Welt im Film 235/1949 29.11.1949

01 depression of the Rhine - lowest water level for 100 years Rhine barges lie on the river. Schiffer play cards on board. Sandbanks and rocks in the river Rhine. Rhine steamer before Castle. Rhine boatmen at the wheel. Train runs on the Bank.
(23 m) 02. personalities of the day a. Federal President Theodor Heuss Heuss goes before his resident Victor height at Bad Godesberg in the garden and sit on a chair with character solution. He outlined. Close-up Heuss. Heuss sitting next to his wife Elli Heuss Knapp and sees through post.
(18 m) b. T. S. Eliot T.S. Elliot before microphones, large lecture tour in Germany. Listeners applaud.
(9 m) c. Professor William Giauque, Nobel Laureate in chemistry 1949, America Giauque in his research laboratory.
(6 m) d. Professor Dr. Hideki Yukawa, Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1949, Japan Yukawa writes formulas on the Blackboard.
(8 m) 03. The leper island in the South Seas paradise the Fiji Island Kokonai. Ship is off the island. People come to the leper island. Waving the sick. Sisters. Patients in the ward. Sister to the cinema projector at screening. Lepers on the island.
(41 m) 04 sports a. Berlin: art turn Städtekampf Berlin - Hamburg - Leipzig the Turner beaten at. Turner on the pommel horse. Gymnast on the parallel bars. Spectators, half-close. Clapping audience. Turner on the horizontal bar. Hamburg WINS ahead of Berlin.
(33 m) b. California: racing driver on the track. Car drives into gang and overturns. Driver is found dead.
(19 m) 5th Bremen: maritime school teacher teaches in the maritime school. Model ship in the test channel. Navigation lessons. Lessons on the celestial globe. Output of the boatmaster certificates.
(40 m) 06 pictures from all over the world a. England: double deck railway passengers in a double-decker train. Maiden voyage of the train from London to Dartford.
(17 m) b. Holland: presentation of national costumes go young today in old costumes over bridge. Church dress. Bible and foot warmer. Silk costume.
(21 m) c. Florida: Dolphin dressage dolphins jump out of water. Jumping dolphins, big in feeding in the marine Studio.
(12 m) d. Holland: Dutch make-up Championship picture by Wilhelm of Nassau. Makeup artist make-up men. Heads, great. Various masks, large. Männerkopf as chicken melted.
(25 m)

01 depression of the Rhine: lowest water level for 100 years Rhine ships are still: months-long drought has let drop the water level of the Rhine on a catastrophic depression.
The biggest German Water Street has the lowest water level for 100 years.
Sandbanks, rocks, muddy Islands emerge from the shallow trickle. Discharged and only small ships can continue the ride through the narrow fairway.
The steamer against the strong current thrive only with full steam. The Rhine has become a dangerous, difficult navigable river.

02. personalities of the day German President Heuss - once privately. The weekly news visited the 65 Presidents on his residence Viktorshöhe at Bad Godesberg, where he spends his leisure hours preferably with the sketch pad in the Park.
Impacts of correspondence from all circles of the people arrive daily and President Heuss discusses the issues it raised and suggestions with his wife. Which also in turn a stately Inbox has.
The English poet T.S. Eliot, one of the most important phenomena of contemporary literature. undertook a lecture tour in Germany. In 1948, Eliot won the Nobel Prize as "spell-breaking pioneers of modern poetry".
Nobel Prize laureate 2 1949: the American chemist Professor William Giauque, a capacity in the field of refrigeration research. And Professor Dr. Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese who was awarded a Nobel Prize in physics. He is the discoverer of the meson, an important factor of nuclear science.

03. the leper island in the South Seas paradise are the first newsreel shots of the Fiji Island Mokonai, living on 700 leprosy sufferers, in the middle of the tropical charm of the South seas, in tragic seclusion from the world. Only once in a year, a ship comes to the unfortunates who are beaten with the scourge of the fallen. For centuries, leprosy was considered incurable and Very much contagious. Now the lepers must be visited annually by their families, because the insidious disease has lost A lot of its horrors.
The health care is in the hands of volunteer doctors and nurses. Injections with a medicated oil are made regularly. Thereby and by newer methods - such as for example Radium treatment - able today to heal 50% of sufferers.
The leprosy sufferers have created their own world is on the island Mokonai, where there are conveniences. Even cinema and theater are available.
Currently there are about 3 million people affected by leprosy in the world, and all hope to be able to return one day to a normal life. This day seems to be - the hope and desire of all leprosy island in the South Pacific after the progress of medical science No more distant distant paradise.

04. sports: a. The traditional three-cities combat gymnastics between Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig found Instead of after a seven-year break before 4,000 spectators artistic gymnastics Championships in Berlin.
The spirit of athletic competition broke through the dividing zone boundaries and led to a successful meeting of the 18 master Turner of West - and East Germany.
In this excellent turnerisch and aesthetically beautiful struggle won Hamburg ahead of Berlin with only one point.

b. United States racing in a car race in California, there was a tragic incident.
Favorite was Rex Mae, a racer with after experience. This time he is in the first rounds in a promising position.
But suddenly – just before the finish - he loses control of his car...
Any help came too late. Rex Mae died - while its rivals continue hunted in roaring ride around the track.

05. School of the maritime schools at the Waterkant Captains are back in full operation. Young sailors who already need to have completed a journey time of 50 months "before the mast", are trained here. First as helmsman. Here a look at the maritime school in Bremen.
In a test tank, model ships show how they are sucked in by overtaking an another steamer.
Each candidate must go after passing helmsman examination only two years at sea as a ship's officer, before he is admitted to the captain training. The training ranges from the navigation with the latest technical facilities to the maritime laws and medical knowledge. The responsibility that is necessary to complete a ship across the oceans requires comprehensive practical and theoretical knowledge.
A celestial globe. -Astronomical observations for determining location with the sextant.
And after 25 weeks captain training and passing the exam, it's time. The "Captain patent on big trip" will be handed over to the young sailors. Ready for the trip under its own command.

06. images from all over the world: a. double-decker railway of England has his first two-storey train. The maiden voyage of this modern and highly comfortable train goes from London to Dartford.
The new design increases the number of seats by almost 50% - a real improvement of the problem of the ever-crowded trains.
After the first ride, travelers said that they were Very much satisfied with the new train; only under the bridges they had provisionally still feel in the upper floor, to bend over.

06. images from all over the world: a. double-decker railway of England has his first two-storey train. The maiden voyage of this modern and highly comfortable train goes from London to Dartford.
The new design increases the number of seats by almost 50% - a real improvement of the problem of the ever-crowded trains. After the first ride, travelers said that they were Very much satisfied with the new train; only under the bridges they had provisionally still feel in the upper floor, to bend over.

c. dolphins Florida is not only the paradise of Olympic Diver, but also the delphinischen high jumper.
A hit with the tail - and the acrobats of the Lake rise up to the enticing dining - to the delight of the cameraman and the cheers of the spectators.

d. make-up competition after this picture William of Nassau to makeup 16 living models: the task for the final round of the Dutch makeup artist was Championship.
Honest citizens of the 20th century in the bearded unit figure of the middle ages had to be changed in 45 minutes. But it succeeded so well that it was difficult to determine the best Nassau.
In the second part of the competition, no limit was set the imagination of the quick-change artist. It was the most complicated and oddest mask. And that they came up with...
This chicken shot down the bird but...

01. The Rhine River at its Lowest Level for 100 Years
Rhine Ships Stuck! The months-long drought made the water of the Rhine sink to a dangerous low level. Germany's greatest water way has reached its lowest level for 100 years. Sand banks, rocks and muddy islands appear on the surface. Only smaller and partly unloaded ships dare to continue their trip through these narrow water ways. The Steamers can only manage the heavy current with full steam. The Rhine has become a dangerous river, difficult to navigate.

02. Personalities of the Day
Bundespresident Heuss - this time in privacy. The newsreel visits the 65-year old President at his residence Viktorshoehe near Bad Godesberg. Here he likes to spend his spare time with a sketching-pad. Heaps of letters from all classes of the people with different problems are discussed daily with his wife, who receives plenty of mail herself. The English poet T.S. Eliot, one of the most important figure of contemporary literature, held several lectures on his German visit. Eliot was presented in 1948 with the Nobel prize as "Epoch-making Pioneer of Modern Poetry."
And here are two Nobel prize winners of 1949: The American chemist Professor William Giauque, who is one of the first authorities in the field of temperature research. And this is Professor Dr. Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese to receive the Nobel prize for Physics. He is the discoverer of the "Meson," an important factor in the field of atomic science.

03. Leper Island in the South Sea Paradise
These are the first pictures taken on the Fiji Island of Mokonai where 700 leper patients live cut off from the world. Once a year a boat arrives with their relatives. Lepery was known as incurable and highly infectous for many centuries, but has now lost most of its horror. The treatment lies in the hands of voluntary doctors and nurses. The patients are injected regularly with a healing oil. By this way of curing and other methods - such as radium treatment - about 50 percent of the sick are being cured. The leper patients have created their own world on the Mokonai island - with movies and theater shows. To-day there are about three million lepers - - all of them hoping to be able to return one day to normal life. This day seems to lie in the not too distant future according to the progress of science: the hope and desire of all these unfortunates, living on the leper islands in the South Sea paradise.

04. Sport:

a. Gymnastics
After an interval of seven years Berlin had its traditional Three-Cities Gymnastic Championship between Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig before 4000 spectators. The spirit of sportmanship broke the zonal barriers and made this successful meeting of 18 champions from Western and Eastern Germany possible. Winner was Hamburg with only one point more than Berlin.

b. Auto Race, USA
A tragic accident happened at this Californian auto race. The favorite Rex Mae, a champion with 16-years of racing experience, leads during the first rounds. But then - shortly before the finish he loses control of his car ... First aid came too late. Rex Mae died while his rivals continued racing.

05. Future Captains at School
The navigation schools at the Waterkant are again working at full speed. Young sailors who have been on the seas for 50 months arc given further training at these schools. First as a mate. Here we see some pictures of lessons at Bremen's navigation school. In a basin model ships demonstrate how they are held when another boat passes them. After the mate's examination every candidate must be a ship's officer for two years on the seas before he can apply to be a captain. The future captain must know everything necessary to navigate a ship on the world's seas - from the most modern technical means of navigation to the laws of navigation, and he must also pass in medical training. The responsible job of navigating a ship on the world's seas requires wide practical and theoretical knowledge. A globe of the sky. Astronomicobservations with the sextant. After 25 weeks of captain-training and after passing the examinations, finally the "Captain's Patent for the High Seas" is presented to the young navigators. The first trip under their own command can begin.

06. Newsflashes from Everywhere:

a. Two-story Railway
England has her first two-story train. The first trip of this modern and very comfortable train goes from London to Dartford. By this new method of constructing trains about 50 percent more people can be transported - an important aid in the problem of crowded trains.
The passengers declared after their first trip that they were very satisfied - with the one exception, that they had the feeling they must bend down under bridges.

b. Dutch Costumes
Much treasured are these Dutch national costumes, two centuries old. They were taken out of the Arnhem Museum for one day to be worn by the grand-children and great grand-children of their former owners. This is a church costume from Groningen. Besides the old bible, foot warmers are carried to church. This is a pretty costume of silk from Dronte. Original and picturesque costumes with artistic, historical value - a charming inheritance from the good old times.

c. Delphins
Florida is not only the paradise of the Olympic divers but also of the dolphin high jumpers. One push with the tail - and the [...]bat [...] the sea jump out of the water - for the pleasure of the cameraman and the spectators.

d. Make-Up Championship
16 models to be made up like this picture of William of Nassau: this was the exercise for the final of the Dutch make-up championship. Several citizen of the twentieth century had to be changed into this bearded figur of the Middle Ages. And it was so well done that afterwards it was difficult to find the best Nassauer.
In the second part of this competition no borders were set for the phantasy of these artists. The most complicated and funny make-ups were to be found. And this is what came out ...
But this chicken won the prize.

Date of Release:

29.11.1949

Year of Production:

1949

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German