UFA-Dabei 908/1973 18.12.1973

01 Prague: Willy Brandt and Walter Scheel in Prague Vltava River and the Prague Castle (silhouette) background. Close to Prague Castle. Strougal come Willy Brandt and Prime Minister for signature. Signature: both large, close. Walter Scheel is sitting at the table. Rüdiger von Wechmar in the background.
(42 m) 02 Copenhagen: Summit of the EC States of guards in front of the Royal Castle. Flags. Willy Brandt gets out of the car. Anker Jörgensen, Pompidou, Brandt come to the meeting room. E. Heath, close with headphones. Journalists. Four Arab Foreign Ministers To give press conference.

03. France: tunnelling between England and France a man goes to a collapsed tunnel. Old drawings 170 years ago. Recordings of the current construction workers. Drawings and models of tunnel: a supply tube in the middle and two main tunnel at the side, where trains can drive. Pictures in the London Business streets. Harrods department store.
(38 m) 04. Heidelberg: Cancer Research Institute from the outside. The Institute visit Willy Brandt and Minister H. Ehmke. Brandt and Ebrahim large, close. White experimental rats are regarded by Brandt and Ebrahim. Ebrahim half total speaks interview why the Federal Government in future will carry 90% of the costs: "this Centre occupies an important place in our program, technology in the service of health, in particular in the area of fundamental research about the causes of cancer. We hope that this work help with cancer to better fight than ever before, to be able to recognize him, especially as it has so far been the case earlier."
Scientists in research work in the laboratory. Robotic arm makes investigations. Computer support scientists. Willy Brandt and H. Ehmke again.
(59 m) 5th FRG: housing story newspaper clippings about inflation. Recordings in the Department store. Public means of transport. Pension payments. Modern houses. Hannelore Kurth in their apartment with the children. Homes. Shots at the home of retired Schittek. Shooting in the District Office. Housing Minister bird interview: "total the services, which bring federal and State Governments now to the half, increased from 1.2 billion to 1.5 billion DM. The number of households entitled to housing benefit will increase to 1 million 350 thousand."
(76 m) 06. Berlin: ice hockey Berliner SC - Krefelder EV, Berlin Skating Club. Various scenes in ZL. The Berliners in the striated Jersey. Two goals for Berlin. Aggressiveness in Berlin. Berlin win 12:2. Schulterheiss beer advertising and Coca Cola advertising.

Brandt in Prague/Summit d. EC States in Copenhagen camera: Luppa, Brandes, Zakariah tunnelling between England and France origin: Gaumont Cancer Research Institute Heidelberg camera: Rau, Luppa housing story camera: fire, Luppa, rough ice hockey: Berliner SC against Krefelder EV / Berlin camera: Jürgens, Rühe installation housing story: were used: at the beginning and end of total length

This policy: Advances Prague seems optimistic foreign policy since a week closer: in the cool temperate atmosphere of old Prague Castle, Chancellor Brandt and the Czechoslovak Prime Minister Strougal listless completed the fifth Act of a tough drama - establishing diplomatic relations between Bonn and Prague.
The Central sticking point that many months had delayed the negotiations, was not eliminated even with Exchange of contracts: Bonner claims to represent also West legal aid traffic between the two countries.
The Summit of the nine heads of State and Government of the European Community in Copenhagen stood in the sign of the energy crisis. They had made some progress, said the Chancellor after the Conference, but added he was not exuberant optimist. Two days the heads of State and heads of Government sought a common line in the energy crisis and the expansion of Europe. The only tangible result: Nine To want look in the future more often. Unannounced guests from the East Summit day order which had upset at times. The four Arab Foreign Ministers who wanted to promote understanding of the oil embargo of the Arab countries, at the end of the warning of the EC States had to drive home, that the boycott on the Arab States could strike back.
A decaying torso of tunnel under the Blackboard of Dover Herald for 90 years from the trauma of the British: connecting the island to the continent. By horse and carriage to Europe - so futuristic minded contemporaries had imagined a bridge under water 170 years ago. However, after the first step, the British did back: the fear of an invasion was overpowering. It seems now stood. Technician sample galleries in the chalk soil drill for some time. By next year to 6,000 tunnel constructors from both sides of the channel will end Britain's island location step by step: in 1980, the 50-kilometre tunnel between Calais and Dover should be finished.
The Treaty between England and France proposes a three-part tunnel: a supply tube in the Middle, and two main tunnels, where trains of passengers and cars in the 2 1/2 minutes-rhythm to carry. Only 29 minutes the channel crossing to take for anglophile mainland Europeans an attractive temptation to shopping in the "swinging London".

In health: Fight the cancer of modern concrete architecture is not only an urban accent in the 'romantic Heidelberg' since 1972. The building of the German Cancer Research Centre also became a new landmark of science.
The visit of German Chancellor Willy Brandt and research Minister Horst Ehmke underlined the importance of the Research Center. The Cabinet acknowledged the Center recently as vacancies institution whose financing the Federal Government in the future will bear 90 per cent. in 1974 it estimates will cost 28 million marks. Federal Minister Ebrahim mentions the reasons for this action: "this Centre occupies an important place in our program, technology in the service of health, in particular in terms of the basic research about the causes of cancer. We hope that this work help with cancer to better fight than ever before, to be able to recognize him, especially as it has so far been the case earlier."
In the eight institutes of the cancer research center, 130 scientists deal with causes, development, prevention and control of cancer diseases. Systematically research according to findings about the riddle of cancer that claims daily about 400 victims today despite of all advances in medicine in the Federal Republic. Computer support recently the scientists, with the cancer literature documentation system, Sabir example the entire literature of experimental and clinical cancer research can be captured and quickly and targeted information about specific references be provided. Since 1969, thousands of publications are been evaluated and accessible to researchers on the subject of cancer. The visit of the politicians proved that cancer research with law the Government is ahead in the catalogue of public health measures.

Being social: More housing benefit the citizens experienced this year a price Gallop on all fronts. The cost of living by almost 7 percent rose compared to the previous year. In addition to the private sector, also the State as entrepreneur strongly powered the wage-price spiral: railways and public transport companies increased the fares between 8 1/2 percent and 11 percent. Although rose also pensions. Wages and salaries. The upward, everyone but the growth in many cases gone. The one million housing benefit recipients in the Federal Republic belonged to the twice damaged this year. As more and more housing benefit legitimate lost its claim because its usually only nominal income increase drove them beyond the set design, the Bonn legislature moved the emergency brake: a new housing law will expand the circle of those entitled to housing benefit even more from January 1 next year. In Hamburg, we went to two housing benefit recipients to check the improvement of housing law in individual cases. Hannelore Kurth. two children, a public housing tenant: rental: 227 mark. The housing grant from 106 mark will rise to almost 130 mark.
The owners of condos and private homes will benefit from the new law, which expands the rent limit and increased the income allowance of 20 to 30 percent, Fritz Schittek, married, retired. Although his pension of 760,-on 847,-Mark went up, his housing benefit of 33,-mark rises slightly - 40 mark, as the housing officer in the relevant District Office calculated.
Housing Minister bird gave us the cost of the new housing law: "total the services, which bring federal and State Governments now to the half, increased from 2 billion to 1, 5 billion DM, the number of households entitled to housing benefit will increase to 1 million 350 thousand."
Still, hundreds of thousands in shantytowns and redevelopment areas live. For many of them an additional incentive, the housing benefit could be to seek modern flats or home ownership. The new housing law to help realize a welfare State demand: the right of every U.S. citizen on an apartment that meets modern living conditions according to size and facilities. This sport: Hunting after the puck despite Sunday driving ban was the self-confident promoted of his thing sure: the Berlin ice skating Club, just one year in the highest class of ice hockey, laid as a single Bundesliga club his game not on Saturday. Fulfilled his expectation that the fans in the worst case would be sent on foot into the ice rink at Jaffé road: 4,500 Berlin supported the Bundesliga newcomer when he EV targeted at the top of the table in the game against the Krefelder.
The Berliners in the striated Jersey were not squeamish in the choice of their means. And they had success: already after a few minutes they were ahead with two goals.
Encouragement of the creation: Berlin ice hockey friends watched a game in which the Skating Club showed aggressiveness and goal hungry until the end.
12-2: With this victory, the ambitious Berlin feet on two points shortened their distance to the League leaders.

Date of Release:

18.12.1973

Year of Production:

1973

Camera Work:

Brandes, Klaus; Jürgens; Luppa; Rau, Kurt; Rühe, Bernd Michael; Zimpel, Werner

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH

Source Foreign Material:

Gaumont

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German