UFA-Wochenschau 244/1961 28.03.1961

01 a military truck through destroyed landscapes Laos crisis and speech Kennedy in Laos, in Washington, Kennedy gives a press conference: map of Indochina, cameramen, Kennedy's speech (without translation). Laos: aerial photographs of a landscape and a place, from an American plane dropped supplies, aircraft being unloaded Laotian Government soldiers in a jeep and moving tanks, battle scenes, women and children, refugee trains, burning houses.
(10:00:15 10:01:12) 02 rescue operation on Mount Watzmann search for 3 Germans, who were buried in the East face of the watzmann mountain by an avalanche. Mirroring of the Watzmann, Königssee, Panorama, operations supervisor. Besides the mountain rescue, the federal armed forces and American soldiers participated. You get ready to use, upload your skis on a car, drive from Bundeswehr cars and American tracked vehicles, div. Scenes of meetings between Germans and Americans, start by helicopters of the German armed forces and the army, before helicopters and flight to the East wall, without a reference to the victim, is seen through the contents of a backpack left behind, pass and diary, members ride across the Königssee with the sanctuary.
(10:01:12 10:02:57) 03. Easter penitents in France and Spain Sartenne/France: Church, old streets with children and old people, ignited a woman at the window-based candles, men wear Hooded Jackets similar to the Ku Klux Klan, a priest blesses the wearer of a hood, In addition to heavy chains behind hergezogen, procession with a cross beam, large chain, long shot, Jesus figure. Spain: Various Easter processions: small town, procession with hood, the figure of Christ, women with mantillas, Maria figure by many candles surrounded, Christ in a glass coffin and nocturnal procession with candles and Torch carriers. (10:02:57 10:04:12) 04 Atelier mirror 1. The Affaire Nina B: nightly rotation at the Brandenburg Gate, torsion bar, Walter Giller reverses in a Mercedes, Giller driving stops by the inch, leaving with his companion, A few great minds.
2. a more beautiful than the others: Director Axel von Ambesser at a rehearsal with Heidi Brühl and Karl Schönböck, Schönböck big, Ambesser plays Heidi Brühl with grand gestures before the scene.
3. Oh, Egon! Test a scene in a train compartment with Heinz Erhard, Rudolf Vogel, Grete Weiser and 2 chimps, Very much fun settings with the monkeys, grinding her trainer, the actors and the Director Wolfgang, the instructions are. Flap and scene in the compartment where the monkeys steal the show the actors!
(10:04:12 10:06:32) 05. Grand National in Aintree Assembly from spectators, saddle seat, bookmakers and jockeys, start, pursuit, crash of a rider on the 1. Reiterlose barrier, further persecutions of the race run with a hung horse rises, more persecutions, a reiterloses horse at the top, another is running off the track, a Jockey on foot, more persecutions, finish, spectators and the winner.
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Fire Laos Laos crisis reached a new peak. Before a map on the territory conquests of the Communists were drawn, Hinterindiens, stressed President Kennedy in Washington the willingness of the United States to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
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Kennedy made it clear but also unmistakably that America wants to preserve the neutrality of the rear Indian Kingdom with all means. While the messages from this press conference in all over the world, American planes provided the Lao Government troops, who are in the fight against the communist Pathet Lao organizations armed by Moscow. Through renewed negotiations, the West hopes to be able to delete the hotspot in Indochina. The final decision rests in the hands of the Soviets. Death played these days three German climbers the tragedy under avalanches in the Alps, that mass tourists serve as backdrop of Dim hut spell, who returned from the East wall of the Watzmanns No more. They had surprised a sudden overthrow of the weather. Thus began the largest ever bailout of German mountaineering, attended by not only the mountain rescue service and the German armed forces, but also American soldiers.
American and German helicopters ascended to the search for the missing persons. The steep slopes of the icy Giants are searched from the air: no trace.
The rescue squad came to the bitter belief that climbers in an avalanche Cone in the so-called "ice chapel" found her grave.
The rescue teams the last at the foot of the murderous is registered mountain left behind have those men, whose Angehörige can No more hope of salvation.
The mountain has won. In the guise of penitents in Sarbene, an ancient town in the southern France, the consecrated candles were lit during Holy week. Like every year, the traditional Easter processions To find here Instead of in an atmosphere of secular reverie. From the plants of Red Hooded coats, the participants in this ancient custom of the Christian South should be entpersönlicht and discharge time light. Cowl and chain to symbolize the will to timeless repentance for the suffering and death of Christ, which is represented in these processions.
Country of origin of this peculiar and strange custom is Spain. In many cities of the country statues are carried there during Holy week of Saints through the streets. Numerous religious brotherhoods compete here in the magnificent design of Madonnas - and crucifixion images.

The Studio mirror in our Studio mirror we To want this time Robert Siodmak at the outdoor scenes for the movie "the affair of Nina B." looking over the shoulder. Walter Giller plays the male lead in this film quite versatile Affairs between the salons of Paris and Berlin.
Also in Berlin Axel von Ambesser of the young teach Heidi Brühl as Director, how she sexy and flirtatious to move "A more beautiful than the others" in the Strip with Karl Schönböck on the big screen.
In Hamburg, we visited the filming of the movie "Oh, Egon", in which Heinz Erhard, Rudolf Vogel and roller bearing A few actors, Not yet on the human society play. Among other things we once wanted to determine as a chimpanzee, tricked to take his role seriously, and to do that, what him the script and the Director Wolfgang grinding prescribe.

Dramatic Grand National place cards there was No more than 35 jockeys on the Heath of Aintree near Liverpool to the 118 were raised to Grand National steeplechase, the heaviest obstacle race in the world, in the saddle. 200 thousand spectators camped around the railway, and closed the box on the 7200 m-long trip with 30 severe obstacles is.
As usual there are A few falls on the first cracks in the struggle for the better take-off point. The field pulls apart easily – take-off and landing are now safer. "Fresh Winds" and "Imposing" have taken the lead. But never the Grand National in this first phase has been decided.
The race, in which participate for the first time two horses from the Soviet Union, is at high speeds on Cup Brook, on the most dangerous obstacle of a dangerous course. And again, there are reiterlose horses.
Also one of the two Russians failed Cup Brook, sits on but Once again. He will not reach the target.
The number of unmarried horses has grown. They seem To want to show that they cope better with the powerful jumps from Aintree, when they are disturbed by any rider. No. 35, an apparently quite ambitious horse Lady, fighting through even up to the top.
Off the course, there is a joyful reunion between the second Russian horse and his Jockey, while the field in the second round.
And now a finish of a drama is looming, as it has No more seen Aintree for decades.
The Irish Steepler "Nicolaus Silver" goes briefly into the lead.
The mold "Nicolaus Silver" and "Merriman II" go head to head over Cup Brook - before "Wyndburgh". "Merriman" now has the edge. But then, Jockey Beasley calls the standing in the Hinterty mould to the final battle, long before "Merriman" and "o' Mallay Point" "Nicolaus" flies over the last jump. Ancil "Merrymans" tab accesses to the whip, but the favorite is completely exhausted. "Nicolaus Silver" in great condition, is lead by the goal with less than 5 lengths. For the first time since 90 years a mold regains that grand national and 225 thousand mark for its owner.

Date of Release:

28.03.1961

Year of Production:

1961

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German