Neue Deutsche Wochenschau 302/1955 11.11.1955

01 Addis Abeba: to a Coptic mass, which is celebrated by the country's highest cleric 25th anniversary Emperor Haile Selassie Haile Selassie and Empress. Haile Selassie kneels. Haile Selassie goes to fair to State car. Negro band playing. Conductor of the military band conducted lively. Coronation train crosses the city with carriage and soldiers. Banquet at the Imperial Palace with dignitaries of the country and diplomats. Haile Selassie and woman on throne and watch the dancing. The next day, driving Haile Selassie in horse-drawn carriage to Parliament and signed the new Constitution. The document is sealed. Haile Selassie on balcony. Jubilation of the population.
(65 m) 02. Cairo: State visit by Prince Abdullah El Faisal, Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Abdullah walks out front of the stand. Military parade. Equestrian troops. Military vehicles, infantry. Completion of a mutual Defense Pact between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Equestrian Games.
(17 m) 03. Madrid: John Foster Dulles visited Franco Dulles and Franco in the conversation. Handshake. Dulles left the Palace.
(10 m) 04 United States: meeting of 3 denominations on the grounds of Brandeis University a Protestant, a Catholic and a Jewish Chapel stand side by side. Interiors of the churches. Character of religious tolerance.
(15 m) 05. Hamburg: roof work at the Tower of St. Peter's Church roofers hangs on pulley at his work in a lofty heights on the tower to the repair of war-damaged Kuperdachs. Look down. Passers-by look up.
(18 m) 06. Wien: glittering premiere in the new opera with Beethoven's Fidelio magnificent dome and ranks of the Opera after 11jährigem reconstruction. Arrival of the guests of honor of Paula Wessely and Attila Hörbiger, daughter of Toscanini, singer Lotte Lehmann, painter Oskar Kokoschka, Chancellor Raab, President grains, Clare Booth Luce, U.S. Ambassadors in Italy. Scene snippet Fidelio and finale. Curtain closes. Actor to enter before the curtain. Clapping.
(48 m) 07. Hungary: game gymnastics in a kindergarten little children in gymnastics in the open air. You balance via bank. Wheelbarrow driving on the hands and basketball game boys against girls.
(30 m) 08 Dortmund: Gerhard Hecht, European champion in light heavyweight, usage very committed points of both boxers, audience faces, defeated Heinz Neuhaus, German Champion in the heavyweight division, big, full of excitement. In the first round his boxes which Neuhaus advantages. Gong beat. But Pike shows up as the better technician and boxer of the better condition, so that he has point advantages at the end of the fight after 12 rounds. Brackets. Referee separates. Gerhard Hecht with laurel wreath next to Heinz Neuhaus.
(35 m) 09 Pardubice: steeplechase (quite falls and cruel) horses plunge over the obstacle. The Taxus hedge get only 4 of 20 horses without falling over the obstacle. Jockeys climb again. Further ride. Refusal before the Irish wall. Falls in the moat. Horses go to its knees when landing. Riders will be dropped. Winning horse furiously drenched sweat after the race.
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Title: 25th year of the reign of Haile Selassie camera: Rau, reason Saudi Arab. State visit i. Egypt origin: Misr Dulles at Franco origin: No.-do 3-sectarian chapels origin: Metro repairs to the St. Peter's Church camera: Pahl opening the Vienna Opera origin: Austria children's gymnastics origin: Hungary sports: Boxing: Pike-Neuhaus camera: Essmann, strong obstacle riding origin: Czech Republic final

Anniversary of Emperor of Ethiopia in festive garb. The oldest Christian Empire of the world celebrated the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I. In the St. George's Cathedral, where 25 years ago, the ruler was crowned, a Coptic mass was celebrated. After the ceremony, the coronation procession through the streets of the capital are moving. Gibbi, the Imperial Palace, a fixed banquet with all Ethiopian dignitaries held in the evening, with the diplomats and members of the imperial family. The ball brought together the tips of the company of Addis Abeba at night. The next day, Emperor Haile Selassie went into the Parliament. In the throne room undersigned of the ruler of the new Ethiopian Constitution. It is a significant turning point in the country's 3000-jährigen history.

Cairo: Prince Abdullah el-Feisal, Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, came on a State visit to Cairo. After the signing of the Syrian Egyptian military alliance, now also a mutual assistance pact was signed between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. A Pact, which is when the burning problem of Palestine of increased importance.

Madrid: Spain in the play of forces. America's Secretary of State Dulles paid a lightning visit leader Franco during one of the Geneva Conference breaks. In conversation, the Spanish American cooperation was emphasized.

United States: A Protestant, a Catholic and a Jewish Chapel were next to each other on the grounds of American Brandeis University. - the Protestant Chapel. - the Catholic Church.-the House of the God of the Jewish community. The harmony of this community is a living testament to religious tolerance.

Hamburg: Roofers have it hard. Mr. Neumann has chosen now a particularly difficult object for his work: the 120 m high tower of Peter's Church, Hamburg. We must eliminate the war damage to the copper jacket of the tower. High above the rooftops of the city, only to a pulley hanging, so the necessary repairs are required. A truly artistic performance.

Vienna: the reopening of the Opera became the most important cultural event of the year. Among the prominent guests from all over the world: The daughter of Toscanini-famous singer Lotte Lehmann. - the painter Oskar Kokoschka. - Chancellor Raab. - President grains. - Cläre Booth Luce, America's Ambassador to Italy. Beethoven's Opera "Fidelio" was performed in the festive room. The grand finale.

Education of sports gymnastics lessons in a kindergarten of the Hungarian city Szeged. Weight must be; even if some keep them for unnecessary and annoying. But then, it is already interesting. Firmly and unerringly the education of sports go their difficult way. The best part of an hour but is the basketball games. Play boys against girls; and in the footsteps of the famous Harlem Globetrotters trot kids on the field. After the girls, even the boys get their basket; and so we will never know what actually is the stronger sex.

The fight of the year for the fight of the year was the meeting between the European champion in light heavyweight Gerhard Hecht and the German heavyweight champion Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund. The first rounds see the 40 pounds of heavier Neuhaus clearly at an advantage. The heavyweight champion with wild blow series attempts to wear down his opponent. But Pike proves again a [...] his great fighting spirit. The longer the fight lasts, Gerhard Hecht is the better. He can avoid the heavy metal, which are meant to him, and he meets himself quickly and accurately. With his left hand, he collects the decisive points. After 12 rounds of heavyweight champion did it, what brought before him only Max Schmeling and Adolf Heuser ready: with a tight victory, Gerhard Hecht is German champion of all classes.

This year race of sensations was the famous Czechoslovak steeplechase in Pardubice to a race of sensations. Four of the 20 horses reach over the dreaded Taxus hedge without falling. Next stop of the falls; the "Irish Bank". Yet the Russian Stallion keeps the top Nefrit furious and Brouk. The moat is Nefrit that ended race also for the favorite. The Slovak horse chasing furiously past him. By a clear margin WINS furiously under the Jockey Cajda this most serious obstacle race of the European continent.

Date of Release:

11.11.1955

Year of Production:

1955

Camera Work:

Grund; Pahl, Georg; Rau, Kurt; Starke, Rainer; Essmann

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Austria; No-Do; Misr; Metro

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German