Welt im Film 324/1951 18.08.1951

1 Berlin: FDJ meetings through the Brandenburg Gate. Onslaught of young people. Large Dove of peace. Young people clapping with hands over their heads. Image of Stalin. Walk in West Berlin. Young people from kiosks. FDJ members look at cars. Visit airfield. Output of loaves. Inflatable boat trip. Young people go into the exhibition on the European train.
(43 m) 02 Bad Ischl: Scout meeting German group of Scouts. Faces of Boy Scouts, big. The Russian group. Bridge. Closing ceremony. Flag of Austria. Flags are indented.
(30 m) 03 updates soon a. Frankfurt: Germany Eisenhower Eisenhower aircraft stairs go down, total. Eisenhower at the Fürstenfeldbruck airfield. Four jet fighters fly season.
(15 m) b. flood Lake Como mountain landscape of the Como Lake. Flooded land. Inhabitants from destroyed houses.
(19 m) c. Geiselgasteig: protest rally of filmmakers meeting participants, total. Spokesman. Willi Birgel, big as a listener. Film workers. Heidemarie Hatheyer, great. Hertha Feiler, great.
(19 m) d. release 2000 freedom balloon eastwards balloons with messages on the Czech border.
(8 m) 04. The latest news from anywhere a. Aachen: dog show Bulldog barks. Two Bedlington TERRIER. Shepherd will be screened. Great Dane, great. Small Spitz on arm. Bulldog, great. Spaniel. Judges. German Shepherd Dog winner.
(21 m) b. White Grotto of Bari man climbs with rope ladder in the Grotto. Stalactite formations in the cave. Bizarre forms of limestone. Plants from stone. Man climbs back out of the cave.
(22 m) c. Schwäbisch Hall: outdoor: "The bride of Messina" performance on the steps of St. Michael's Church. Audience at the open-air theatre. Scenes of the play.
(17 m) 5th sport a. Lüdenscheid: German swimming and jumping Championships 200 m crawl gentlemen: start, side. It wins Günther Lehmann in two minutes and 17.3 seconds. Lehmann in the water, half-close. Diving: It wins Günther Haase, ZL. Springboard diving women: it wins Paula Haase Tartarek. Paula Haase Tartarek with large flowers. Starter whistles. 100 m backstroke women: start. Swimming. Spectator presses thumbs, big. Gertrud Herbruck adopts first with large margin and one minute and 19 seconds. Gertrud Herbruck in water. large.
(31 m) c. Hamburg: International German Championships men's singles: Gottfried von CRAMM plays against Bergelin, Sweden. Audience clapping, half-close. Bergelin won in five sets. By CRAMM and Bergelin, great. Women's single: Mary Weiss, Argentina, WINS out over Nancy Bolton, Australia.
(25 m) c. United States: motorboat racing speed boats on Lake Washington. Boat explodes in the race. Divers recover the athletes and the boat.
(23 m)

01 Berlin: FDJ walks marching in the East to the West "endless columns ended the Communist World Youth Festival in East Berlin. An 8-hour demonstration on the Marx-Engels-Platz decided the meeting of young people doing to Berlin. With fanfares, drum rolls and the obligatory clapping the so-called Stalin contingent of German youth was formed commanded before the grandstands with the Soviet officers and representatives of the State of the Soviet zone. The FDJ marched - under the giant image of Stalin... and they walked through the streets of the West. Hundreds of thousands exceeded the boundaries between East and West Berlin despite bans and blocks, to stroll through the free Berlin. For most, it was a glimpse into another world. Everything was new for them and interesting.
The forced meeting of Communist Youth in the East has become a voluntary meeting in the Western sectors of Berlin. The World Youth Festival of Stalin are, according to Mayor Reuters, so become a success for the free world.

02. Bad Ischl: The end of the great Scout meeting that ended in Big Boy Scout meeting at Bad Ischl. The tent city of the 52 Nations became a symbol of free youth of all countries. Game and sport, friendship and mutual understanding have created a community that will connect the Scouts of all parts of the world for further life.
Also delegations of emigrants from the Eastern States were there.
The Italians were particularly successful in a bridge building competition.
The closing ceremony Once again United the Scouts of the world to the common pledge of the good will. It was a 10-day celebration of the joy of life and the romantic ideals of all young people.

03. updates soon: a. Eisenhower in Germany General Eisenhower, the Commander of the Atlantic - Pact forces inspecting American troops in southern Germany. There was general Norstad, the Chief of the air force of the Atlantic Pact States in his entourage. General Eisenhowers first visit was the Fürstenfeldbruck military airfield.
After the visit, 4 jet fighter showed a group exercise. They operated at a speed of 900 km/h.

b. flooding on Lake Como on Lake Como, as in many parts of Northern Italy and Switzerland, weather disasters resulted in severe devastation of flourishing country. Persistent rains and unusually heavy downpour flooded towns and villages. Nearly 30 people lost their lives in the unleashed masses of water.
Hail, storm, lightning and raging floods destroyed bridges, roads and buildings.
The storm left a complete chaos at individual points.

(c). Many thousands of filmmakers to an emergency rally protest rally of the filmmakers on the largest recording site in Germany, Bavaria film art in Munich Geiselgasteig, were formed. The large star up to the assistance illuminator all appeared. The Bavarian State Government was prompted to take emergency measures for the distressed workers of the film industry.
In a unanimously adopted resolution, ensuring financial, a transitional production was requested.

d. 2,000 freedom balloons to the East were sent 2,000 balloons to Czechoslovakia. They contained friendship messages that sent Harold Stassen, the head of the "crusade for freedom", and other leaders from the East.

04. the latest news from anywhere: a. dog show in Aachen the dogs to a beauty competition came together once again. What can bark and prove a noble pedigree, turned in stance and to the show.
The owners spared no effort to demonstrate all the advantages of their racy housemates.
In the variety of styles and temperaments, flunk received the prize from the rigid Castle for the 2nd time as best German Shepherd.

b. White Grotto of Bari with the rope ladder into a subterranean world of magic. The death-defying rock climbing worth, because the white Grotto near the city of Bari in Italy is a rare natural wonders.
Hanging stalactite formations, known as stalactites, gave a fantastic appearance of the limestone cave.
The soil of the fairy tale Grotto is covered with the bizarre forms of of the limestone growing from the bottom.
The entry into the mysterious depths of the Earth was an excursion into a magic realm of nature.

c. the bride of Messina the majestic staircase of St. Michael's Church in Schwäbisch Hall was the picturesque scene of the Schiller drama "The bride of Messina". A great natural stage, which gave the game in the 900-year-old town a special charm. The town Schwäbisch Hall has with this impressive performance their traditional open-air theatre continued, which have become a real Festival of the whole population and a significant cultural event.

05. sports: a. swimming, Lüdenscheid exciting fights at the German swimming and spring Championships in Lüdenscheid.
200 metres crawl for men: European Championships Günther Lehmann took after his 400-meter victory the day before even the 200-meter Championship.
2 minutes 17.3 seconds with Lehmann won with length. Günther Haase remained as the defending champion in the diving turn successful, as Paula Haase Tatarek.
The 100-meter women's backstroke was the favourite of Gertrud Herrbruck.
Gertrud Herrbruck won with 1 minute 19 seconds far before the subsequent competitors.

(b). Tennis, women's singles of the international German Championships in Hamburg Hamburg. Marry white, Argentina, in the picture, there's in the final against Nancy Bolton, Australia. Marry white won and was "German national champion in 1951".
The battles reached their peak with the arrival of CRAMM against the Sweden Bergelin. By CRAMM showed in this gruelling battle as the great tennis artist the world admired for 2 decades. But the 17 years younger Bergelin, the former pupil of Cramms, with its youth the fiercely competitive games perseveres. The 1st movement goes to him, 2 and sharing third on his great teacher. But with the 4th and 5th sentence, Bergelin brings a decisive advantage. Bergelin was victorious in a 2 1/2-hour struggle.
He won the German Championship title following another victory over his compatriot Davidson.

(c). Powerboat race, United States of Lake of Washington in the United States was the scene of a sensational speedboat race. The infernal hunt went over 50 kilometers. The fastest boat in the world named "Slow" sat down at 120 miles an hour at the top.
Suddenly exploded due to an engine defect of one of the boats and disappeared in a cloud of spray. The divers brought the crashed sport riders on the shore. Meanwhile, the remaining boats chasing the target against. And with a new record of 121 kilometres per hour "Slow" wins the Gold Cup.

Date of Release:

18.08.1951

Year of Production:

1951

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German