Welt im Bild 81/1954 12.01.1954

01 grounding of the Greek tanker Leros in the Elbe estuary the stranded ship on the Scharnhorst Horn reef. Surf flooded the ship. Captain and five crew members on board. Pump pump water out of the ship. Salvage tug of the Bugsier company To try to make the tanker afloat. People waving on arrival at Cuxhaven. Mooring. Laughing captain and sailor, great.

02. Washington: Eisenhower reads the State of Union speaks before Congress, Eisenhower lectern. Vice President Nixon sits behind him. Members of both houses clap.

03. Heuss reveals 1 Berlin milestone on the route Frankfurt-Cologne Heuss immediately next to Carlo Schmid. Soldiers present rifle. Milestone with the kilometer number 650 and Berliner Bär. Photographers. Kühne & Nagel truck passes by in the background. Police officer holds up the stop sign. VW holds. Cars must due solemnity were. Truck driver receives a miniature milestone as a gift. Driver thanks police officer.

04. world travel Elizabeth II. New Zealand: the Maori tribal chief welcomes Elizabeht II. with dance. Maori singing women and dancing. Ornate carvings. Indigenous peoples heads with out stretched tongue. Maori war dance and sticking out tongue.

05. Schloß Mittersill / Austria: King Faruk holiday Castle Mittersil in snow-covered mountains. Reporters at Castle gate. Faruk is surrounded by ladies in front of Castle welcomes Lady with a kiss on the hand. Hunting trophy. Deer's head.

06. Italy: Factory for the manufacture of powder puffs 2 swans swim, big. In factory, pieces are cut from Swan feathers for the manufacture of powder puffs. The fluffy workpieces women. Sewing machine. Packaging of powder puffs.

07. Frankfurt: International dance competition of amateur couples dancing the Waltz. Elegant spectator. Couples dance Foxtrot. Winning pair. Dr. Wolf and wife pouring out. The couple Wolf Dance Foxtrot.

08 ski race in Grindelwald: cross-country skiing women's start by runners. For the first time start Russian runners in Western Europe. 5 Russians start and occupy the first 5 places. Hanni Gehring / Germany at the start of and during the run. You occupied as best German place 9 run the Russian champion Valentina Tsareva, no. 12 transparent with inscription Ovolmatine. As spectator Queen Juliana von Holland with headscarf. Russian athlete photographed Queen Juliana.

09 ski race in Wengen: men's slalom skier at the start and run. No. 16, Hans Forrer / Switzerland, on the slopes. No. 10, Christel Pravda / Austria, is 4 run through the goal. Runner gets caught in the doors. Fall. No. 11 Toni spit. Austria WINS. Close-up Toni spit.

10 Milwaukee: Hein Ten Hoff loses against Dan Bucceroni points beat change. Careful palpation. Ten Hoff is in the void. Bara is superior to the 34-year-old Ten Hoff in speed and responsiveness. In the course of the battle, Ten Hoff looks tired and must accept the results. Ten Hoff is hard posted staggering in the ring in the 10th round. Bara finds the decision. Ten Hoff must accept heavy hits, lurching clings to his opponent, maintains itself but and fight further. With the last strength, Ten Hoff comes over time. Bara as a clear winner in the ring.

Initial brand salvage of the 'Leros' camera: Luppa, Luppa world Eisenhower on the US Congress origin: Metro first Berlin milestone Queen in New Zealand origin: Pathe news world women to Faruk origin: Austria factory for powder puffs origin: iNcom int. Amateur dance contest. Frankfurt camera: strong, p sport ski runners in the Grindelwald camera: Hafner, Cook men's slalom in Wengen camera: Obeng boxes: ten Hoff Bara origin: paramount end brand

The struggle of the Leros five days and five nights took the desperate struggle of the Greek tanker 'Leros', who was stranded in the Elbe estuary on the Coulter Horn reef.
With strong side put the ship into the dreaded grinding sand and threatened to break apart under the impact of the waves. Captain Papageorgio remained with five of his followers aboard. Tirelessly working the pumps. The "Leros" tanker had loaded oil and one hundred hours Cuxhaven was below the Albdruck of the oil spill in the waters of the North Sea resort. At the last minute, the Yankees succeeded deep-sea tugs of the Bugsier Reederei. 12 000 HP dragged the 5000-tonne by the reef. In Cuxhaven, a happy population welcomed the successful rescue and a defuse captain.

From all over the world: The rate for 1954 before both houses of the US Congress, President Eisenhower made the traditional State of the Union message for the year 54. Eisenhower campaigned for an intensive fight against of Communist activities in the States and announced that his Government was determined to maintain the American initiative in the East-West conflict in the future.

Roadmap unveiled the first Berlin milestone with the kilometer number 650 Berlin German President Heuss in a ceremony on the motorway Cologne-Frankfurt. The stone with the Berlin coat of arms of Renée Sintenis is a sign of constant solidarity with the former imperial capital. The drivers who had to wait during the ceremony, were a milestone in miniature, filled with crunchy commemorating this event.

War dance before the Queen with a religious ceremony received Queen Elisabeth in Waitangi of a Chief of the Maoris. Then the natives showed the old dances and games their ancestors of the island. Highlight of the folk festival was a wild war dance of the tribesmen to Faruk women at Schloß Mittersill in Austria the reporter waiting for a guest. With the telephoto lens, they discovered Faruk, who enjoys the modest holiday pleasures of Exkönigs in Salzburg. Lately, he has become pretty slim so strong man of the Nile.

For the Lady these swans, ladies, leave everything For you the springs and the life. Because in the flaumenbedeckten Swan skin lies a secret of beauty: the powder puff. It is worked by hand and sewn with the machine. A daily production of 1000 tassels means the death of forty swans. Now we know certainly: the wife decorates itself with borrowed plumes or with other fluff.

Ball of the Nations international dance competition of amateurs in Frankfurt am Main. A selected audience witnessed an exhilarating ball night. In addition to the immortal "Viennese Waltz", the Foxtrot was high in the course. The charming jury awarded to Dr. Wolf and wife pouring out the tournament victory. Then, the master pair showed the dance of that night, a Foxtrot, as a dancer to dance it.

Sport of the week: ski race in the international women's ski race in the Grindelwald Grindelwald, Switzerland. At the start of the cross country skiing 10 km a particularly strong contingent from the Soviet Union. The Russians deal with the long distance in powerful style. At this rate, no Europeans keeps pace. A sensation is looming. Number 9, the Russian Maslennikova, was second. Best Deutsche was Hanni Gehring, number 11, on the 9th.
And here the energetic run by Valentina Tsareva, which struck the entire elite of the field with a lead of 6 min. The women from the USSR took a quintuple victory on this day and for the family album with a snapshot of Queen Juliane home.

Against the elite of the world in Wengen, the best in the world for the men's slalom met on the Lauberhorn. The acrobats of the gate through the winding Rod wood go into frenzied journey. Number 16, Hans Forrer, Switzerland. Number 10, the Austrian Christel Pravda chases after a terrific run as a fourth place finish. The murderous route is peppered with gates. Each fall is dangerous, because this is about one-tenth seconds. And that's the unleashed victory run by Toni Spiss. 52 seconds was the fastest man of the day. Winner in the men's slalom: Toni Spiss, Austria.

Auditorium in Milwaukee lost as Hein ten Hoff. We show: ten Hoff against Dan Bucceroni. The long Grove fights against the fourth-best Boxer in the world.
At the beginning of ten Hoff cuts a good figure, but the American is faster. He infiltrated the long straights of the Germans and when ten Hoff comes through once, then it is not a pepper in the fists.
Bara seeks half distance and again he tried the effective school of the beat. Hein A lot but Not yet enough has learned ten Hoff,. Non-stop Bucceronis drum short hooks on the head and body. The long Grove is tired and goes into the clinch. But his aggressiveness is undiminished. Again and again he goes forward. Seventh round. The minutes are counted. Bara is on the left. Once. Twice. In quick succession. The German teetering. Once again the rights. Ten Hoff is groggy.
Bara fightet bitterly. With hanging arms, Hein becomes the pawn of two tough fists. On this barrage, he knows no reply. The tenth round brings him close to the k.o.
But ten Hoff remains on the legs. With extraordinary bravery, he turns to the fight and Bara storms ten Hoff inexorably against the Colossus of Germany.
Final gong. That was The end. Hein ten Hoff endured a great fight. Bara superior won on points.

Date of Release:

12.01.1954

Year of Production:

1954

Camera Work:

Hafner, Anton; Luppa; Starke, Rainer; Koch; Onasch; Pankau

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Allianz-Film GmbH

Source Foreign Material:

Austria; Incom; Paramount; Metro; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German