Welt im Film 160/1948 18.06.1948

01 Düsseldorf: Conference of the Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs of the Western zones: promoting the Ruhr coal topic: Ruhr coal - arrival of Lord Pakenham, who gets out of car, half-close. Lord Pakenham in the conversation. Participants at table, among them Lübke.
(23 m) 02 new OBA: typhoid risk poster warning precaution is unmounted. Man spreads disinfectant chlorine lime in front of House. School is to help hospital. Sister wrapped around door handle with Lysolgetränktem cloth. Sick is carried on stretcher in house. Ward. Doctor examines a child. Sick children and patients.
(30 m) 03 Berlin: violinist Patricia Travers a musical event: violinist Patricia Travers plays - the Titania Palace. Patricia Travers plays Carmen Fantasy by Sarasate, piano accompanied, for the film of the world.
(32 m) 04 pictures from all over the world a. Shanghai: Chinese Athletics Championships jostling at the entrance of the stadium. March teams, men and women. Long distance running. Pole vault. Mass callisthenics of students.
(20 m) b. United States: Margaret Hamme, world record in the letter the Secretary Margaret Hamme typing sits in front of the typewriter and writes. Look at the letters and hands of the electric machine, large (800 strokes per minute).
(15 m) c. Hollywood: swimming lessons for year teacher teaches 3-year old children in swimming. Swimming competition of the children. You jump from the springboard.
(29 m) 5th Sicily today folks at the lemon crop. Palm Grove. Rocky coast. Goats run on the coast. Street of Palermo. Narrow alley. Laundry hangs over the street. Donkey carts. Children play between the sheets. Stall. At the port, Seiler braid ropes made of hemp. Them via Libertà with people and cars. The Teatro Politiamo and the Teatro Massimo, Palermo's Opera. Destination Mon Reale. Stadium. Spectators at the match Palermo - Syracuse. Spectators waving behind bars. Fishing boats in the harbour.
(55 m) 06. Munich: return images Haus der Kunst. Exhibition of repatriated pictures of America from the previous Emperor Friedrich Museum in Berlin. General Clay at the opening of the exhibition, half-close. Pieter Breughel: "Dutch proverbs" Botticelli: "Mary with the child and singing Angels" Raphael: "Madonna with child" Rubens: "Perseus freed Andromeda".
(40 m) 7th Epsom: England's classic horse racing: the Derby track, total. Mass on grandstands. One man chapel with timpani on the back and flute. Carousels in amusement place. Bookmakers To give tips. Tents. Arrival of King George and Queen Elizabeth. You will be welcomed. The Royal flag. Princess Elizabeth looks at the lodge through binoculars, half close, before her Prince Philip. Start. Race. Car with camera moves on the edge of the track. Running in the home straight. The horse of Royal Drake is by far at the top and is nearing the target of the French horse of My Love. Owner Aga Kahn, overhauled (slow motion) My Love after the race.
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01 to the Ruhr coal Minister-President and Minister for Economic Affairs of the three Western zones met in Düsseldorf to a Conference on the problem of the Ruhr coal was handled--especially the urgently needed increase of coal.
Also Lord Pakenham took part in the meeting, the former Minister for the British occupied areas of Germany and Austria, who recently took over another ministerial post.
The participants of the Conference submitted a report on the conditions for an increase in the Ruhr coal mining the occupying powers.
The Conference brought a statement of the German position in the critical importance to the reconstruction question of Ruhr coal.

02. New OBA: caution! Typhus danger!
Despite extensive precautions, a severe typhoid fever epidemic broke out in newly OBA in Lower Bavaria. This is one of the fortunately rare cases of disease occurrences after the war. An exclusion zone was placed around the endangered area. Chlorinated lime to disinfect the soles and the streets in front of the infested houses. The school was closed and help hospital was established. The doorknobs as dangerous disease carriers are wrapped with lysolgetränkten cloth.
Doctors and nurses are working day and night in their devoted service. With almost 900 illnesses and 30 deaths, this is the most severe epidemic after the war. Meanwhile, the epidemic, thanks to energetic counter-measures, has passed its peak.

03. a musical event: Patricia Travers In the Berlin Titania-Palast and other concert halls of in Germany played the 19 year old American Patricia Travers before German listeners.
Here an excerpt from the Carmen Fantasy by Sarasate, Miss Travers for the weekly news "World in the movie" played.
(Original sound).

04. images from all over the world: a. Chinese Sports Festival stampede at the stadium of Shanghai. After eleven years, the Championships of China To find Instead of here again.
3000 participants compete for the victory - including many women. The services in the individual disciplines Not yet attain at the world-class level - to China has suffered Very much to war and Japanese invasion.
But individual former sticking out, who will represent China at the Olympic Games in London. In China, the sport in which goes wider: mass callisthenics of 6000 students.

b. typewriters record this is Margaret Hamme, an American Secretary - she holds the world speed record in typing. (Original sound: rattling the machines).
Well, guess what for a pace?
You count: 47,000 strokes per hour, 800 in the minute, not to type 12 in the second - a standing as the only record on the c is.... New Schwimmethode, United States a technician in Hollywood introduced a common in Sweden method of swimming learning: one accustomed to the children at the age of three years on the water and deprives them of any fear of the moist element. Learn the involved Right away and feel at home, like the fish in the water. And now a swimming competition of the three year olds: 10 m railway under water - without breath to pick up! And all in perfect style. When jumping the same: only with assistance - and then alone. The Olympic champion from 1970 are in great shape!

05. Sicily today: you know the country...
Sicily, as it stands in the Baedeker, unchanged through the centuries - full of romance and southern charm: with lemon trees and palms with rocky shores and the lifeline blue sea under azure skies.
And Sicily, as it is today.
Palermo, the capital city - three years after the war; There is in the narrow streets - unchanged the life of the southern landscape. Everything takes place in outdoors, between picturesque suspended clothes, packs of children of all sizes and the stalls with domestic products. Seiler on traditional style ropes made of hemp braiding at the port.
Palermo's modern face: the Boulevard of the city, via Libertà.
The Theatro Politiamo and the Theatro Massimo - the Opera of Palermo.
Mon real, the popular destination near the city of Palermo. A look at the stadium, football is still the favorite sport of the Italians. Here a game of the two best League teams of Sicily: Palermo and Syracuse. The southern temperament is held behind bars as a precaution.
On his trip to Italy, Goethe wrote: Italy without Sicily is no term. And this word is valid even today.

06. Munich: Return images 54 old paintings from the former Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum in Berlin are issued after their return from America in the Munich Haus der Kunst. The American commander in Germany. General Clay, opened the exhibition of unique works of art.
In 1945, the 54 paintings were brought with other paintings by old masters for safety reasons to America. Other 202 valuable pictures are still in the United States; they appear on travelling exhibitions in different cities of America's and should be brought back until next spring also to Germany. The net proceeds of the touring exhibitions in America, about a million dollars, will benefit German children.
A picture of Pieter Breughel: Netherlandish proverbs. Boticelli: Mary with the child and singing angels.
Raffael: Madonna with the child.
Rubens: Perseus freed Andromeda.
The images are then in the art collection to Wiesbaden.

07. England's classic horse racing: the Derby for the 165th time was ran the English Derby at Epsom. As always, the big replica event was Sports Festival, folk entertainment, holiday and mass trip again this year at the same time. Dealing with colorful here around the racetrack. (Original sound: jazz drummer and criers).
The Royal family arrives shortly before the race. In the lodge: Princess Elisabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
And now the start (original sound). The mass field roars away.
The 2400-metre railway is quite heavy by rain fall - and it's questionable whether the Favorites of the race can claim under these conditions. The most-wagered horse, my Babu, is in fourth place - the top holding a French horse - Royal Drake. It remains about two-thirds of the race. And now the running arch - the Sprint to decide the race. Royal Drake is clearly at the top – seems to be - already certain Victor in the slow motion clearly shows the distance of the leading horse of the remaining field. But here comes the surprise. All of a sudden the horse My Love forges ahead; with an unlikely power reserve, it attracts closer to Royal Drake - My Love has the tip and wins the Derby in the last ten meters. Jockey Johnstone has controlled the French horse "My Love" in a brilliant ride to victory. The owner of the Derby winner is Indian Prince Aga Khan successful on all racecourses of the world.

01. Ruhr Coal
The Prime Ministers and the Ministers for Economy of the 3 Western Zones met at Duesseldorf to deal with the Ruhr coal problem, especially the increase of output. Lord Pakenham, former Minister for the British Occupation Zone in Germany, participated also. The conference gave a report to the Occupational Forces in which ideas for increasing the Ruhr coal output were stated.

02. Neu-Ötting: Caution! Typhoid Fever!
In spite of precautionary measures in Lower Bavaria a severe typhoid epidemic menaced the population. The endangered district were cut off. Clorcalcium is strewn about for desinfecting. The school was closed and made into a hospital. The door handles were treated, too. Doctors and nurses work day and night to help the 900 sick persons. 30 fatalities were reported.

03. A Musical Event: Patricia Travers
19-year-old American Patricia Travers played in Berlin's Titania Palace before a German audience. Here, she rehearsed the Carmen phantasy of Sarasate for the Newsreel "World in Film" (Original sound).

04. News Flashes from Everywhere:

a. Chinese Sport Day
After a lapse of 11 years 3.000 male and female competitors fight for the Chinese athletic championships at Shanghai Stadium. The total results are no match for world competition, but some good athlets will represent their country in the Olympic Games in London.

b. Typewriting Record
This is Margaret Hamme, an American secretary, who is the fastest typist in the world. She types 47,000 keys an hour, 800 a minute, 12 per second, a unique record.

Date of Release:

18.06.1948

Year of Production:

1948

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German