Welt im Film 198/1949 11.03.1949

1st Attlee in Berlin Attlee upon arrival at the Airport At night. General Robertson welcomed Attlee. Attlee in addition to Reuter, half-close. Reuter says, quote: "the fact that you have come to us, is a great encouragement for us all, and we ask you to England the belief to take, that the population of Berlin as before will be for their liberal ideals." Transport aircraft at the airfield of RAF Gatow. Attlee visited airfield. Clay accompanied Attlee during tour of the Tempelhof airfield. Attlee in front of House of General Bourne with General Bourne, General Howley and General Ganeval, half-close.
(50 m) 02. A new State: Israel move to Jerusalem. Jewish flags. Dr. Weizmann immediately. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion upon arrival, great. Arab delegates on arrival. Dr. Weizmann pushes the oath.
(34 m) 03 sport a. London: British table tennis championships final of men's Victor Barna, England, playing against Marty Reisman, United States. Last sentence. Players in long pants. Long stroke change. Reisman WINS. Reisman with Cup.
(34 m) b. Paris: World Championships in figure skating Kürlauf of the winner Dick button, United States. Kürlauf of champion Alena Vrzanova, Czech Republic. Run the pair skating champion Kekessi - Király, Hungary.
(38 m) 04. technology for the housewife of husband cleans shoes. Shoe shine machine. Grindstone is used for cleaning and sharpening of knives on the machine. New attachment dries glasses and rinse pot. Stroller with extra wheels to the stair hinauffahren. Berlin: Hairdresser heated stove hoods due to lack of power. United States: self-service shop. Women provide goods with stamps that run on treadmill to the cashier. Were packed by stamp number in the basket and then paid off.
(57 m) 05. From the large policy a. Wyschinskij of new Foreign Minister Russia's Molotov, big, Wyschinskij as a representative of the UN speech.
(20 m) b. Brussels: Churchill at rally of the European movement of Churchill as a guest of honor, large, with cylinder. Police sells Communist protesters. Churchill speaks and shows V sign in front of Europe flag.
(18 m) c. United States: gratitude from France ship containing Merci America train. Statue of liberty, total. Car is loaded from ship. Railway wagon shuts with gifts for New York in procession through town. Gratitude train travels through the United States.
(29 m) d. Rome: Pope Pius XII. protests against condemnation of Cardinal Mindszenty crowd on St. Peter's square. Pius XII speaks. Audience, great. Praying people. Pope blesses the crowd. People waving handkerchiefs.
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01 Attlee in Berlin, Clement Attlee, the British Prime Minister, visited Berlin. For his reception at the airfield of RAF Gatow, high British and German leaders had appeared on their top General Robertson, the British military Governor of Germany. In the home of the Governor received the Prime Minister Lord Mayor Reuter and the leaders of the democratic parties in Berlin.
Reuter said: "the fact that you have come to us, is a great encouragement for us all, and we ask you to England the belief to take, that the population of Berlin as before will be for their liberal ideal."
Attlee visit especially the visit of allied air bases, and in particular the institutions of the airlift in Berlin was in addition to political meetings. On the British airfield of RAF Gatow, the Prime Minister witnessed the smooth supply of blocked Berlin, even in bad weather. General Clay, the American military Governor, accompanied the English statesman during the tour of the American Tempelhof. In the home of the British commander, General Bourne, Attlee met General Ganeval and General Howley, the French and the American commander of the city of Berlin.

02. a new State: Israel Jerusalem and all of Palestine celebrated the founding of the new State of Israel. Thus an eternal dream of the Jewish people is a reality after 5,000 years changeful history: his homeland Palestine became a political unit.
The Jewish population of Jerusalem welcomed the 74 Dr. Weizmann, the decades of leader of the Jewish Zionist movement.
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion arrives. There were also delegates of the Arab League. 12 Government members, symbolizing the twelve tribes of the biblical Israelites, accompanied Dr. Weizmann. The State celebrations culminated in the taking of the oath by Dr. Weizmann, the first President of the new State of Israel.

03 sport: a. table tennis in London the British table tennis championships were held. In the final were the Englishman Victor Barna (front) and the American Marty Reisman. Both players have won two sets - this is now the decisive set. Youth battles experience - speed versus superior tactics. 19 year old American was Not yet born when Barna won already his first world title. It is almost as routine Barnas should prevail This time also.
But Reisman has the better nerves - his game is more nuanced - and he won the British championship. An exciting fight of two real masters of the celluloid ball.

b. ice skating in Paris and again: Dick button, American Olympic champion in figure skating. At the World Championships in Paris, he was in the course of duty nor in the Kürlauf to beat. He won the title of world champion in superior style.
There was a surprise in the women. The 17 year-old lost Alena Vrzanova left all opponents behind him.
Now the pair skating Championship. World Champion were the Hungary Kekessi - Király. They showed a program that combined dance-like grace with consummate acrobatics.

04. technology for the housewife always more helps the technology to simplify the same work in the household.
This versatile machine is an English construction. Is a brush - on the rotating axis and the shoes are blank. The apparatus is operated electrically. -A grinding stone is used.
Cleaning the knife is now a little something. The glasses cleaning machine is still a change - and the versatile apparatus. Also rough work playing with the new invention. Some handy from England: the stroller with additional wheels - ideal for mothers in the big city.
Technology for the beauty: in Berlin salons and customers suffer from lack of power. A Hairdresser invented a way out. A converted furnace heats up the air is pumped by a fan in the hoods. The whole thing goes only with manual operation - but the hairstyle is saved.
And now the culmination of technology for the housewife: in an especially advanced warehouse in America, each customer contains a rubber stamp with a number. He puts the stamp on each piece goods that he has chosen. The individual goods roll band then posted to a collection point. At the end of the tape, an employee sorts the goods in the basket, which bears the number of the stamp. The customer presents his stamp and then the goods will be charged. Shopping done... easy and practical. It is when the customer honest, enterprising businessman and is the technology at the height.

05. the great policy: a. Molotov and Wyschinskij first rank is a political sensation of change in the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Molotov, who for 10 years has led the foreign policy of the Soviet Union, was relieved of his duties from Foreign Minister.
His successor is Wyschinskij, so far Deputy Foreign Minister and Chief delegate to the Soviet Union at the United Nations.
The Kremlin in Moscow gave no comment to this significant personnel changes in the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

b. Churchill in Brussels rally of the International Council of the European movement in Brussels. Winston Churchill participated as guest of honor, made an important speech.
Communists attempted to disrupt the event by leaflet distribution and heckling. The police restored calm. Churchill said: United the countries of Europe can be strong enough to ensure the security and freedom of every individual.

c. train in New York a train with gifts from all parts of France, arrived gratitude, thanks for the friendship train, America has sent food last year to France.
The individual cars are unloaded. -For each of the 48 States, a car is determined.
Festive during driving the wagon with the gifts for New York through the Centre of the city.
The gratitude train takes back the same way, across America, the last year the friendship train left.

d. 250,000 worshippers on Saint Peter's square had gathered Pope in Rome, to protest against the conviction of Cardinal Mindszenty by a Hungarian Communist Court. Pope Pius XII. in his speech, said the judgment unanimously condemned by all over the world about a great Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church have caused a cry of indignation on the banks of the Tiber River. The solemn declaration of the Pope was recorded by the huge crowd with strong concern.
After the speech, the Holy Father gave the gathered believers the Apostolic blessing.

Date of Release:

11.03.1949

Year of Production:

1949

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German