UFA-Wochenschau 20/1956 12.12.1956

01 Suez: Withdrawal of British forces breakdown from NDW 359 / 2. From the Windows of a train coming to see soldiers in the UN force. Baggage is unloaded in port said. At the demarcation line, the UN forces to replace British soldiers and take a stand in the trenches. Anglo-French soldiers embark on troop transporters.

02. Naples: General Norstad visited NATO Headquarters Norstad arriving by plane. Troops present. Norstad moves up front.

03. Paris: Nato Conference breakdown from NDW 359 / 3. arrival of the American Secretary of State Dulles on the airfield. Dulles in conversation with Pineau to eliminate the inconsistencies due to the Suez crisis. Handshake Dulles Pineau.

04. Stockholm: The Nobel Awards breakdown from NDW 359 / 4 - same section. Arrival of the Royal family. Among the prize winners for medicine of the German physician Dr. Werner Forsmann, who was honoured for his ground-breaking discoveries in the field of heart disease. King Gustav Adolf presented the awards. Dr. Forsmann at awards ceremony, the Nobel laureate.

05. India: Buddha Fest breakdown from NDW 359 / 5. The Dalai Lama travels across the mountains to India on mules and on arrival with Flower necklace and flowers is located. Arrival of the Pantschn Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet. People umdrängen the guests and throw themselves to the ground. The Mahabodhi Temple as a place of pilgrimage. Procession to the Salbäumen of Kuginara. Buddha statue in the temple.

06. New York: fire in the port of thick black clouds of smoke over the port. The fire spread after explosion of bearings with sisal hemp. Vessels will be towed by tugs from the danger zone.

07. the secret of the 400 widows of Eastbourne older widows take a walk on the waterfront. The doctor of Eastbourne Dr. Adams ascends his car. Officials from Scotland Yard investigate suspicions in Eastbourne, which held the mysterious deaths in a natural way. Scotland Yard officials in bar. Graves in the cemetery.

08 Hamburg: Touring exhibition "Modern forms of" young woman sits down on modern armchairs. Designer paints on time block. Modern wallpaper designs. Professor Wagenfeld / Stuttgart, students of the Bauhaus. Modern glasses and cutlery, plates. Young woman, large drinking glass.

09th Munich: children study at the Königsteiner puppet performance the Königsteiner puppets. Studies in children. Close-up: pretty little girl, child on the mother's lap, little boys and girls laugh and cry, watching intently, play with handkerchief. Boy with glasses. Clapping.

10 Hamburg: heavyweight boxing: Max Resch defeated Domingo Lopez / Spain by knockout breakdown from NDW 359 / 11 - same section. Impact Exchange on the ropes, Gong strike. In the 2. Round wild attacking Lopez with vast movements. Fast hit lands and Lopez goes upside down to ground, and we counted. Viewer calls. Lopez is lifted up. Resch and Lopez after the fight in the ring.

11 Hannover: Rugby Germany - British army of the Rhine game and runs. Audience clapping. Fighting on the lawn. Hold and falls. Players leaving the square after the match. Result. Draw.

Title: Replacing British troops in Egypt through UN army origin: Pathe news General Norstad in Naples origin: SEDI Conference d. 15 NATO States i. Paris origin: Pathé journal Nobel prizes camera: Persson the lamas in India origin: film Division fire disaster in New York origin: paramount Dr. Adams of the murder suspect origin: Gaumont new forms (chairs, vases, etc.)
Camera: Starke, Seib Königsteiner puppet shows i. Munich camera: Hafner sports: Boxing: Resch-Lopez camera: Seib, Stoll, student Rugby: Deutschld.-Army of the Rhine camera: Seib, students final:

Time news the stationing of the United Nations army on the Suez Canal takes their smooth progress, Yugoslav, Danish and Canadian troops arrive in port said to occupy the key positions on the World Water Street.
It is a historic moment, as national troops voluntarily handed over their positions to an international police force.
The first British soldiers have already left Egypt and all anglo French units should be evacuated completely within three weeks.
The consolidation of the NATO powers is the background before the General Norstad, the successor of Gruenthers and Commander of European forces, taking his journey through the Member States of the North Atlantic Pact. He visited NATO headquarters in Bagnoli, near Naples. At the same time the delegates of the 15 NATO countries to a conference week in Paris met Secretary of State Dulles, was the representative of the United States, to eliminate the tensions between the three western superpowers emerged after the Middle East crisis.

Spotlight of the week: Stockholm: with the Nobel Awards by King Gustav Adolf von Sweden the intellectual and scientific work of the year 1956 culminated glorious.
For a long time again was also a physician among the prize winners for medicine: Dr. Werner Forssmann, along with two American colleagues has created the basics of heart catheterization.
Together with the other laureates, Dr. Forssmann received the valuable gold medal from the hand of the King, the peace prize was not awarded. The Foundation Prize of Alfred Nobel, which is awarded each year on the anniversary of his death, is the highest honour that can be accorded a scientist. India: About the Nathula pass in the Himalayas, viereinhalb thousand meters high the Dalai rode Lama, the political and religious leader of Tibet, to India. The priest King from the faraway Lhasa by devout Buddhists and Government representatives was welcomed at the border.
Destination of the Dalai Lama was New Delhi, where he took part in the big Buddha ceremony to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the death of the great founder of the religion.
On the Indian capital's airport, the Dalai Lama was received by Prime Minister Nehru. A short time later the Pantschn met Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet. After a long time the now legendary ruler of the legendary priest State showed the public thus again.

New York: a huge fire disaster at the world famous waterfront caused 14 deaths and several hundred injuries. Shortly after a camp with sisal hemp had gone up in flames, came to a terrible explosion. The entire Harbour was in an uproar. Freighters and passenger ships have been towed by tugs from the danger zone. $10 million in assets fell the Inferno to the victims.

Eastbourne: The talk of the day by England and the whisper on the English South Coast is the rich widows of Eastbourne. Rumored reported that many of these rich ladies have proved to be a gratitude their general practitioner on his deathbed, which is disproportionate to its efforts. This doctor and multiple inheritance is a certain Dr. Adams, officers from Scotland Yard are All the time on the track. Rumors can be checked at the counter and in fact some correlations are quite puzzling. The gruesome accusation of 200 perfect murders but appears somewhat hyped in all fantasy. The mystery of Eastbourne is still unresolved. Eastbourne's doctor is still Dr. Adams, you can't prove anything. Also not with the help of Scotland Yards eager detectives. Hamburg: New forms.
As hardly to address Chair, but as a seat the findings of modern Anatomy the new forms of work art that it has made to the task to transfer the style of our days all tableware of industry adapted completed, that.
That beauty and practicality are not stepchildren, is demonstrated graphically on a touring by the simple vase up to the colorful wallpaper pattern. A pioneer of modern industrial design is the Stuttgart Prof, Wagenfeld, a student of the Bauhaus, which has to do with the everyday things of life in the forms of Revolution itself.
In this way, the practical synthesis arises from the purpose and ideal of strict lines and fine rounding, the form of the year 57.

Munich: Premiere and bright children's eyes at the Königsteiner puppet in Munich.

Sports: Knockout Matador in the construction of Max Resch has found itself again. In the Hamburg Ernst-Merck-Halle, he proved the Spanish Halbschwergewichtler Domingo Lopez, that he is still one the most promising talents,-the youth knock-Matador, in white pants, made it once again short and sweet. He is the Sprint in the second round. -The Spaniard tried to impress with attacking windmills. But the German stops him with a short and dry left. The bull from Madrid on the boards remains far beyond the time and Max Resch posted a new knockout success.

Rugby in Hanover, Germany the German national team in white met in Hannover on the British army of the Rhine and the military team that invariably consists of officers, put mighty in the stuff. This game, which boils down to promote the Lederei in the opposing system, is not just a course for caresses. Taking the opponents in the Collet, as best we can and to fight as hard as the rules allow. The Germans 8-3 points lead at the beginning of the second half. It was the classic Rugby nation not come to rest. The officers gave the signal to storm and with strategic breakthrough To try, they just moved on. Where the rules of the game dictates a crush, a crush can be hardly avoided. To draw parted and met again under the shower.

Date of Release:

12.12.1956

Year of Production:

1956

Camera Work:

Hafner, Anton; Seib, Gerhard; Schüler, Richard; Starke, Rainer; Stoll, Erich; Persson

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH

Source Foreign Material:

Pathé Journal; Gaumont; Paramount; Sedi; Films Division; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German