Neue Deutsche Wochenschau 235/1954 30.07.1954

1st Indochina: Balance sheet of the dirty war--signing of the Armistice gunfire. Gun fires. Soldier boots wading through water. Soldiers in the jungle. Machine gun fire. Partisans are tracked in bushes. Bomb release and impact. Wounded are connected and powered. Cross in the jungle. Fallen soldier is buried. Geneva: Signing of the Armistice by the Defence Minister of the Vietminh Ta Quang Buu and the French General Delthiel. Prime Minister Mendès France rises from aircraft to return to Paris. Welcome at the airfield.
(46 m) 02 Berlin: Party Congress of the SPD Kurt Schumacher bust. Erich Ollenhauer welcomed Clement Attlee as guest. Ollenhauer at the lectern. Among the participants: Close-ups of Carlo Schmid, Willi Eichler, Paul Löbe, Walter Friday, Hinrich head. Delegation of foreign countries. Clapping.
(20 m) 03 Amsterdam: State visit of French President René Coty children with flags on the side of the road. Drive open 6-clamping and horse-drawn carriage through the city. Coty and Juliana in horse-drawn carriage. Cheering crowd. On balcony Prince Bernhard, Juliana, Coy, and Mme Coty. Mme Coty with children. Gala reception in the evening. Juliane, Bernhard and Coty's arrival. Fireworks over the illuminated canals.
Belgrade (18 m) 04. State visit of Haile Selassie in Yugoslavia at the Airport welcomed Tito Haile Selassie. Stepping off the front of the stand. Driving through the city in an open car, accompanied by Ehreneskorte. Haile Selassie greets crowd standing.
(18 m) 5th East Berlin: Red China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tschu En Lai in the GDR airplane rolls out. Red China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tschu En Lai out of plane and is greeted by Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl. Chu Lai welcomes men of respected including Erich Honecker.
(11 m) 6th Stockholm: Russian fleet visit Russian warships are welcomed with salutes. The ships at the entrance to the port of Stockholm. Launch brings the Russian Admiral Kotov ashore.
(15 m) 7th United States: maiden flight of the first Boeing Jet transport aircraft pan across transport aircraft. Soldiers get in hull. Launch and flight with 4 engines.
(13 m) 8th New Jersey: Monkey love girl with chimpanzee Jacky on the arm. Both drive in children - horse carousel and boat. Kathrin and Jacky eat cotton candy. Chimpanzee with a cigar in his mouth.
(16 m) 9 London: International Horse Show way by car. Exit car Queen Mother Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip get out next car. Hunting jump for the Gold Cup, King George V. In the 4th playoff rides only Fritz Tiedemann Meteor despite severe foot injury healthy and WINS. Queen Elizabeth awarded Gold Cup Fritz Tiedemann.
(20 m) 10 Palm Beach: powerboat race young lady starts the motor boat race. Men run to boot. Boats in the race of all classes. Man Get up self-built shaft roller. Kiss for the winner.
(17 m) 11 Berlin: German Mariendorf trotting Derby horses run. Race course with spectators. Race. Shortly after the start, Vielliebchen sits down with Walter Heitmann in the Sulky at the top. Side Niekano moves the Ostzonencrack, forward. Close up of trabenden horses and horse legs. Vielliebchen and North Star do it. In the HomeStretch, Vielliebchen from the field settles and WINS by a clear margin. Kiss and wreath for Walter Heitmann.
(34 m) 12 motorcycle race on the solitude start the sidecar. Race. Cornering with passengers leaning far out. Noll/cron on BMW win with new class record of 122.8 km/h. Noll and cron with wreath at the award ceremony. Go start of solo machines up to 250 cc Ruppert Hollhaus and Werner Haas at the top. Werner Haas before Raj goes Hollhaus finish on NSU with short distance. Werner hatred with wreath.
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Title: Indochina, truce signing origin: Pathé journal short exposed: S P D party day camera: Obeng Coty at Queen Juliane origin: Polygoon Haile Selassie on Marshall Tito origin: Jugo film Choo en Lai in Germany origin: eyewitness Russians visit in Stockholm origin: film industry T 90, first jet transport aircraft origin: Metro chimpanzees origin: Metro sports: horseback Thiedemann, Gold Cup, England origin: Pathe news motor boats in Palm Beach trotting races in Berlin camera: Obeng solitude - run camera: Essmann, strong, Hafner final

Indo-China as it was for 8 years. 8 years terrible suffering of the population. 8 years fighting in the fever-infested jungle between the associations of the Vietminh and the French Union troops. This war; cost of 34 billion marks France the "dirty war", as it was called. Harder but weigh the loss of life. 92 thousand man fell solely under the Tricolor. Among them thousands of German Fremdenlegionären. A sad record. The balance sheet of a war which was useless and pointless. Now At last struck the hour that ended the fight. After weeks of negotiations, the armistice was signed in Geneva. The agreement was mostly a success by France Prime Minister Mendès-France. On his return to Paris he was facilitated and greeted joyfully. But the truce is bought. Again, a country was divided. A new army and border between East and West was built at the 17th parallel. Party Congress of the SPD, the SPD held its Party Congress this year. The English Socialist leader Attlee was one of the most prominent guests. Erich Ollenhauer, who was elected again as Chairman, commented in a speech about the issues the party is facing. Among the participants: Carlo Schmid, Willy Eichler, Paul Löbe, Walter Friday. Representatives from 12 countries took part in the major Party Congress in Berlin.

State visit to the Netherlands State visit to the Netherlands. The French President Coty visited Queen Juliane. The population of Amsterdam was streamed together in bright droves and rejoiced to their ruler and the high guests. Madame Coty, which cares not a protocol when she sees children was particularly popular. In the evening, there was a large gala reception and at the end of the festive day a magnificent firework display.

The lion of Judah after his trip to America was Haile Selassie the first, the Negus Negesti of Abyssinia to Yugoslavia. On the airfield of Belgrade, he was welcomed by Marshal Tito. After the intervention from the company the Emperor, which bears the nickname "Lion of Judah", and comes from according to the legend, King Salomon, was celebrated lively on his ride through the city by the population.

Choo en Lai in Germany after completing the negotiations in Geneva met Red China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tschu En Lai on his return to East Berlin a. Otto Grotewohl, the Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, and leading functionaries of the SED welcomed guests from the far East to Schönefeld airport.

Fleet visit in Sweden fleet visit in Sweden. The Russian Cruiser "Admiral Usjakov" and the destroyer of 27 were welcomed by gun salutes of the old fortress Castell Holmen. Then a drove this very latest design in Stockholm Harbour warships. In a bowl, the Soviet Admiral Kotov ashore came to pay his official visit. On its maiden flight, the well-known American Boeing works brought out a new Jet transport aircraft air giant. The massive machine has a weight of 90 tons and can carry 130 passengers. In 10000 metres above sea level, the transporter reached a speed of 850 kilometers per hour.

Monkey love has a dashing Cavalier is small-Kathrin fished. He is Jacky, wohlsituierter chimpanzee by profession and only happy when he can be near his six-year old girlfriend. It happens also in adults that the Lady helps the Lord off the high horse. But even the right man can take the control not of the hand. Bon appétit and all Take it easy and a good cigar.

London came into the White City Stadium, to attend the International Horse Show Gold Cup for Fritz Thiedemann members of the British Royal family. The main fighting, hunting jumping to the King George v Gold Cup was to a he drama style confrontation. Four technical were necessary. And only Fritz Thiedemann occurred despite a serious foot injury, the German "Meteor" flawlessly through the severe course. Victory and Gold Cup from the hand of Queen Elizabeth for Fritz Thiedemann.

A hint of delicate hand - and the men run... Palm Beach marathon race like crazy. Start to the two day marathon race of Palm Beach. Over 200 motor boats went on the 220-kilometer route. Participants can each vehicle, the special boat to wave homemade, scooter. Main thing to reach for at least 30 km/h. For the winner of the marathon race a kiss from Miss motor boat.

German trotting Derby German trotting Derby in 1954 in Berlin-Mariendorf. 20000 spectators had come to see their favorites win. Shortly after the start, number 9 is Walter Heitmann with "Vielliebchen" in the lead. Behind the United States and Cora T. Then Niekano moves, the Ostzonenkrack to front. But "Vielliebchen" takes you further. Nordstern stepped up the pace and sits next to "Vielliebchen". From the background Cora T. shoots out – but she falls into a gallop; and Sybille and United States keep their second and third place. Until the last meters Heitmann accesses to the whip: and by a clear margin goes Vielliebchen through the target. 31 race career, Walter Heitmann creates his first victory in the German trotting Derby.

Motorcycle racing on the solitude 435000 spectators at the 6th round of the motorcycle World Championship on the solitude near Stuttgart. The four-time world champion Oliver was missing in the sidecar. So, Noll/cron had serious opponent only in her stable companion Schneider/Strauß and the English Smith / Dibben. Noll/cron on BMW won with a new class record of 122.8 kilometers per hour. Start of 250-er machines. Werner Haas and the new world champion of the 125-er class Ruppert immediately Hollhaus is at the top. Wheel to wheel circling Haas and Hollhaus unchallenged. Their lead is growing All the time. They set up a new class record with 136.2 miles per hour. The two NSU riders finish go together. Winner: Werner Haas.

Date of Release:

30.07.1954

Year of Production:

1954

Camera Work:

Hafner, Anton; Starke, Rainer; Essmann; Onasch

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Polygon; Pathé Journal; Jugo Film; Filmindustrie; Metro; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German