Neue Deutsche Wochenschau 307/1955 16.12.1955

01 Friedland: returning from the Soviet Union train arriving at the station of Herleshausen. Former prisoners of war and civilian internees are welcomed. Red Cross nurses serve drinks. People hold up signs of missing persons. Friedland, a returning for all to receive thanks.
(33 m 2) Frankfurt: German and American rescue troops are looking for people gas explosion in a 5stöckigen House in the rubble of a collapsed House. Death carried off on stretchers. 27 people were killed.
(24 m) 03 Bonn: visit by Erich Ollenhauer road sign John Müller Street, House No. of 14 Chow Chow sits outside the front door. Car ancestor. Ollenhauer gets out and goes to his house. The Chow Chow is his master. Ollenhauer press push button and enters the House. Ollenhauer sits at his desk and works. On the wall image by Kurt Schumacher. Ollenhauer kindling pipe and plays Gin with his wife.
(30 m) 04. Paris: Composer Arthur Honegger + the composer Arthur Honegger died at the age of 63. Arthur Honegger with baton as conductor of the Orchestra. Film music for driving a locomotive. Log wheel drive the locomotive itself. Soft, Rails, driving scenes. Entrance to stadium and stop. Arthur Honegger with baton, great.
(44 m) 05. Ethiopia: Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard in Addis Abeba in the German legation characterized Erhard high ministerial order. Cocktail reception with ladies. Before the departure, German emigrants Erhard present a painted carpet with religious motifs.
(22 m) 06. India: pilgrimage of the Hindus to the Ganges for Hindus on cars and elephants on the way to the Ganges. Crowd on the banks of the Ganges. Wash inside of sins in the river. Cows are carried in the water. Carousel wheel is turned.
(18 m) 7th Indochina: fight the drug opium opium smokers. In Saigon, seized opium and pornographic literature is burned.
(16 m) 08. Ludwigsburg: Choice of sportsman of the year by the sports press honoring the most popular sportsman: 1 Hans Günter Winkler is sportsman of the year (ride on Halla) 2 Gerhard Hecht (boxing match against Heinz Neuhaus) 3 Heinz Fütterer (run 200 metres in 20.6 seconds = European record) 4 H. P. Müller (motorcycle world champion in the race) 5. Helene Kienzle (roller skating world champion) (24 m) 9th Würzburg: table tennis Germany - Austria finals women's double: Linde Walsh - Rumper / Fritzi Lauber, Austria defeat Hanne sleep/Uschi Fiedler, Germany. Men's final: Conny Freundorfer beat Wakaluk / Austria.
(32 m) 10 Dortmund: boxing lightweight: Karl Heinz Bick defeated Gerd Müller after points and will be the German Champion beat change. In round 6, Müller must first to the ground. Bick boxes with hard strokes superior. Müller must once again to the ground, and will be hard pressed. Karl Heinz Bick WINS by a clear point margin and is embraced by his coach.
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Title: Returnees transport camera: powerful explosion in Frankfurt camera: menschl strong Ollenhauer. seen camera: Essmann Honegger + origin: Gaumont, Pathé journal Ehrhard in Addis Abeba camera: Seib Ganges-Baden origin: Pathe news fight against opium origin: Metro, Gaumont sports: athletes award of the year camera: strong table tennis: Deutschld.-Austria camera: Rau boxes: Bick-Müller camera: Essmann, basic final

Friedland: Finally reopen the returning transports. The first major group in the zone border Herleshausen arrived after a two-month break. Except for former soldiers are also many civilian internees. That was enough for many years: the contents of two small suitcases... It continues to Friedland of Herleshausen. And again the signs of lasting hope protrude visibly. A returning thanked on behalf of the other for receiving. After years behind barbed wire, they now face their most beautiful Christmas.

Frankfurt: a five-storey residential building in Frankfurt looked like after a hit by bombs. An explosion had destroyed the building from the ground up. German and American rescue teams worked together to recover residents torn in the sleep of life. Preliminary investigation results found inflammation of Gas-Luft-Gemisches as a cause in the basement. 27 people were recovered dead. Bonn: The leader of the parliamentary opposition quite private. We visited Erich Ollenhauer in Bonn. Eagerly his Shou Shou is waiting, that master of the exhausting day work from home comes. The first greeting is only short. Soon the 55-year-old sits back on his desk. Because there is little free time for the man who has taken serious and responsible succeeding of Dr. Kurt Schumacher. But then comes the too scarce leisure hour, his wife and friend Blacky have waited all day At last. And a gin game two of recreation for the politician Ollenhauer and joy of togetherness for the husband makes.

Paris: Arthur Honegger, one of the most important composers of our time, died at the age of 63. He wrote also soundtracks of unusual Suggostiv force.

Ethiopia: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Erhard was on an official visit in Addis Abeba. In the building of the German Embassy were Minister Bitewoded Makonnen Endalkatohew and 3 Ministers of his Government with high order awarded-the journey of the Minister of the economy proved the interest the Federal Republic to the economic development and progress of Ethiopia. Before his departure, old German Ethiopians living 30 years in Addis Abeba in part, Prof. Erhard goodbye handed over a painted coat is shown on the daily life of the inhabitants.

India: The Ganges, the Holy. Power, was the pilgrimage destination for thousands of Hindus. From all parts of the country, they came into the water to wash from all sins. The animals are also bathed as the equivalent part of the universe. Devotion and happy companionship combines the power, which gives all life according to the Hindu belief.

Indo-China: Opium: terrible vices, which unnerved the addict under the mask of flowering dreams destroyed. In Indochina, the Government leads a merciless struggle against the insidious drug. In Saigon, seized smoking material is publicly burned; and a pornographic literature is experiencing The same well-deserved fate.

The sportsman of the year voted for tribute to the master of the sports journalists. No. 1 is H. G. Winkler, who became world champion of show jumping rider for the second time. Gerhard Hecht came in 2nd place. He was German Champion in the fight against Neuhaus. Heinz Fütterer was 3 for his European record time [...] 20.6 seconds in the 200 metres. 4. was H. P. mü motorcycle world champion [...]He and 5, in the most successful woman: roller skating world champion Helene Kienzle.

International table tennis competition table tennis elite from Germany and Austria met in Würzburg to 50 country battle. The German women were as expected 2: 3. surprising was her success in doubles. Sleep and Uschi Fiedler defeated Hanne Linde Walsh Rumpler and Fritzi Lauber in 3 sets. The Germans dominated the men's. Conny Freundorfer) slacks) was the best of the Länderkampfs. Also by the Austrian Wakaluk, Fatin settled not to take the victory. 21:14 21:17 won Freundorfer. In the international competition of men, Germany won 5: 2 points.

The lightweights box speakers as high school of self defense: you can see it anyway, the faster and more elegant light weight classes. (Black pants) and Gerd Müller fight for the free title in the lightweight Division in Dortmund Karlheinz Bick. After 6 laps, Bick marches inexorably on the victory road. Bick shows up as champion in the counter. The attacks by Müller land mostly on the cover. The 12th and final round looks hopelessly inferior Müller. In series he's taking a severe hit. With this clear victory, Karlheinz Bick is new German Champion in the middleweight division.

Date of Release:

16.12.1955

Year of Production:

1955

Camera Work:

Grund; Rau, Kurt; Seib, Gerhard; Starke, Rainer; Essmann

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Pathé Journal; Gaumont; Metro; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German