Welt im Film 211/1949 10.06.1949

01 gain for Hong Kong Hong Kong's cityscape. Flying aircraft. Landing on the airfield. British soldiers leave the aircraft. British machines on the airfield. Arrival of civilians with aircraft, tent accommodations. Street scene of Hong Kong.
(30 m) 02. personalities of the day a. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. is Roosevelt Congressman jun., great. He is waving through road. Recording the family Roosevelt from the year 1932 son of Roosevelt as a young man, great.
(19 m) b. Cairo: King Faruk visited agricultural and industrial exhibition Faruk goes accompanied by Cabinet members, half-close. The sisters by Faruk Princess Fawzia and Princess Faiza in the exhibition.
(16 m) 03 sport: a. Munich: boxing Hein ten Hoff - Herbert Runge Hein ten Hoff defeated Herbert Runge, boxing ring total. Shock Exchange, half-close. Attacking ten Hoff. Runge must to the ground. Referee counts. Boxer entering the ring corner. Ten Hoff boxes superior. Runge is counted in the 7th round. Ten Hoff leaves the ring without applause.
(37 m) Munich: airfield race start of motor cycles with side-car up to 1200 CC races. Fall in the curve. Pouring rain. Water fountains behind teams. Official waving banner. Start of the sports car. Spectators under umbrellas. Racing on a wet track.
(42 m) 04. London: appendectomy with television hospital. TV in the operating room. Patient is driven on Gurney into surgery. Students in front of TV. Operating table. Doctor operates. The operation in a mirror and into the TV. Doctor with mouth protection.
(35 m) 05. streiflichter from Germany a. Berlin: American Railway Union donates packages for Berlin railway care care packages are issued. Railway workers handle care packages on the shoulder.
(15 m) b. Lemförde: poultry eggs in incubators on frame. Chicks in boxes. Chicks are sorted. Duck walk to feeding site. Ducks, screen-filling. Eat ducks.
(32 m) 06. Epsom: Derby total viewers. Tent and entertainment space. English police. Aga Khan and Rita Hayworth's arrival, great. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth see through binoculars on grandstand. Start. Race. Closed box. Nimbus and Seallowtail go in the lead. Both horses race head to head. Intake sheet. Princess Elizabeth on grandstand, excited. Amour Drake WINS connector at the top. Run the three horses across the finish line. Target camera decides. Vividly, Princess Elizabeth responds grandstand. Champion Jockey and Nimbus.
(63 m)

01 gain for Hong Kong the British colony of Hong Kong move through the events in the Chinese Theater in the spotlight of the world.
Intense activity at the airfield of Kai Tak.
The Malaysian bases out reinforcements for the garrison in Hong Kong be brought regularly. Daily land here 60 to 70 machines. But also civilians arriving here. There are merchants and Government officials, who left the city shortly before the capture of Shanghai. You are first temporarily housed in tents and barracks.
Hong Kong - the city of Asian romance and European hustle and bustle, is in the State of expectant tension.

02. personalities of the day: a. Franklin D. Roosevelt jr the son of a great father: Franklin D. Roosevelt jr., 34 years old!
Roosevelt Jr. now received a seat in the US Congress.
Here a shot of the presidential family dating back to 1932. The young Franklin, today 64. Member of Congress in Washington. Earlier, the young Roosevelt in Constitutional Affairs had made a name.

(b). King Faruk a rare snapshot of Cairo, because King Faruk of Egypt left a decade not film.
Here you can see the 29-year-old monarch and his ministers during a visit of the biggest agricultural and industrial exhibition Africa.
And here - King Farouk sisters: the princesses Fawzia and Ezekiel. They are among the most beautiful women in the world.

03. sports: Ten Hoff - Runge in Munich fought the German Champion Hein ten Hoff against the Olympic champion from 1936, Herbert Runge. Ten Hoff, left, was Right away in the attack; Runge, who was quite cumbersome, had from the third round on several times to the ground. It failed ten Hoff but decisively to beat Runge in the first round. Ten Hoff, who is obviously going through a crisis of form, disappoint the 10,000 spectators by its dull style. Runge was brave in the business, but bad for air - he saved himself from round to round brackets and hold. The fight offered no exciting moments. In the seventh round, Runge can be counted out after an ear injury.
Without applause leaves the ring ten Hoff.

[...]. Riem racing motorcycles and racing cars on the airfield! You saw that in Munich's first major motor racing event at the riem airport. It was a 2, 7 kilometre circuit. Had the 100,000 spectators from the stands always an overview of the whole circuit. Fall of a sidecar outfit in the North.
A sudden downpour flooded the car. The heavy 1200 carriages Hunt the goals through the water to. Müller-stirring Schneck was won with an average of 89, 4 km/h.
Now, the race and sports cars.
Fastest rider of the day was huge on BMW with 99.2 kilometres per hour.

04. London: Operation with television in a London hospital introduced a major innovation: they built a television camera in the operations room. While previously only a few students could track an operation, it is now possible to watch the process in detail from several classrooms out. The patient is moved to the operations room. It is an appendix operation. The technician adjust the camera. In the meantime, the students before the television receivers take. A mirror gives every detail clearly to the camera.
A doctor explained the operation process by a microphone continuously.
The camera from an adjoining room out use the technician can.
Television in the operations room - a modern teaching methods in the service of modern medicine.

05. streiflichter from Germany: a. care-packages for Berlin Railroad American Railroad help their Berlin counterparts. The American Railway Union sent 500 care packages for the strikers Berlin railwaymen, a borrowing in Westmark, request from the Soviet-controlled railway administration to exist can.
Representatives of UGO, the West independent trade union organization, took over the donations to the further distribution.
A friendship symbol of America's workers in fighting for their rights workers of Berlin.

b. poultry farm poultry breeding in mass, according to modern principles. One of the largest poultry farms in Europe located in Lemförde, Lower Saxony, Germany. 100,000 piece of poultry are here constantly bred and fattened.
125,000 eggs are here All the time in the electrical systems of breeding. And 5 to 6,000 chicks hatch here daily from the heated egg shells.
Race to the troughs need 15 to 20 tons of feed grain the farm for daily feeding.
Each waddles as he can.

06. English Derby: Derby in Epsom decided the target camera. Since 1780 the English classic races, the world's largest turf event. This time, 400,000 spectators had appeared. Many had set up days before domestic with tents and caravans.
The Indian Prince Aga Khan and his new daughter-in-law Rita Hayworth.
The Royal Lodge.
The start: 32 horses go over the line. The route is 2,400 meters long. The tension grows. Two horses move forward. No. 13 "Nimbus" and no. 7 "Swallow Tail". Close to each other, hold the tip. It developed into a duel or breaking... In the inlet bend still the same image: "Aura" and "Swallow Tail", head to head. Shortly before the finish, a horse suddenly shoot forward. It is "Amour Drake" – connection is gaining the two top horses. And three tightly next to each other going through the goal!
Only the target camera decides: "Nimbus" has barely won. It was one of the most dramatic races in decades. The horse "Nimbus". And the number 13: a sensational victory in the classic, English Derby.

01. Fortifications for Hong Kong
The British Colony of Hong Kong becomes a focal point of the world because of the Chinese civil war. There is a great rush at Kai Tak Airfield. Coming from Malay fortresses troops for the garrison are brought to Hong Kong. Every day about 60 to 70 planes land. Civilians arrive, businessmen and administration officers who left Shanghai shortly before its occupation. These people are temporarily housed in tents and barracks. Hong Kong - - a city of Asiatic romance and European business, has become a thrilling place.

02. a. Personalities of the Day
The son of a great man: Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 34 years old. Roosevelt Jr. has just won a seat in the American Congress. This is a picture of the Presidental family taken in 1932. The young Franklin, to-day s member of Congress in Washington. For some time young Roosevelt has been interested in political affairs.

b. King Farouk
An unusual picture from Cairo of King Farouk of Egypt, who refused to be photographed for 10 years. This is the 29-year-old monarch and his ministers at a visit to Africa's largest agricultural and industrial fairs. These are King Farouk's sisters: Princesses Fawzia and Faiza, two of the most beautiful women in the world.

03. Sport:

a. Ten Hoff - Runge
Ten Hoff - Runge
The German boxing champion of all classes Hein ten Hoff met the Olympic winner of 1936, Herbert Runge. Ten Hoff, left, immediately attacked Runge who boxes very slowly, and goes down often after the 3rd round. Ten Hoff disappointed the 10.000 spectators by a very weak show.
Runge, who received a couple of heavy blows, is out of breath. In the 7th round Runge gave up after his ear was hurt. Without applause ten Hoff leaves the Ring.

b. Airfield Motor Car Race
Motorcycles and racing cars could be seen at Munich's first great motor sport day at Riem Airfield. The track was 2, 7 kilometers long. 100.000 spectators could see the whole field from their places. Crash-landing of a sidecar cycle on the north curve. A sudden thunderstorm flooded the track. The heavy sidecar machines splash through the water. Winner, Müller-Rührschneck at an average speed of 89,4 KPH. The racing and sport cars. Fastest driver of the day was Riess in a BMW, at 99,2 KPH.

04. London:

Operation Televised
A new device was inaugurated in Guy's Hospital, London. A television camera was installed over the operating table. While formerly only a few students could watch an operation, now every detail can be seen by numerous students in the auditorium and other rooms. The patient is brought into the operation hall. His appendix will be taken out. The technican now focuses the camera. Meanwhile the students assemble before the television set. A mirror reports every detail to the camera. A doctor at a microphone explains the operation process. In a separate room the technicans work at the camera.

05. News Flashes from Germany:

a. Care Parcels for Berlin's Railroad Men
American railway employees help their Berlin colleagues. The U.S. Railway T.U. sent 500 Care Parcels for the striking Berlin railway employees, who want their wages in West-marks form the Soviet-controlled administration. Representatives of the UGO, the West Berlin Independent Trade Union, distributed the gifts. An act of friendship form America's workers to the workers of Berlin, who are fighting for their rights.

b. Poultry Farm
Lemfoerde, Lower Saxonia, is the location of Europe's largest poultry farm. 100.000 hens and other fowls are bred and fed here. 125.000 eggs are electrically treated to produce chickens quickly. And every day 5 to 6000 chickens and ducklings are born. This farm needs 15 to 20 tons of food per day for the poultry.

06. English Derby:

The Camera Decides
The Derby [...]t Epsom, since 1780 the classic British race. This time 400.000 spectators wers present. Many days ahead people had come with tents und trucks. Indian Prince Aga Khan and his new daughter-in-law Rita Hayworth.
The King's box.
The start: 32 horses compete for the prize. The distance, 2.400 meters. Thrills! Two horses out in front. No. 13 "Nimbus" and No. 7 "Swallow Tail". They are having a nip und tuck duel. Shortly before the winning post a horse gains suddenly "Amour Drake" - passes the others and all three horses pass the post together. Only the camera reveals that "Nimbus" has won. "Nimbus", with number 13 won a sensational victory.

Date of Release:

10.06.1949

Year of Production:

1949

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German