Welt im Film 219/1949 08.08.1949

01 updates soon a. funeral ceremony for victims of the air bridge English, French and American flag colours. Ceremony at the airfield Fassberg. Honor parade in front of senior officers of the occupying powers.
(22 m) b. Switzerland: tennis Drobný - Caldwell close-up Drobny and Caldwell. Game. Both players go back to Prague, to play ban against German players.
(9 m) c. England: start of the election campaign Churchill responds, great sports place Wolverhampton at the beginning of the election campaign, actuality. "The difference between socialism, communism is not one of principle or theory. It is a difference of methods. The socialists assume their aims by constitutional methods. The communists, on the other hand, are the lackeys and tools of a foreign power, seeking the ruin of Britain and its subordination to the of the obligarchy in Moscow decrees."
(29 m) 2 Munich: German canoeing Championships tent city around the Starnberger See. Eating outdoors. Canoe athletes carry boats to water. Start of one. It wins Helmut Noller, Mannheim. Noller, great in the boat. Race the two kayakers. It defeats Becker/Soltau, Hamburg. Race the 4 canoes. The win is the Essen peregrine falcons.
(48 m) 03 Berlin streiflichter a. to buy East West market in Wannsee East residents on the market for Deutschmarks Western goods. Stands. Price tags in Eastern or Western currency. Sale of herring. Bills in a drawer.
(32 m) b. Berlin holiday, children play in the sand at the Potsdamer Platz between debris houses in underground car parks with water fully expired. Blasted bunkers in the Tiergarten. Children climbing on the bunker and bask in the glow.
(34 m) 04. Munich: European tour of the American student choir of the Yale University students go on the stage. Students sing an Alpine YODEL. Conductor, great. Singer, great. Original sound.
(33 m) 5th America: missile on exploration (exploration of cosmic radiation) rising rocket. Instruments for measurements are incorporated into rocket. Missile launch. Men control instruments. (33 m) 6th Westerland: fashion show at the Beach Spa concert on the beach. Beach full of beach chairs. Mannequins show off long summer dresses. Three quarter pants. Long robe and striped swimsuit. Colorful printed Beach shirt. Girl running into the water.
(48 m) 07. August 14: voters choose!
People ride on car and drive ballot. Election posters KPD at home. SPD election poster. People walk behind option screens. Dr. Kurt Schumacher speaks sitting at the desk, original sound. "The West German Federal Republic should be suitable to form the Foundation of the German single handle. She should To give the Germans the opportunity, to be equivalent part in a reorganized Europe." Professor Heuss speaks Konrad Adenauer on the desk at the desk, great, big, speaks, original sound. "On August 14, any At home can go stay, all you have to the ballot box." Ballot papers are distributed from the ballot box. Federal flag is hoisted, great.
(31 m)

Special service: to the 14th of August: voters choose!
Germany faces establishing his Federal Republic. It will elect its Parliament, the Bundestag, on August 14. The Chairmen of all parties urge everyone to exercise his right to vote. As Dr. Schumacher said: (original sound) "the West German Federal Republic should be form the basis of the German unit. She should To give the Germans the opportunity, to be equivalent part in a new parent Europe."
Also Professor Heuss said the result of the August of 14th will be decisive for the internal affairs of the German people in the next four years. And Dr. Adenauer said: (original sound) "on 14 August nobody may stay at home. All have to go to the ballot box."
The same warning was made by all other parties. 14 August is for the future of each of decisive importance.
That's why: Voters choose!

01 news in brief: a. Airlift celebration funeral ceremony for the 61 victims of the airlift. On the occasion of the British American agreement, now gradually dismantle the airlift to Berlin, a ceremony for the fatally crashed allied pilots found Instead of on the airfield of Faßberg in the British zone, who gave their lives for the supply of the blocked Berlin.
A parade of honour the memory of the dead decided the ceremony which was attended by senior officers of the three Western occupying powers.

b. tennis Drobny Caldwell at the international Swiss championships Caldwell and Drobný, the Czech players explained that they would be No more returning to Prague.
Her Association had forbidden them to compete against German players.
Drobny and Caldwell have become political refugees of the Red regime.

c. Churchill the election campaign starts in England. After the publication of the programme of the conservative party, Winston Churchill opened the campaign of the opposition with a big speech on the football pitch in Wolverhampton. 50,000 people heard the spirited versions of Churchill. In particular he dealt with the British Socialism and international communism.
Original sound: "the difference between socialism and Communism is not one of principle or theory. It is a difference of methods. The Socialists assume their aims by constitutional methods. The Communists, on the other hand, are the lackeys and tools of a foreign power, seeking the ruin of Britain and its subordination to the decrees of the oligarchy in Moscow."

02. German canoeing Championship 1949 on Lake Starnberg near Munich the year's German canoe Championships held. On the shores of Lake a tent city was built, which housed the participants for 14 days. Canoe athletes from over 60 clubs from all over West Germany and Berlin were at the start.
Sun and sea were favorable to the event. And so were participants and spectators at their own expense. In all rounds, there were exciting fights.
The victory in the kayak-the socalled German Champion Helmut Noller from Mannheim took one superior.
He won two more titles and became the most successful participant.
Becker-Soltau, Hamburg, prevailed in the Canadian twin superior.
There were also four kayak exciting fights. Winner was the team of the Essen peregrine falcons.
German canoeing Championship 1949 - great services at radiant Sun in a picturesque landscape: a harmonic harmony of summer, sports and beautiful days.

03. Berlin streiflichter: a. East-West market is a new curiosity in the city of 2 currencies of the East-West market in Berlin-Wannsee. By train get East zone residents over the sector border to Berlin single, market, where goods of the West also against Ostmark can buy. Customer service ensures car transport from Wannsee station. The long Commission goods from the West are examined and admired. And if the exchange rate is also 5 to 6 for Westmark 1 Ostmark, the richness and quality of the offered it but much depends. You want to be excluded from the goods blessing of the West and buys what the heart desires and as far as it allows the Ostmark.
An idea struck an emergency bridge across the ostzonale economic barrier, for the benefit of the resourceful Berlin merchant as the goods-hungry customers in the East zone.

b. Berlin, holiday and also the children of Berlin solve their problems in their own way: holiday travel is difficult and expensive - so you spend the summer holidays in Berlin, for example, in the "outdoor" Potsdamer Platz. A half underground car garage was full of water and thus became a popular place for the dog days. What is the Potsdamer Platz for the bathers, the Zoo on the climbers. The blown up large bunker must substitute for the inaccessible mountains serve as a.
The "Summit" is reached. A view over the city and soak up the Sun at a dizzy height - Berlin vacation pleasures of today.

04. a famous student choir on a tour of Europe was the famous American University Yale students choir a Lieder recital in Munich.
The Repertoire of 50 students includes European and American songs and songs from four centuries.
Here an Alpine YODEL in the American version.
(Original sound).

05. rocket to research travel 700 miles from the West coast of South America is busy exploring the cosmic radiation with the help of rockets a scientific expedition of the United States. The rockets fitted instruments, take measurements during the flight and radio the results automatically to the supervisory authority. The projectile is fired from the deck of the ship and then reaches a height of over 120 kilometres.
A radar device All the time traced the path of the rocket from the ship. The tests could be determined, that the cosmic radiation at these altitudes is twice as strong as it was previously assumed.
The rocket, in the service of peaceful science, opens up significant findings on one of the most important areas of modern research.

06. fashion show on the beach at last summer - and how! The sudden, unusual heat has allowed thousands to the sea to flee. You sit here as in Westerland, on beach chair, beach chair and enjoy lovely holidays, weather and water. Even the unexpected incidents are in midsummer, pleasing nature. Mannequins and fashion show in this case leading houses Berlin, Hamburg and Düsseldorf. In this environment but on sand you build something, but that does not diminish the desire.
The shells are falling--and then it goes into the water. The ladies who like it - and gentlemen... just right.

01. Actualities in Brief:

a. Airbridge Memorial
On occasion of the British-American agreement to gradually decrease the airlift, a memorial ceremony was held at the British Zone Airbase Fassberg for the victims who lost their lives supplying blockaded Berlin with food. The ceremony was closed with a parade of honour, at which high officers of the three occupation forces were present.

b. Tennis Drobny-Cernik
Cernik and Drobny, two Czechoslovakian tennis champions, declared at the international Swiss tennis tournament that they will not return to Prague. Their association had forbidden their playing against German tennis champions. Thus Drobny and Cernik become political refugees of the red regime.

Churchill
England prepares for its elections. After the program of the Conservative Party had been published, Winston Churchill made an important speech at the Wolverhampton football field. 50.000 people listened to Churchill's temperamental words. Churchill in his speech compared British Socialism and International Communism.
Original Sound: "The difference between Socialism and Communism is not one of principle or theory. It is a difference of methods. The Socialists assume their aims by constitutional methods. The Communists, on the other hand, are the lackeys and tools of a foreign power, seeking the ruin of Britain and its subordination to the decrees of the oligarchy in Moscow."

02. German Canoe Championship 1949
This year's German Canoe Championship was held on Starnberg Lake near Munich. Competitors from 60 clubs in Western Germany and Berlin lived for two weeks in a big tent camp on the shores of the lake. The weather was fine and the spectators enjoyed each race. Winner in the single-canoe contest was the German champion Helmut Noller from Mannheim, who has held this championship for 15 years. He won two more titles. The Canadian contest was won by Becker-Soltau from Hamburg. The crew of the "Essen Wanderfalken" was winner of the four-men canoe race. German Canoe Championship, 1949 - good sport and bright sunshine in picturesque scenery.

03. Berlin News Flashes:

a. East-West Market
A new curiosity in the 2-value city is the Last-West market in Berlin-Wannsee. The residents of the Eastern district come on the S-Bahn to the one Berlin market where goods of the Western zone can be bought with East-marks. There is a taxi service from Wannsee station. The long-missed goods from the West are being checked and admired. And even if the exchange is 5 to 6 East-marks for one West-mark, the quality and quantity of the offered goods are decisive. One buys as much as the heart desires and as long as the East-mark lasts.

b. Berlin Holidays
Berlin kids solve their problems in their own way: because holiday trips are difficult and expensive, they enjoy themselves in Berlin - here for instance in the Public Swimming Pool, Potsdamer Platz. An underground auto garage filled with surface water became a preferred playground. And the Tiergarten is a wonderful training place for climbers - the destroyed bunkers serve for the inaccessible, far-away mountains.

04. A Famous Students' Choir
The famous Yale Glee Club performed in Munich on its tour through Europe. The program includes European and American songs covering four centuries. Here's a Yodel, American edition.
(Original Sound).

05. Rockets on Exploration Trip
An American scientific expedition tries to analize cosmic rays with the help of rockets 700 miles away from South America's west coast. Instruments are fixed into those rockets, which make measurements possible during their flight. The results are being wired automatically to the control station. The projectile is shot from the ship's deck and goes more than 120 kilometers high. The rocket can be watched from the ship by a radar-instrument. It was found that the cosmic rays are twice as strong as was thought at this height. The rocket, serving peaceful science, provides important results for modern research.

06. Fashion Show on the Beach
Summer is finally here - and how! A sudden unusual heat wave made thousands of people flee to the seaside. Here they enjoy the cold water on their happy vacation in Westerland. Models show last fashions by welknown designers from Berlin, Hamburg and Düsseldorf. Now into the water. The girls like it - and men ... even more.

Date of Release:

08.08.1949

Year of Production:

1949

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German