UFA-Wochenschau 501/1966 01.03.1966

1st Davos: World Championships in figure skating freestyle world champion Emmerich Danzer. Freestyle by Gabriele Seyfert (2.). Freestyle world champion Peggy Fleming. Pair skating world champion Oleg Protopopow and Ludmilla Belusova.

02. French rocket Diaposon starts from the test site of Brigitte in the Sahara title: 3 test missile - image: French rocket research station. Missile launch base in the Sahara. Rotating radar screen, great. Launch of Diaposon. Radar screen, great. Missile flying trail of fire. Cloud of smoke behind rocket.

03. Press Conference de Gaulle press representative sit down. Among those present Couve de Murville, total. De Gaulle speaks actuality (reform of NATO) at press conference, half close.

04. England: Publication of the British white paper on defense cityscape London with Nelson column at the Trafalgar. Road with Government bookshop. People buy brochure. Newspaper car dropping bundles of newspapers, woman at newsstand sold newspapers.

05. Wilson in Moskau Wilson in conversation, half-close. Kosygin, half-close. Wilson next to Kosygin, half-close. Car drives off.

06. German Viet Nam help? Statements and archive. Interviews with Strauß, Helmut Schmidt title: Germany in Viet Nam? -Image: Feuerndes gun. Soldiers on guns. General Westmoreland at briefing. Moving tanks. Flamethrower. Wounded in operation tent. Soldier writes a letter. Bundeswehr in Buxtehude marches across the street. Helmut Schmidt speaks actuality, big: "A German military contribution does not come into consideration." Fritz Rudolf Schulz speaks actuality, big: "A military contribution of the Federal Republic in Viet Nam or in adjacent States is ruled out." Franz Joseph Strauss speaks actuality, big: "I myself against a German military contribution in Viet Nam pronounce." Korean volunteers on board a troop transporter. Flag is unfurled. Faces of Koreans. Vietnamese woman with child, great. Goods are unloaded. Hospital. The Badeschiff Helgoland, great. Strauss speaks actuality, carnation bouquet in a vase is behind him: "we should first of all about refraining from something like could be construed, as if we drop our American friends politically or morally in the back. We do second on humanitarian and economic areas, what is in our power to assist America's efforts in accordance with the decisions of Honolulu; I mean the part of the decisions dealing with the programme for Viet Nam." Bridge. Spinning factory. Helmut Schmidt talks big: "I would think that we committed are moral reasons, all those who suffer, to help, whether they are Americans or whether the Vietnamese from purely humanitarian staff out there." Soldiers in the advance. German Legionnaires in Algeria and Indochina. Prisoners will be made. Machine gun fire. Head of a wounded on a stretcher with a beard. Siegfried Müller speaks actuality, big: "but with pure pleasure. That's exactly what I need." Strauss speaks, actuality, big: "if we would take a military involvement in Viet Nam today, would be the obvious result that again with fake reports, disfigured photographs, the tale of the German war crimes of new type would go around the world. "We still suffer the real war crimes that have been committed by the Germans, and To want we don't truly, that is through such engagement again new twists dragged into are, for which neither we nor the world are today prepared." Strauss, great. Schmidt talks big, o-ton: "Finally and At last: we may run the risk that our soldiers on South Vietnamese side to face soon then had other German soldiers on North Vietnamese side." Bundeswehr marching in long series. Marching Vopos holding above mount.

07. Lübke in Madagascar title: Lübke in Africa - image: Lübke rides in an open car, waving. Lübke waving from car with hood, sitting, half-close. Lübke in addition to President Tsiranana at dinner. On the table great cake. Mrs Lübke speaks with Lübke and leans back behind the back of the Tsiranana of Malagasy Republic. Mrs Lübke visited children's home. Lübke is waving, totally.

08 Cameroon: Negroes in the thatched roof of the Municipal house building construction of a parish hall. Support the roof together high, while other Negro singing and making music. Drummers drumming. Negro faces, great. Indigenous dance with masks.

Title brand the ice master ice skating in Davos (World Championships) origin: Cine journal three test missiles of Franzos. Rocket (satellite launched in the Sahara) origin: Eclair de Gaulle (press conference) origin: Pathé journal WELS paper to the Defense (or defence white paper) origin: Pathe news Wilson in Moscow origin: Pathe news Germany in Viet Nam?

Viet Nam help statements and archive (German contribution for Viet Nam? Interview with Strauß, Schmidt's and Schulz) camera: fire Rühe, Vlasdeck, strong origin: DEFA, DEFA, Metro, Gaumont and Pathé journal, archive of Germany in Africa Lübke (on Madagascar) and Grand CAS (build a parish hall in Cameroon) origin: Pathé journal, Pathé journal

The ice skating champion of the World Championships of figure skater in Davos were a graceful dance accent on the image of the late winter. Emmerich Danzer from Vienna was one of the new title carriers who have benefited, however, that the old masters hanging the skates on the nail or cut their signature only in the ice of the big revues.
New name also for the ladies: the Chemnitzerin Gabriele Seyfert could secure the first silver by an unusually powerful and unconcerned by freestyle.
New world champion on the cold floor was only 17 year old American Peggy Fleming. From the cool of their presentation but faulted by critics, a remnant of playground elegance seems us blow to those innocent lack of action awareness that the young champion as nervenlos over the effort in the thin air of Davos left.
Only in pair skating, triumphed again the sporting establishment. Ludmilla Belusova and Oleg Protopopow as the appointed protagonists of a Soviet ice age proved to be again. That they should have been not as good as usual, only proves how Very much romantic graceful Soviet people have so far serves the audience of international ice-cream parlours.

Where is Brigitte three test missiles? Many would know that and since some days, also many know it. Brigitte is situated at Hammaguire in the Sahara. Brigitte is dusty and dry and is still loved by almost all French that Brigitte gives them self-confidence. Brigitte is the French satellite test site. Here started Diaposon, the third artificial suffer of French provenance.
France's costly satellite program features the French independence effort as Very much like the new announcement of its President, the V. Republic will enforce a corresponding to the wishes of the French reform of NATO until 1969 or leave the Atlantic Alliance. De Gaulle hoped conventional bilateral pacts and its Force de Frappe a greater influence of the Grande nation on the world politics.
The Royal Navy is threatening their 'Nelson touch' to lose, since the Labour Government published their new military-political concept. The publication of the white paper on defence was a black day for the Navy, which in the future come without new aircraft carrier. For this, bought 50 American bombers and four Polaris submarines built. The labour experiment provides the global military-political balance in question, in which Prime Minister Wilson in Moscow to intervene experimental rocket tried with a 3 in addition to the inventory of the army of the Rhine. His talks with Kosygin on a Soviet turn on the question of Viet Nam were inconclusive. Polite but unyielding the Soviets of returning with empty hands placed no obstacles in the way.

Germany in Viet Nam?
Viet Nam. The world is aware that one of the cruelest wars is held here. It comes to the question of whether America, to stop the encroachment of totalitarian communism in Southeast Asia. Recently whether America in this battle alone can be allowed and whether the Federal Republic is not required, the partner is due to its own freedom, to assist in the defense of freedom discusses forcefully about it. It comes to Bundeswehr soldiers in Viet Nam. The opinion of all three parties in the Federal Republic, however is clear: Helmut Schmidt (SPD): "A German military contribution does not come into consideration."

Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (FDP): "a military contribution of the Federal Republic in Viet Nam or in adjacent States is ruled out."

Franz Josef Strauß (CDU/CSU): "I am opposed to a German military contribution in Viet Nam."
Other Nations provide concrete military assistance. A division of 18.000 men fighting under the flag of South Korea. New Zealand and Australia have also sent soldiers to Viet Nam. Pending the decision of the Philippines.
22 other States be confined to measures, called "humanitarian operations". The Switzerland for example delivered 30 microscopes. The Federal Republic of ambulances as during the Korea war. The Badeschiff "Heligoland" is used in soon as a hospital ship. But what can do In addition the Federal Republic?

Franz Josef Strauß (CDU/CSU): "we should refrain from first of all what kind could be construed, as if we drop our American friends politically or morally in the back. We do second on humanitarian and economic areas, what is in our power to assist America's efforts in accordance with the decisions of Honolulu; I mean the part of the decisions dealing with the programme for Viet Nam."

Helmut Schmidt (SPD): "I would think that we committed are moral reasons, all those who suffer, to help, whether they are Americans or whether the Vietnamese from purely humanitarian staff out there."
When spoken by German military contributions, appearing uncomfortable memories of the German Legion. German Fremdenlegionäre fought under French command in Algeria and Indochina. The most dedicated to the Söldnertum adventure or despair. But always merged their occurrence with the specter of the warlike Germans and supplied the Communists welcome propaganda ammunition. The Siegfried Müller known as Congo mercenary provided a recent example. He said to the question of whether he would fight in Viet Nam before a Soviet zonal camera: Siegfried Müller: "but with pure pleasure. That's exactly what I need."

Franz Josef Strauß (CDU/CSU): "if we would take a military involvement in Viet Nam today, self-evident, that again with fake reports, disfigured photographs, the tale of the German war criminals of new type would go around the world this would result. We still suffer the real war crimes that have been committed by the Germans, and To want we don't truly, that we again be drawn by such commitments into new entanglements, for today, neither we nor the world are prepared."

Helmut Schmidt (SPD): "Finally and At last: we may run the risk that our soldiers on South Vietnamese side to face soon then had other German soldiers on North Vietnamese side."

Germany in Africa President Lübke is on the move again, to represent Africa's German life questions in the countries. Even pouring rain could not cool down the enthusiasm with the Tananarive, the capital of Madagascar, the guest received. For President Tsiranana and its streets made No more dealing with a large disk of the cake of German development aid. Future generations of Africa will connect the German presence with positive values. The visit to Cameroon, the next target of the German travellers of State serves this purpose. In the earlier German reserve the news of the imminent arrival of the German President had until far in the flat land. In a village near the capital Yaoundé, residents rushed to get their new town house in time before the arrival of white guests under the roof.
According to methods that might provide some valuable suggestion also the European prefabricated house industry - if this is not already done - the construction of the "great hut" is completed. The villagers on a work can look with pride, also the European visitors will surely fail not his recognition its size, beauty and practicality.

Date of Release:

01.03.1966

Year of Production:

1966

Camera Work:

Brandes, Klaus; Rühe, Bernd Michael; Starke, Rainer; Vlasdeck, Willy

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH

Source Foreign Material:

Pathé Journal; Eclair; Cine Journal; DEFA; Gaumont; Metro; Pathé News

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German