Welt im Film 263/1950 15.06.1950

1 Corpus Christi of the KÖLNER DOM, swing. Corpus Christi procession moves through Cologne. Cardinal Frings gives the blessing before the Cathedral. Corpus Christi procession in Fulda Cathedral. Procession of the fish in barges on Lake Chiemsee.
(36 m 2) Frankfurt: agricultural fair Heuss in pairs, greets with hat. Screening of heavy draft horses, Bulls. Milk stand. Trek. Combine harvester. Exhibition grounds.
(26 m) 03 pictures from all over the world a. Hawaii: Mauna Loa eruption cloud of smoke over the volcano. Glowing lava flow. Lava flow poured steaming in the sea.
(18 m) b. United States: water Ballet swimmers jump into water and demonstrate water Ballet.
(18 m) c. San Sebastian: Lumberjacks are wood hacker competition on tree trunks. Presentation of the trophy to the winner.
(13 m) 04. Munich: Marian Anderson sings in Germany Marian Anderson sings before Munich students Schubert song.
(32 m) 05. The latest from Berlin game the team ranked flees a. Dresden Football Club to West Berlin. Team leader Helmut Schön talks about the reasons of the escape, o-ton: "our team is closed to West Berlin came because we found it in the interest of our sport development necessary. We To want pay homage here free and uninhibited our favorite sport, and are pleased, if we can quite soon come up with achievements."
(19 m) b. completion of installation works at the top of the mast. Cameraman is pulled up on the mast. Workers at the top of the mast.
(20 m) c. cinema forest stage construction of the giant screen. Visitors.
(18 m) 6th sports a. semi-final to the German football championship in Frankfurt: VFB Stuttgart - HCP. leads 4-1 running of the teams. Game. Horst Schade shoots 1-0 for Fürth. Stuttgart compensates and comes with a 2-1 lead. Second half: Stuttgart superior plays and WINS 4:1 people running the place.
(34 m) up to 600 ccm b. Nürburgring start the sidecar motorcycle. It win Böhm/Fox on NSU. Böhm/Fox with wreath, half-close. Race formula II cars on the track of a racing car. It wins Fritz Riess. Start the motorcycle solo machines up to 500 cc Georg Meier goes into the lead and WINS ahead of Kraus and Fleischmann. Meier, Kraus and Fleischmann at award ceremony.
(53 m)

01 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, who became high holiday of the Catholic Church, everywhere celebrated with solemn processions.
Radiant Sun above the crowds, which was followed by the Blessed Sacrament or lined the decorated streets was all over West Germany.
Above the South Portal of the Cologne Cathedral, alot A lot times received the blessing by Cardinal Frings. Also the old episcopal town of Fulda was the Corpus Christi procession with all ecclesiastical pomp.
On decorated barges, the traditional procession on the Chiemsee found again Instead of in Upper Bavaria.
As the peasants in the countryside, so the pace petitioned the blessings for their work here.

02. animals and machines at the Frankfurt agricultural show buyers from all over the world at the first post-war exhibition of the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft in Frankfurt.
Guest of honour at the great exhibition for home and abroad was German President Heuss. The large animal show about 1,200 sports of a highly qualified breeding.
Milk campaigns back to their sales.
700 exhibitors show 7,000 machines and technical equipment.
Foreign visitors accounted for their first degrees, international judgments prove the competitiveness of German products on the world market.

03. images from all over the world: a. eruption on Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the dreaded volcano on Hawaii, rejoined in activity. 5 large streams of lava pour from the fire-breathing throat of South Pacific giants. The glowing lava masses of the coast is approaching with a speed of 9 kilometers per hour.
It is one of the most serious outbreaks in the turbulent history of Mauna Loa.
Fire and water meet. The lava brings the ocean to a width of 1 1/2 kilometers to the boil.

b. water Ballet, United States In the Wellesly College in Massachusetts, United States, there was like every year a big floating party. These students master not only the ABC of swimming, but show all arts, which presents a professional water Ballet.
Anyway, this lovely mermaids before the final examination in swimming customer need not be afraid.

c. Spanish wood chipper are the funny Holzhacker-Buam by... San Sebastián in Spain.
The big Bullring is about the title of the wood chipper champion of all classes.
The technique of this powerful Caballeros is also amazing how difficult.
Still a nice Cup beckons the winners of this exciting all except the Nice title.

04. Marian Anderson sings, in Germany, was in Germany the famous American singer Marian Anderson.
Here she sings a song by Franz Schubert in German language in the Munich students home.
(Original sound).

05. the latest from Berlin: a. Dresden Football Club fled to West Berlin the football team of the famous Dresdner Sport Club Berlin escaped closed out the eastern zone after.
Reason: the unbearable political pressure and the seizure of the assets of the Association by the Communist Sports Committee.
The team leader Helmut Schön said: original sound: "our team is closed to West Berlin came because we found it in the interest of our sport development necessary. We To want pay homage here free and uninhibited our favorite sports and look forward, if we can quite soon come up with achievements.")

b. transmitter Wannsee the tallest structure of Berlin is completed. It is a ultra shortwave telephony transmitter that wirelessly and without hindrance to send with the West over the Eastern Berlin's telephone calls. The tip of the slender steel finger is located 150 metres above the shimmering mirror of the Wannsee Lake. Cameraman floats in the film the "world" - between heaven and Earth.
The artistic special technicians complete the top of the tower. The Federal Post Office has already built such telephony stations in several places of West Berlin.

c. cinema forest stage the biggest movie screen - 12 x 18 metre - for the biggest open air cinema in the world, with 22,000 seats. It is the Berlin "Waldbühne". which was established as a summer cinema.
The speakers have a range of 240 meters. To each screening this biggest cinema tram, subway and rail insert a special transport.
The premiere was celebrated with a gala fireworks display, 6 sports: a. football, Frankfurt semi-final to the German Football Championship. In Frankfurt he played in front of about 60,000 spectators against the Spielvereinigung Fürth VfB Stuttgart. (Fürth in white shirts). Initially, Fürth was clearly superior. In the 10th minute, the ball comes to Horst Schade - and it is 1-0. But then the Stuttgart To find, they can compensate. And just a few minutes later they go in the lead. The pages are changed at 2-1.
The Stuttgart man practically just play with 10. The right runner was injured after 20 minutes. But their superiority is becoming ever clearer. You can extend their lead - and the last goal coming in the 78th minute.
With a 4-1 victory, he qualified for the final of the German Cup VfB Stuttgart.

b. Nürburgring over 300,000 viewers the 22.8 km long Nordschleife of Nürburgringes lined. The whole German motor sport elite was at the start. Here the races of the sidecar class up to 600 cc. Already after the first round, the favorite team of Böhm/Fox on NSU is in leadership. In vain, Klankermeier/Wolz on BMW To try to catch up. Böhm/Fox won superior in a new record time of 106.9 miles per hour. In the formula II class, the struggle between Riess, ELMS, was long with great excitement and Kling is located. Fritz Riess could decide the race. The highlight of the eventful day but was the race of the five hundreds solo machines. The favorites were called Meier, Fleischmann and Kraus. Immediately, Georg Meier was entered management after the start. Unchallenged, Georg Meier leads his race to an end. He won with 121.6 km/h ahead of Kraus and Fleischmann.

01. Corpus Christi Day
Corpus Christi, the great holiday of the Catholic Church, was celebrated with solemn processions. Sunshine lay over the crowds of people, who filled the streets in Western Germany or followed the Host. In front of Cologne Cathedral thousands of people received Cardinal Fring's blessing. The old Bishop-Town Fulda also celebrated Corpus Christi with a procession. In Upper Bavaria the traditional procession took place at the Chiemsee. Like the farmers in the country - so the fishermen of the Chiemsee prayed for blessing on their work.

02. Animals and Machines at the Frankfurt

Agricultural Show
Buyers from all over the world came to see the first post-war show of the German Agricultural Association in Frankfurt. Guest of Honour is Bundespresident Heuss.
The big animal display shows over 1.200 magnificent highly bred animals. Propaganda for milk. 700 exhibitors showed 7.000 machines and farm tools. Foreign visitors made their first purchases.

03. News from Everywhere

a. Worst Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Mauna Loa, the mountain of terror, has again arupted. Five streams of lava pour down from the burning crater. At 9 kilometers per hour the burning lava pours down the coast. It is one of the worst eruptions in the turbulent history of Mauna Loa. Fire and water meet. The lava makes the ocean cook to a distance of 1 1/2 Kilometers.

b. Water Ballet, USA
Every year there is a swimming fete at Wellesly College in Massachusetts, USA. These students not only know the aquatic ABC but show all rhytmical turns of the professional water ballet. These charming mermaids do not have to worry about the swimming examination. They will graduate summa cum laude.

c. Wood Shopping Contest, Spain
These are the woodsmen of San Sebastian in Spain. In the big bullfight arena the contest for the wood shopping championship of all classes is held. The technique of these men is startling and dangerous. But for the winner, there is not only a title but also a beautiful cup.

04. Marian Anderson Sings in Germany
The famous American singer Marian Anderson sang in Germany. Here, she sings in the Munich College Home a song by Franz Schubert in German. Original Sound: Liebesbotschaft

05. News from Berlin

a. Dresden Football Club Escapes to West-Berlin
The famous Dresden Sport Club escaped with all their members to West Berlin. The reason: the unbearable pressure of the Communist Party in the East Zone and the confiscation of the funds of the club by the Communist Sport Committee. The team leader Helmut Schön explained
Original Sound: Our team escaped with all its members to West Berlin, because we think it necessary for our sporting development. We want to be free to play soccer and we will be glad if we have successes in the near future"

b. Station Wannsee
The highest structure in Berlin is finished. It is an ultra-short-wave telephone station which transmits calls from Berlin to the Western Zones of Germany, unhindred by the East Zone. The top of this slim tower is 150 meters above the Wannsee. The cameraman of "Welt im Film" is suspended between heaven and earth. Specialists finish the top of the tower. The Bundespost has already errected several of these new telephone Stations in West Berlin

c. Open Air Theatre Waldbühne
The biggest screen - 12 to 18 meters - for the biggest Open Air Theatre of the world with 22.000 seats. It is the Berlin "Waldbühne", which will be a summer cinema. The loudspeaker can be heard for 240 meters. A screening at this cinema means special traffic for streetscars, subways and railroads. The premiere was celebrated with gala fire works.

06. Sport

a. Football, Frankfurt
In Frankfurt 60.000 spectators saw the football game between VfB Stuttgart and Fürth (Fürth white shirts). In the beginning Fürth was leading. In the 10th minute Horst Schade gets the ball - and the game stands 1:0. But few minutes later Stuttgart attacks and after the game stands 2:1 the sides are changed. Stuttgart plays only with 10 men. The right forward had to stop playing after 20 minutes because of an injury. But they are leading and in the 78th minute they shoot the last goal. With a 4:1 victory VfB Stuttgart goes into the final for the German Football Championship.

b. Race on the Nürburgring
More than 300.000 spectators surrounded the 22,8 kilometer long North-Curve of the Nürburgring. The whole German Motorsport Elite were at the start. Here is the race of the side-car class (600 ccm). After the first round the favourite team Böhm/Fuchs leads. The team Klankermeier/ Wolz on BMW tries to pass Böhm/Fuchs, but in vain. With 106,9 kilometers per hour Böhm/Fuchs won the race. In Class II one expected a big fight between Riess, Ulmen, Lang and Kling. Fritz Riess won that race. The highlight of the day was the race of the 5 hundred solo machines. Immediately after the start Georg Meier was leading. He won with 121,6 kilometers per hour in front of Kraus and Fleischmann.

Date of Release:

15.06.1950

Year of Production:

1950

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Commissioned by:

USIS

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German