conversation, half-close. Helmut Käutner gives stage directions in a leather coat, half-close. Headlights. Sound engineer. Intake valve. Camera moves from behind the moving car. Gisela Tantau stands next to Hans Nielsen on a Garden Gate. 2. film: "migratory birds". Paddlers carry their boats to the water. Karl Raddatz sits in a paddle boat. Camera on a raft, total. The performers go on board an old steamer. You eat. Karl Raddatz sitting next to Fritz Wagner. The actors talk about the movie (original sound). (52 m) 03. 1200 years monastery Tegernsee monastery Tegernsee, total. Tower with flags, half-close. Boy rings the Bell, big. Procession. Cardinal Faulhaber in the procession, large. Young people carry banners. Children in white robes, nuns, farmers in traditional costumes. Cardinal Faulhaber gives blessing, half-close. Head of a boy as a spectator, large. Priest swing Weihgefäße. Worship in front of the monastery.
(40 m) 04 Eisenhower in Germany (Berlin) soldiers lined up in front of the building of the American military Government in Berlin Zehlendorf. Closed wagon drives above. Eisenhower walks up front, half-close. Eisenhower, greeting, before entering the building. Eisenhower leaving his car at the airfield of Tempelhof. The son of the General, Capt. John Eisenhower, with his wife, half-close. Eisenhower is adopted by the French General King and Ambassador Murphy, half-close. The aircraft total. Eisenhower going up the stairs. He greets before the aircraft.
(42 m) 05. Paddlers in whitewater on the river Enns view from above on the Paddler. The paddlers continue to rock, first in calm waters, then through the rapids. A boat turns. The Paddler is adhering to the boat. On a rock, the paddlers rising again in his boat.
(49 m) 6th commemoration ceremony in Berlin: for the victims of fascism moving. Poster: "the dead reminder". Men wear a wreath. In the background the ruins of the Reichstag. Men in concentration camp clothes with wreaths. Mayor Werner at the wreath-laying ceremony. Countess York discusses regime von Wartenburg, the widow of Lieutenant York von Wartenburg, who was executed after the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944, the fight against the Nazi, half-close. Erich Wichmann, one of the survivors is resistance fighters of the group "Beppo Römer", total. Audience in wheelchairs. "We honor the dead banners"Jewish community of Berlin","Jewish Hospital",", "Fight Spain fighters against fascism", "International Brigade". Flames in sacrificial Bowl at the Assembly in the Berliner Lustgarten.
(39 m) 7th Cuxhaven: prisoners of war return home ship, head-on. Prisoners of war wave of Board, totally. Anchor ropes fastened when the vessel. Prisoners get off the ship. Interview of the prisoners of war, o-ton: "where are you going?" "From Hamelin." "How long have you worked in England?" "I came from America to England." "Where have you been?" "In the kitchen", "in agriculture." "And where is it now?" "Now, I'm going to Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein." "And then the MOM in the door frame is available?" "I hope it, she has been a small idea. We stood in the correspondence, and since she has expected that I would probably come late September."
(42 m) 08 pictures from all over the world (92 m) a. Prague: International Student Forum participants of the Congress in the Hall. Sign on the table: "Great Britannia". Two Indian girls, half-close. Mexicans, French, Austrians, participants from Mongolia, Russians, half-close.
(26 m) b. India: religious celebration elephants go between crowd. Puri wheel Schah sits in his litter and is carried to the temple. The car of the God Jagganaut is pulled through the street.
(23 m) c. Sydney: model cars model car, great. Model cars are on track in the district. Boys follow the race with rapid head movements. Small locomotive pulls man.
(21 m) d. Gascony - bull-fighting young bulls in the arena and upset men. A clown is overturned. A clown hangs on the tail of the Bull. Man contains the bull on the horns and is knocked over. A man runs and beats somersault over a bull.
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Narration
01 of the Rhine of the children has taken over the care of German children the American staff of the Frankfurt airport, Eschborn.
There are game and sports, instruction and entertainment, but most importantly - excursions. Here, the large plane trolley brings a fun crowd of children to Schierstein to the Rhine. From there it continues with the steamer "Home Town", which the Club had provided the United States air force. ... And everywhere, unverwüstet by the war and hard of grapes, the vineyard, that many of the children for the first time see the Niederwald monument.
The passing steamer are welcomed... and not less stormy ice the hosts pay for.
And so to Bingen and back: a little tour of the Rhine is a great experience.
02. movie start in the British zone: the two first feature films in Hamburg began the recordings for the first feature film in the British zone. He is called "in those days" and covers the life cycle of a car and its changing owners.
Representatives of the British military Government, the press and broadcasting, the Director Helmut Käutner explains the contents of the first scenes.
Then it says "Warning: recording!" The engineer checked the devices - slams shut (the synchronous character), and the first scene of the film runs.
In addition to the car, Hans Nielsen and the thirteen Gisela Tantau play starring here. Also involved: Irene von Meyendorf, Alice treff, Hermann Speelmanns and others.
The second film is called "Migratory birds". He dealt with the fate of young people of today who To want to recapture their youth.
Rolf Meyer directs here. The film plays to the great deal on the Weser, Charles Harbour to the sea.
The camera on a raft. Main actors are Karl Raddatz, Fritz Wagner, Peter-Tim sadula, Renate Schacht, Eva bar log. An old, disused steamer serves as accommodation for performers and staff.
Everything is glad that the film work again.
(Original sound) 03. 1200 years Tegernsee in Bavaria celebrated the monastery Tegernsee Twelve hundredth anniversary of its founding. Two monks built a wooden church in the year 746 and thus founded the Benedictine Abbey of today.
The celebration culminated in the festive procession.
The relics of Saint Quirinus before Cardinal Faulhaber are carried in a glass shrine.
Many Catholics, mostly in the picturesque traditional costumes of the mountains, made pilgrimages to the monastery on Lake, in order to receive the blessing of Cardinal Faulhabers.
Monastery church and Castle core and heart of the Tegernsee landscape are twelve hundred years. Prayer and Bell sound unite in asking for more conservation and blessing.
04. Eisenhower in Germany who met Chief of staff of the US Army, General Eisenhower, - Frankfurt a coming - to a three-day visit to Berlin.
The General foreign and German journalists held a press conference in the building of the American military Government in Berlin-Zehlendorf.
Here, he talked about the experiences and observations he had made in this reunion with Germany. Much has been gebessert-in particular by the Economic Union of the British and American zones – other means of construction and progress.
General Clay and other high-ranking Allied officers had appeared to his departure from the airport of Tempelhof. Capt. John Eisenhower, the son of the General. General Eisenhower says goodbye...
General King, the Commander of French troops in Germany, and Ambassador Murphy.
General Eisenhower flew to Scotland for a visit of the English royal couple.
05. Exciting white water rafting which means St. Moritz for the skiers and Wimbledon for Tennis Masters - this is the Enns in Styria for the kayaker.
For the first time after the war, the Enns saw their traditional, lively and exciting sports operation this year again.
It starts innocently: above Gstatterboden - such as a Wochenendfahrt in romantic mountain scenery.
But it is moving - it goes into the "Gesäuse". A sudden, boils the water, bubbles and shoot wild then in narrow Rocky passes and through treacherous obstacles.
Only with the highest skill, the boat can be mastered here!
Haarscharf passing often on rocky points, where the lightweight rubber boat would be. Also the best kayakers is not safe against capsizing.
Now head so keep up!
White water rafting on the river Enns is the master craftsman of the masters paddlers.
06. Commemoration in Berlin: for the victims of fascism under the motto of "The dead to honor - the living of the duty", the main Committee "Victim of fascism" held a rally of the Berlin workers in the pleasure garden.
Mayor Dr. Werner at the wreath-laying ceremony. He said in his speech: "To want, we honor the dead, not only with this celebration, but also the living, have done in the fight against fascism large and suffered unspeakable."
Then, Members talked about their struggle against the Nazi regime by resistance groups.
Gräfin Yorck... the widow of Lieutenant Yorck von Wartenburg, who was executed by Wartenburg after the assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944.
Erich Wichmann, one of the few survivors of the resistance group, Beppo Römer.
In total, 11 million people were killed in Nazi concentration camps and prisons.
The huge rally paid tribute to the fighters for freedom and justice.
07. Cuxhaven: returning prisoners of war the British action "Seagull" brought back 8,000 German prisoners of war from England in the home until mid-October. 700 were to Berlin, after the English occupation zone released 2,000 after the American and the rest.
The English pleasure boat "Empire spearhead" brought the first 500 returnees to Germany. After years of captivity, the returnees in Cuxhaven for the first time are back on German soil, where they report on their experiences in England, and their plans for Germany.
(Original sound).
08 pictures from all over the world: a. student Congress, Prague students of all nations met in Prague to the second international student Congress after the war.
At this meeting, an international collaboration of all students was [...] Cons of building the world required.
Participants described it as the task of the youth, to destroy the last remnants of fascism in the world. The final resolution of the meeting foresees close cooperation of the International Student Union with the Organization of the United Nations. Also called an international student exchange, the as soon as possible to - begin to the strengthening of world peace and the deepening of international understanding.
b. Indian celebration in the city of Puri, in the northeast of India, over half a million faithful to the great religious Jaggernaut Festival equip yourself. The wheel Schah of Puri, who comes from one of the oldest dynasties of India, leaves his opulent Palace, to go to the temple.
The powerful cars of the deity Jaggernaut is pulled through the stress.
In ancient times many believers threw the hulking vehicle in the way themselves, in order To find the death under the wheels of the sacred car.
Today, the car is a more peaceful way - only the impressive symbol of faith rooted for centuries.
(c). Model cars, Australia a handy car and it does something. In Sidney, Australia, engineers test these model cars, capable of more than 100 km/h speed in a circular orbit.
A little bit of joy in the gimmick is Of course also.
The children have the look to This time - looking up No more all works at this speed.
And a different model, a small locomotive.
She pulls her designer playing.
d. Bull, France bullfighting with swapped roles is a speciality of the Southern French province of Gascony. In this rough, but bloodless people pleasure, the bull drives the Toreros to pairs. You tumble just so - but there is a maximum - bruises.
This clown raves for oxtail brain against Horn. Is the smart one. Finally one that grabs the bull by the horns.
This Caballero has a different technique. He whets is just about over.
Narration (English)
01. Children's Rhine trip
The American personnel of the Frankfort airport Eschborn has taken over the care for German children. There are games and sports, education and entertainment but above all - excursions.
For the fifth time this year the big airplane transport truck, carrying a gay flock of children, drives to the Rhine.
From Schierstein the trip is continued on board the steamer "Hometown", which was loaned for the occasion by the American Air Force Club.
The Niederwald monument ...
... and everywhere, undamaged by war and heavy with grapes - the vineyards, which many of the children see for the first time.
The passing steamers are cheered with enthusiasm ... ... and not less the ice-cream which is offered by the hosts.
And thus till Bingen and back: a little Rhine-trip becomes a big adventure.
02. Movie-picture production started in the British Zone:
The first two feature films
In Hamburg the first shots for the first feature reel in the British Zone were taken.
It is called: "In Those Days" and it pictures the life-story of an automobile and its various owners.
Representatives of British Military Government, of press and radio attend this launch of production. Helmut Käutner, the director, explains the first scenes. Then comes the signal: "Attention - recording!" Lights up! Once more the sound-engineer checks the apparatus - and the first scene of the film is started. Starring, besides the car, Hans Nielsen and 13 year old Gisela Tantau. Other featured actors are: Irene von Meyendorf, Alice Treff, Hermann Speelmanns etc.
Film No. 2 is "Birds of Passage". It concerns the existence of to-days youngsters who try to reconquer their youth.
The author, Rold Meyer, directs. Part of the action takes place on the Weser river, from Karlshafen to the ocean.
The camera on a raft. In old, retired steamer serves as hotel for the actors and the staff.
Starring Carl Raddatz, Fritz Wagner, Peter-Tim Schaufuss, Renate Schacht, Eva Barlog.
Everybody is glad that film production has been restarted, are you not Mr. Raddatz?
(original sound).
03. 1200 years Tegernsee
In Bavaria the Tegernsee Monastery celebrated its 1200 th anniversary.
The religious and festive ceremony was highlighted by the big procession through the village.
The relics of Holy Quirinus are carried before Cardinal Faulhaber in a glass shrine.
Many Catholics, most of them wearing their picturesque mountain garbs, on their way to the monastery at the lake, to be blessed by Cardinal Faulhaber.
For 1200 years the Monastery Church - and Castle have been an heart and centre of Tegernsee area. Prayer und bells both seek further maintenance and blessing.
04. Eisenhower in Germany
The American Army Chief of Staff, General Eisenhower - coming from Frankfort - arrives for a three-day's visit to Berlin.
In the building of the American Military Government at Berlin-Zehlendorf the General holds a press conference for foreign and German journalists.
General Eisenhower comments on the experiences and observations he made on his return to Germany. Much has already improved particularly on account of the economic merger of British and American Zone - other things are in the stage of reconstruction and progress. General Clay and other high-ranking Allied officers are present at Tempelhof airport, when he leaves.
The General takes leave of his son, Capt. John Eisenhower and General König, Commander in Chief of French troops in Germany.
General Eisenhower flies to Scotland to pay a visit to the English King and Queen.
05. [...]rilling wild water trip
What Wimbledon is for [...] [...] [...] for skiers, the Styrian river Enns means for cabers: a champion's meeting place for Europe's most beautiful and difficult kayak route. For the first time after the war the river Enns is again the scene of this traditional colourful and exciting sport event.
It begins quite sedately north of Gstatterboden - like a weekend trip in the romantic mountain world.
[...] soon it becomes more exciting - allof a sudden the waters begin to boil and bubble and race in a wild torrent through narrow gorges and past tricky obstacles. Only past masters can here keep a float.
The dash-covers, wrapped closely around the body, protect the boat from being filled with water.
Rocks on which the light rubber boat would easily be dashed to pieces are skimmed very closely. But sometimes, not even the most skilled canoer is safe from heeling over.
Now - headsup!
Here are passages where the Enns is hardly navi[...]ble - but they are passed though under danger and difficulties. A wild water trip on the Enns is the severest test of champion canoers.
06. Commemoration in Berlin
For the victims of fascism
Under the motto: "In Honour of the Dead - a Duty for the Living" the central committee for the "Victims of Fascism" called a meeting of Berlin workers and employees in the Lustgarten. Participants from all over Berlin gather with flags and posters.
All delegations deposit wreaths at the commemorative monument, to honour the fighters for freedom and law, murdered by fascism. Lord Mayor Dr. Werner lays down a wreath. He says: "With this commemoration we not only render homage to the dead, but also to the survivors, who, in their fight against fascism, have performed a great task and suffered unspeakable hardness."
Six members of resistance groups speak about their fight against the Nazi-regime.
Countess Yorck von Wartenburg ... the widow of Lt.
Yorck von Wartenburg, who was executed after the 1944 attempt on Hitler's life.
Erich Wichmann, one of the few survivors of the underground movement Beppo-Römer.
A total of 11 million persons were killed in the Nazi concentration camps and prisons.
07. Cuxhaven:
Prisoners of war return
Up to the middle of October the British operation "Sea-Gull" brought 8.000 German prisoners of war from England back to their home country. 700 were discharged to Berlin, 2.000 to the American and the rest to the British occupation zones.
The English furlough ship "Empire Spearhead" transported the first 500 discharged P.W.'s to Germany.
For the first time after long years of captivity the homecomers set again foot an German soil at Cuxhaven, where they talk about their experiences in England and their plans for Germany.
(Original sound).
08. Pictures from all over the world
a. Students' Congress Prague
Students of all nations meet in Prague for the Second International Students Congress after the war. International collaboration of all students and teachers towards the spiritual reconstruction of the world is demanded.
The participatants label it as a task for the youth, to destroy the last remnants of facism in the world. The final resolution of the congress schedules a close collaboration between the international students and the Uno.
Furthermore they demand an international exchange of students, to be started as soon as possible - to solidify world peace and to deepen international understanding.
b. Indian ceremony
In the city of Puri, situated in the north- east of India, more than half a million believers prepare for the great religious Jaggernaut ceremony. The Rajah of Puri, who hails from one of India's oldest reigning dynastics, leaves his resplendant palace to drive to the temple.
According to traditional custom the crowd draws him in the towering carriage of Jaggernaut through the streets. In bygone days many of the faithful hurled themselves before the bulky vehicle to seek death under the wheels of the Holy Carriage.
Today the carriage drives on a more peaceful way - only as an impressive symbol of a faith rooted for centuries.
c. Miniature automobiles, Australia
A handy automobile and it performs little miracles. In Sydney Australia, engineers test these miniature cars which, on a circular track, achieve more than 60 m. p. h.
Another little wonder of precision and construction: The in[...]ntor puts the miniature locomotive to a hard test: it has to pull him - and it looks like child's play.
d. Bull fighting, France
Bull fighting with interchanged parts is a speciality of Gascogne in Southern France.
In this rough but unbloody entertainment the bull hunts the toreros.
The catchers fall like nine pins.
This clown is fond of ox-tail ...
Brain against brawn. The wiser one gives way.
At last one who seizes the bull by the horns.
This c[...]ballero has a different technique. He simply takes the bull in his stride.
Persons in the Film
Eisenhower, Dwight ; Eisenhower, John ; Faulhaber ; Käutner, Helmut ; König, General ; Murphy, Kathy ; Nielsen, Hans ; Raddatz, Karl ; Tantau, Gisela ; Wagner, Fritz ; Herzog, Werner ; Wichmann, Erich ; York von Wartenburg
Places
Sidney ; Austria ; Rhine ; Berlin ; Hamburg ; Weser ; Schierstein ; Tegernsee ; Cuxhaven ; Prague ; Colorado ; Gascogne ; India
Topics
Sachindex Wochenschauen ; Bells ; Returnees, evacuees, Outlander ; Higher education ; Interviews ; Children ; Leisure, recreation ; Paddle ; Posters, fonts, banners ; Religious events ; Shipping ; sports audience, sports spectator ; 99.412 Deutsche week show GmbH: State visits (outside) ; bullfighting ; Buildings ; War, prisoners of war ; Landscapes ; Military events ; Jobs ; Gypsy ; Anniversaries, Jubilees, birthdays ; aftermath of war
Type
Newsreel (G)
Genre
Periodicals
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