Synopsis
1 Hoover in Germany Frankfurt/Main: aircraft will roll out on the airfield. Hoover go down the aircraft stairs, half-close. Welcome address by General Mac Narney, half-close. Hoover goes from the airport in addition to Mac Narney. Berlin: Hoover sits at the negotiating table, half-close. Next to him sits General Clay, half-close. Stuttgart: Total station. Hoover gets out of the train, half-close. Car driving before. Hoover gets out of the car, half-close. Hoover goes into building. Hoover at the negotiating table at a Nutrition Conference.
(33 m 2) England: 1 batch barrel per day aerial photo of shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland. Ship in the dock. Launching. Bow of the ship, great at launching. Workers go on board a vessel, shipyard workers in shipbuilding.
(29 m) 03 Hanover: Veterinary Academy people go and lead horse, totally. Students in the Academy before posting. Students sitting in the Lecture Hall. Students, large, in the lecture hall with white apron. Student in the white gowns with braids around the head, large. Cow in the middle of the classroom next to Professor. Goat with a breathing device. Students while you watch. Horse is fed into the operation machine, strapped down, and turned to the side. Physician of the anesthesia machine. Students in the laboratory.
(40 m) 04 updates soon a. resignation of Secretary of State of James Byrnes, George Marshall new Secretary of State George Marshall stands next to James Byrnes, totally. Before photographers. Marshall and Byrnes, half-close. Last official act of by Byrnes prior to retirement. He receives the Italian Prime Minister de Gasperi in Washington, totally. Byrnes signed peace treaties with the former ally of Germany, close to half. In addition to his Senators Vandenberg and Conally. General Marshall, great.
(21 m) b. Dr. Victor Agartz Dr. Victor Agartz, head of the two zone economic Office in Minden, sits down at his desk and talks big, o-ton: "a first step towards the restoration of economic unity is the Association of the British and American-occupied zone. The Administrative Office for economy has the task to restore this economic unit and to unite the apart living areas. The Administration itself is a stopgap that will make hopefully soon a higher unit, namely a German Central Government, space."
(26 m) c. Vincent Auriol, new President of France, equips first visit from French of honour guard City Hall in Paris on horseback before the Paris town hall with Sabre planting to. Auriol gets out of the car, half-close. Moving into City Hall, burning chandeliers, total. Honor guard, great. Auriol, standing, total.
(27 m) d. Brunswick: Norwegian occupying forces in Germany Norwegian soldiers pick up skis from the ground. Soldier with skis on his shoulder, big. Troops marched from the barracks, totally, with skis on his shoulder. Waving Norwegian flag. Soldiers of skiing.
(14 m) 5th elder son of Ibn Saud in America the Arabian Prince in the Chair sitting, total. Close-up. He says goodbye at the airport by his family. Aerial view of Washington with the Capitol. The Prince's press conference. Close-up.
(26 m) 6th Bielefeld: opening of a book fair by Prime Hynd and Manfred Hausmann Minister Hynd of opening to the lectern and speaks in German language, actuality: "Mr. Mayor, General Bishop, ladies and gentlemen! In Frankfurt with the Minister for the administration of the British zone of Germany I visited repeatedly the zone, to see the Administration at work." Close-up Hynd, speaking. The poet Manfred Hausmann holds the keynote, half-close. Plastic: Two readers. People in the exhibition. Book expenses.
(37 m) 7th United States: shark hunting from the air airship. Man can be down on the plane to bait fish head. The shark in the water, total. The shark fights on the leash. The shark is pulled on the leash out of the water. Aerial view of a street with traffic, shark hangs on the band under airship. Shark is removed on the airfield. Congratulations for the catcher.
(35 m) 08 Winter streiflichter a. North Sea Islands in the ice floes to the North Sea. Fishing boats lying on the ice. Ice cream cones, big.
(25 m) b. Berlin: artist in her home (Celibidache, Hilde Körber, Hans Söhnker) Sergiu Celibidache suggests rug as protection against the cold on window sill, half. He rubs the hands and sits down at the piano. Celibidache before notes, great. Hilde Körber sits with a jacket on the table and works in the room with her two daughters and her son. Daughter pours coffee. Hans Söhnker chop wood in front of the House, totally. He carries firewood to the House.
Flowers under ice, plants are (52 m) c. in pots in the snow. Water spray sprayed them with water that freezes into ice. Frozen plants, wholesale. Gardeners carry plants in greenhouse. Plants drip during thawing.
(28 m) d. Stuttgart: swimming Gala in winter large thermometer. Woman with Hat and fur and girl in a bathing suit before thermometers. Wife shaking head, big. Boy throwing snow balls. Swimmers at the edge of the basin and in the water. Float of Stuttgart Turner Federal jump with a plunge into the water. Crawl. Water polo. Viewers on the edge of the pool. Slapping boys. Woman awarded the winning team price.
(28 m) e. Hamburg: anglers on the river Alster anglers sitting on Chair on the frozen Alster Lake and pulls out the small fish.
(5 m)
Narration
1 Hoover in Germany for the second time within a year came Herbert Hoover in his capacity as head of the American Committee for food aid to Germany. The former President of the United States was received on the Rhine-Main airport in Frankfurt by General McNarney. His journey is studying the nutritional situation, their problems and their solutions.
A Commission of American economic experts was accompanied by Hoover. First meetings in Berlin, in which participated also General Clay was carried out.
A nutritional Conference in Stuttgart followed by a meeting with British authorities and German Government officials in Hamburg.
Explained it when intended, a Hoover to set up two-to three-year nutrition plan with strong support of the American and British Governments.
Hoover will report to President Truman after his return to Washington.
07. England: A launching per day currently UK and Ireland put together over half of all commercial ships in the world.
The shipbuilders of Clydebank in Scotland have this crucial role.
Among other things, the "Queen Mary", the "Queen Elizabeth", the largest passenger ship in the world, and the 45,000 ton battleship "Vanguard", on which the English Royal family recently went to the State visit to South Africa ran here from the stack.
Clydebank had built 1946 hundertunddrei ships, but will provide 630,000 tons tonnage this year.
The record program of British shipbuilding is a launch day for 1947.
Hannover: Animals as patients the Tierärzliche College in Hanover has despite significant war damage resumed full teaching. It was founded in 1778 George the III, King of England by the elector first veterinary University in Germany.
The cow in the Lecture Hall. Anatomy lessons the living model. The Veterinary College is teaching facility and a Research Institute. The scientific findings here are of the utmost importance for the control of animal diseases, for the health and breeding of livestock and for controlling the nutrition of people is measured the respiratory activity of a goat.
The operation of a horse requires special preparations. The horse is in the so-called Vinsot device firmly soared, a kind of enlarged and mainly portable operating table.
The anesthesia mask is atop. The operation can begin.
In a study of nine semesters, the aspiring veterinarians with the anatomy of animals and their diseases are made familiar. At the time, 450 students attend this only Veterinary College in the British zone.
04. updates soon a. Marshall-Byrnes-de Gasperi General George Marshall James Byrnes as Secretary of State of the United States replaced. Shortly before his resignation, for reasons of illness, Byrnes in Washington held meetings with the Italian Prime Minister de Gasperi of Italy's economic problems.
His last official act was the signing of the peace treaties with Germany's former allies, assisted by Senators Vandenberg and Conally. General Marshall takes the lead of the American State Department dedicated to key global political decisions and on the eve of the Moscow Conference.
b. Dr. Agartz, head of the two zone economic Office in Minden is Dr. Viktor Agartz.
The business office operates the fast tarnishing and good functioning of the major productions.
First of all, in particular the raw material production.
To the functioning of his Office, Dr. Agartz explained: (original sound) c. Vincent Auriol, it is tradition that a new President of Frank Empire abstattet his first official visit to the Town Hall of Paris. Auriol is received after his election to the head of State of the fourth French Republic by the authorities of the city.
His entrance into the Town Hall takes place in solemn framework.
Auriol has been Chairman of the National Assembly.
He was arrested during the German occupation of France, escaped but later on the plane to London.
d. Norwegian occupying forces in Germany in the occupation of Germany participate now Norwegian troops. The first associations, occupied their stand in the vicinity of Braunschweig recently. The area offers A lot training the Norwegian troops. Skiing is on its daily service schedule at the top.
05. exotic State visit eldest son King Ibn Saud followed by President of Truman to get an invitation to meetings to Washington. Saudi Arabia is a key position of the Middle East politically and economically.
In Dharhan, the Prince adopted by his brother and his sons. He and his entourage used an American Government plane for the trip.
Arrival of Washington. In the middle of the Capitol.
A press conference launching the stay in the German capital.
The Arab Crown Prince spent three weeks in America and studied the facilities, people and habits of the new world interested.
Bielefeld: German books from four zones in the Oetker-Halle in Bielefeld was held the first German book fair of all four zones. Prime Minister Hynd, the head of the British control Office for Germany and Austria, gave the opening speech - in German language -.
(Original sound)
After the speech by Minister Hynd, the poet Manfred Hausmann on behalf of the German authors gave the ceremonial speech.
The exhibition "German book creation" gives an overview of the large and significant in every sense production in all four zones since World War II.
There is already 320 German publishing companies. You have issued 4,000 books and 120 magazines at the Bielefeld show.
Special show representative literature of abroad and the German emigration. One of the most positive and most interesting exhibitions of the post-war period.
07. to hunt sharks occasionally from the air ship shark hunting from the air on the coast of Florida.
It is doing so to speak about the situation - or rather it flies slowly over the hunting grounds and as the best overview.
Ah... Customers!
And it crunches also...
The great tug of war begins.
For the Anglers of the airship, the slogan is now called: quiet ride, line feed, up.
The change from the sea to the air is less easy to digest for the shark.
With waving prey above the streets of the big city.
And next to the airfield where the country team initially holds the shark, then the airship.
A big guy - heavy 2 1/2 hundredweight, over 2 meters long and... completely from the air attack.
08 Winter streiflichter: a. Theme of the week in the ice these North Sea Islands was of unrelentingly persistent frost.
As a result of the recent severe cold spell, the North Sea is frozen to 35 kilometers. All North Sea Islands are cut off from the Mainland. Everywhere a rugged polar landscape stretches.
The water is so shallow that no ice Crusher can be used.
The supply of the Islands with food, fuel and mail falters almost entirely. Flyer of the British air forces have helped in the most urgent cases by launching essential things.
Since 1900, this is the fifth time that each ferry service had to be adjusted.
b. celebrities in Berlin, a formerly popular theme, "Artists in their home", has experienced a contemporary transformation this winter.
The conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Sergiu Celebidache E.g. must seal the window of his room, patched with cardboard first, before it can begin work on the score. Hilde Körber is happy to be able to heat at least a small room of her apartment somewhat. With their three children lives and works here as actress, writer, City Council and... Housewife.
The actor Hans Söhnker lives in the garage of his destroyed home in Zehlendorf. If he wants to have a warm room, he must hack into his wood - and also that needs to be learned.
The star-his today are also domestic Tilente and an interaction with distributed roles under the direction of the winter.
c. flowers under ice for the most helpless victims of the winter the company Mythili in Hannover has developed an interesting new technique, to plants to protect against frost.
Flowers and vegetables are showered with water vacuum at temperatures below zero through nozzles. With a thin layer of ice forming on the plant. Between plant and ice but has an insulating and protective layer of air. So, the plants survive sharp Frost, without taking damage, sheltered in the warming ice tanks.
The procedure allows the growing of vegetables and flowers in the spring to three to four weeks to move forward and to extend in the fall to four to six weeks.
In the greenhouse the plants be thawed again - a thriving awakening from icy slumber.
d. swimming Gala in the winter and even a new invention, which gave rise to the Arctic Winter 1947, Hallenschwimmen under the open sky.
You start a snow ball hail from the frozen edge of the basin and warms up during the competition in the water thoroughly.
So it kept anyway, the swimming Department of Stuttgart Turner federal, which handled a sports festival of the ceaseless destroyed Spa from Cannstatt.
There were season struggles and be frozen spectators, a water ball game and A few mild runny nose.
This new type of winter sport was under the motto: water is wet most of the time - and sometimes even hot. To conclude: a prize for the winning team that is waterproof and weatherproof.
e. anglers in Hamburg well, what's this?
That is: the frozen Alster in Hamburg, and... an optimist.
If he does what?
Na so.
Although not a shark, but after all.
Narration (English)
01. Hoover in Germany
For the second time in a year Herbert Hoover visited Germany as director of the American food mission. The former President of the U.S. was received by General McNarney at Rhein-Main airfield near Frankfurt. His visit concerns the food problem and its solution.
Hoover was accompanied by an American commission of economic experts. Discussions were held in Berlin in which General Clay participated. After a meeting in Hamburg with British officials and German representatives of the Government, another food conference followed in Stuttgart.
Hoover hopes to establish a two-to-three year support plan with help of the U.S. and British Governments. After his return Hoover will report to President Trumen in Washington.
02. England:
A ship a day
At present Great Britain and Ireland together build 50% of all the merchant ships in the world.
The dockyards of Clydebank in Scotland have decisive part.
Here were launched the "Queen Mary", the "Queen Elizabeth", the world's largest passenger vessel, the 45.000 ton battleship "Vanguard", which recently brought the British royal family for a state visit to South Africa.
In 1946 Clydebank built 103 ships, and is going to increase this year's production to 630.000 tons.
The British program for 1947 means one launching a day.
03. Hannover:
Animal Hospital
In spite of considerable war damage the Veterinary College in Hannover has resumed full operation. Established in 1778 by Kurfürst George III., King of England, it was the first veterinary school in Germany. Anatomy from the living model. The veterinary school is at the same time an academy and a research institute. The scientific findings re of the highest importance for fighting animal epidemics and the breeding of animals. Here the breathing of a goat is studied.
An operation on a horse needs special preparation. The horse is fastened in the "Vinsot" device, a kind of a huge movable operation-table.
The horse is aneasthetized and the operation can begin.
In a study period of nine terms the veterinary surgeons are taught anatomy and diseases of the animals. At present 450 students attend the only Veterinary College in the British Zone.
04. News Briefs
a. Marshall - Byrnes - de Gasperi
General George Marshall succeeds James Byrnes as U.S. Secretary of State.
Short before his resignation for reasons of health Byrnes had discussions with the Italian prime-minister de Gasperi dealing with the economic problems of Italy. His last official act was the signing of the peace-treaties with Germany's former allies, assisted by Senator Vandenberg and Connally.
General Marshall takes over the American State Department at a time of important world-decisions and on the eve of the Moscow conferences.
b. Dr. Agartz
The director of the bi-zonal Economic Office in Minden is Dr. Victor Agartz.
The Economic office is striving for a quick start and the smooth functioning of essential production, especially the production of raw-materials.
Describing the activities of his office, Dr. Agartz, says:
(original sound).
c. Vincent Auriol
There is an old tradition that a new president of France pays his first official visit to the City Hall in Paris.
After his election as President of the fourth French Republic Auriol is received by the representatives of the city.
His entering the City-Hall is a festive event. Formerly Auriol was chairman of the National Convention. During the German occupation of France he was arrested, bur succeeded in escaping by plane to London in October 1943.
d. Norwegian Occupation Forces in Germany
Norwegian troops have arrived to help in the occupation of Germany.
The first units recently took up quarters near Braunschweig.
The terrain is good for training, and skiing comes first in the daily schedule.
05. An exotic State visit
The eldest son of King Ibn Saud accepts an invitation from President Truman to attend discussions in Washington.
Saudi Arabia is a Political and economic key-position in the Middle East.
InDharhan the Prince takes leave of his brother and his sons. He travels in an American government plane.
Arrival over Washington. In the centre, the Capitol.
A press conference opens the visit in the federal metropolis.
The Arabian Crown Prince stayed in America for 3 weeks and studied the establishments, people and habits of the New World.
06. Bielefeld:
German books from four Zones
The Oetker-Hall in Bielefeld was the scene of the first German four-zonal book exhibition.
Minister of State Hynd, Director of the British Control Office for Germany and Austria, made the speech of inauguration in German:
(original sound).
After Hynd the poet Manfred Hausman spoke in the name of the German authors.
The exhibition "Deutsches Buchschaffen" gives a survey on the large and in every sense important production of new books in all Zones since the war's end.
There are already 320 publishing establishments, which participated in Bielefeld with 4.000 books and 120 magazines.
Special arrangements show representative books from abroad and from the German emigrees, one of the most positive and interesting shows of post-war Germany.
07. Shark fishing in the sky
Off the shores of Florida shark fishing is some times done by airship. You drive slowly across the fishing-grounds and thus have the best sight.
Ah ... a customer! And he takes the bait ...
The tug of war begins. The air-Ship angler has now to play the fish and bring in the fishing-line. The change from the water into the air is not beneficial for the shark.
Over the streets of the city, and on to the airfield, where first the shark and then the ship is landed.
A capital fish - weighing 2 and 1/2 hundred-weight and more than 2 meters long.
08. Wintry News-Flashes
a. North Sea
The theme of the week was the stubborn persistant frost.
In consequence of the heavy cold the North Sea was iced up 35 kilometers off the shore. All North Sea islands are cut off from the continent. Everywhere extends a wild, fissured polar- landscape. The water-level is so low that the ice-breakers cannot be used.
Supplies to the islands of food, fuel and mail were almost completely stopped. In the most urgent cases the British Airforce brought relief by dropping vital goods.
It is the 5th time since 1900 that navigation had been entirely stopped.
b. Prominent Berliners
Formerly a popular theme "Artists in their Home", this subject has now a different aspect.
The conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Sergiu Celebidache, for instance, has first to seal up the windows of his room before he can start working at his score.
Hilde Körber is glad to get at least on room of her apartment heated. Together with her three children she lives and works here as actress, writer, town-councillor, and housewife.
The movie-actor Hans Söhnker lives in the garage of his destroyed house in Zehlendorf. Who wants a heated room must cut wood.
To be a star to-day you also have to have domestic talents and play different roles, under the director of King Winter.
c. Flowers under ice
For the most helpless victims of the winter, the firm of Tegtmeier, Hannover, has found an interesting new method of preserving plants from frost. Flowers and vegetables are spattered with water-Spray at temperatures below zero.
Thin ice covers the flower, and between the plant and the ice rests an insulating quantity of air. Thus the plant can stand severest frost without damage.
By this method the growing period of vegetables and flowers can be advanced up to three of four weeks in spring and pro[...]onged in autumn for four to six weeks.
In the greenhouse the flowers are thawed - a blooming awakening from icy sleep.
d. Swimming contest in winter
Another new thrill which the arctic winter of 1947 brought forth: swimming in the open air. Pelted with snow-balls they jump from the icy air into the basin and become warm during the contest.
So the swimming club of the "Stuttgart Turnerbund" held a water festival in the damaged baths of Cannstadt.
There wererelay-races and cold spectators, water-polo and some catarrhs.
Finally a prize of honour for the water-and weather-proof winning party.
e. Angler in Hamburg
Hey, What's this?
This is the iced up Alster river and - an optimist.
Will he catch a fish?
Well, there he is - - no shark - - but anyhow ...
Persons in the Film
Agartz ; Auriol, Vincent ; Byrnes, James ; Celebidache, Sergiu ; Clay, Lucius D. ; Conally ; Gaspery de, Alcide ; Hausmann, Manfred ; Hoover, Herbert ; Hynd ; Körber, Hilde ; MacNarney ; Marshall, George ; Söhnker, Hans ; Vandenberg
Places
Stuttgart ; Bielefeld ; Braunschweig ; United States ; Hamburg ; Frankfurt ; Hanover ; Washington ; Paris ; Scotland ; Minden ; Berlin ; North Sea
Topics
Sachindex Wochenschauen ; Libraries ; Books ; Railways ; Higher education ; cameramen, cameramen ; Flags ; fishing ; Women, mothers ; Pacts ; Plants ; Political events ; Press, press conferences ; Shipping ; Swimming ; Spoprt-Ehrungen ; sports audience, sports spectator ; 99.412 Deutsche week show GmbH: State visits (outside) ; Cities ; Search ; Animals (except dogs) ; animal welfare, animal welfare ; Buildings ; automotive engineering, automotive ; Cultural events ; People ; Military ; Contracts ; Winter ; Economy ; Flugzeugwesen, Flugwesen ; Jobs ; aerial photographs ; Exhibitions ; Crew ; Japan ; Military ; Sports honors ; aftermath of war
Type
Newsreel (G)
Genre
Periodicals
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