Neue Deutsche Wochenschau 240/1954 03.09.1954

01 Brazil: suicide of President Getulio Vargas President Getulio Vargas at lectern, great. After call for resignation Vargas committed suicide. Soldiers in the streets and guarding the U.S. Embassy. Crowd around the coffin of Vargas. Gifts are thrown into the coffin. Huge funeral procession.
(40 m) 02. Paris: Parliament rejects the EDC Treaty from the vote in the French National Assembly to the EDC Treaty. 319: 264 votes, the present Treaty is rejected.
(16 m) 03. Morocco: demonstrations against France on the anniversary of the deposition of Sultan Mohammed v demonstrate 20,000 Moroccans against the French colonial policy.
(15 m) 04 Sahara: country gains on Lake Chad Negro dance to drum beats to the encouragement for Negroes doing hard physical labor in the draining of the Lake.
(19 m) 05. Hamburg: launching of the freighter Dagan as reparations for Israel of Umkränzter freighter Dagan. Cityscape with Michel and passing El train. Israel flag. Ms. Böhm, wife of the head of the German delegation of reparation, christens the ship. Ship slip into the water. Faces of dockworkers.
(20 m) 06 Grainau: fast Railbuses of the Zugspitze railway is inaugurated Cardinal Wendel inaugurates the new Zugspitze railway. A trip to the Zugspitze in the new railcar.
(14 m) 07 schulenberg: village moves because building the oker reservoir must be given to the village of schulenberg in the Harz mountains. Beautiful new homes in close distance on Hill. Service to the inauguration of the new houses. Cat in an old Bretterhaus. Pig is driven on road to new stable.
(26 m) 08 Portugal: Folk Festival in Vilafranca colorful processions and dances. Riders drive Bulls forward. Bullfights.
(14 m) 09 Cologne: in sports College Indian doctor teaches Sportstudentin yoga classes in yoga. Young men for exercise of self-control of the body. Indian introduces movement of building muscle.
(23 m) 10. Amsterdam: Rowing Championships of final eights: In the final boats of Denmark, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Yugoslavia. Start and race. In the half, the Russian boat is already in the lead. Viewers ride along the shore. The boat of the USSR WINS by a wide margin. Denmark is second. Final two: In the race the boats of Germany, USSR, Switzerland and England. In the final sprint, passing the German boat close to the Switzerland and WINS after destination photography. The two Germans in ceremony.
(31 m) 11 Berlin: heavyweight boxing: the colored Americans Billy Gilliam defeated Hein ten Hoff by technical k.o. Gilliam lands hard hit. Viewers excited faces. Staggers ten Hoff on the ropes in round 6. As viewers Hans Söhnker, is great. Badly bruised, sits ten Hoff on the ground, rises reeling and can hardly defend themselves. Gong beat. Caregivers lift ten Hoff and lead him to the corner. Victor de Kowa next to Hans Söhnker, great. Set judge stops the fight. Winner Billy Gilliam in addition to the badly battered Hein ten Hoff.
(31 m) 12 Cologne: UCI World Championships flyer-amateurs-final: at the start of Peacock / England, and Tessider / Australia. First stalk both drivers. Peacock sprints and can no longer be obtained from the approaching Tessider before the finish. Winner Francis Peacock, England, with winners bow and flowers.
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Title: Getulio Vargas + origin: Metro short exposed: E V G origin: Eclair, Gaumont loyalty Kundgebung origin: No.-do land reclamation launched d. motor freighter "Dagan" camera: Luppa, Rau train Zugspitz railway camera: Hafner village moves to camera: Luppa Vilafranca origin: No.-do Yoga exercises camera: Basic, food man rowing, Europ. Championships camera: basic boxes ten Hoff - Gilliam camera: Pahl flyer race camera: Basic, Essmann final

The death of the President was shaken by a serious political crisis Brazil. After an attack on the editor of an opposition newspaper, opposition parties and finally the army forced the resignation of President Getulio Vargas. Afterwards, the President took a shot to the heart of the life. A decision that brought Brazil to the brink of civil war. Still on the coffin of the President was stormy demonstrations. The succession of Getulio Vargas Meanwhile took Vice President Joao Cafè Filho. Large troop contingents were necessary to restore law and order. The Embassy of the United States was under special protection. Communists had tried to dope the population against the United States. In Brazil, national funeral was arranged. The streets were black people, when Getulio Vargas was taken to rest.

Paris: The end of the electronic ballast in Paris the dice have fallen. The EDC is finally dead in the planned form. After three days of drama, and nervousness, the vote in the National Assembly brought the decision under lively sympathy of the French population. 319 members voted against the ECG, 264 voted in favour.

Morocco: Demonstrations against France still it ferments in North Africa. The citizens of Spanish Morocco declared solidarity with the nationalists in French Morocco. On the anniversary day of the deposition of Sultan Mohamed v 20000 Moroccans against French colonial policy demonstrated in Tetuan. They demanded the reinstatement of the exiled ruler.

Sahara: In the rhythm of the TAM TAMs of the Chad Lake, between French Equatorial Africa and Nigeria will be drained partially. To keep the workers in a good mood, singing and dancing their tribesmen from morning till night. Beauty of the work, coupled with strength through joy. Has 3000 hectares of best arable land could be reclaimed from this original way around Lake Chad.

Hamburg: A ship for Israel In the port of Hamburg was at the Stülckenwerft 7000 tons cargo ship of the pile. In the context of reparation, it comes after Israel. The wife of the leader of the German reparations delegation woman Professor Böhm gave the name "Dagan" the ship. The "Dagan" can take passengers in addition to its cargo. Their first drive will now lead them to Haifa.

Grainau: the Zugspitz-express a new high-speed railcars which Bavarian Zugspitze railway was opened to traffic. The consecration of the Church took Cardinal spiral. The new express Zugspitz will storm the with an average speed of 20 km/h. And after 42 minutes, 70 passengers can enjoy the magnificent view.

Schulenberg: Moves to a village a village on the move. Schulenberg in the resin must be given; and a hundred meters higher new schulenberg was born. The relocation was necessary due to the construction of the oker dam. A festive forest service completed the 500-year tradition of the village. Soon, these homes at the congested waters of the new dam will sink. And soon all of their new surroundings are accustomed; as provisionally still some must be driven away too loyalty with gentle force. b.w.

Portugal: Colorful costumes and will bulls the small Portuguese town Vilafranca celebrated her big traditional folk festival. Dances and colorful parades, the climax came: the hustle and bustle of the wild bulls. One annoying thing for the cattle and a test of courage for anyone who needed it. While the lamppost Bullfighters must take care to only drive their mischief on the tip.

The Indian physician Dr. Mukerji held a first course of Yoga Yoga exercises for everyone at the sport University in Cologne. The several thousand-year-old Yoga exercises are used in its origin to liberate the mind through a perfect mastery of the body. But the Yoga exercises need to be not only a means of meditation; overcoming mental of physical man finds peace, relaxation, and this new force.

European Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. European Championships in the men's rowing. Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Russia and Yugoslavia start from the front at the final of the aft. And the race was a safe extraction of the Russians. The Russian Boort is at the half of the route clearly in the lead. Almost effortlessly, it wins a serious battle. The other boats are far behind. Denmark was second. The struggle of the double sculls took an incredibly dramatic history. From the front: Germany, Russia, Switzerland, and England. Result in the Swiss shortly before the finish. However, in a beautiful finish, the Germans push closer and closer. The result was so close that target photography had to decide. She was in favour of the two Germans.

Ten Hoff - Gilliam boxing evening in Berlin. Hein ten Hoff against Billy Gilliam. Much was at stake, for the 35th ten Hoff Another connection to the heavyweight-Elite or another descent. And Gilliam showed the ex - European champion beating that his time is over. In the 6th round, it was then off with the long Grove. After several left hooks is severely damaged ten Hoff. He staggers and can hardly resist. The Gong rescues ten Hoff about the round. But the referee stops the losing battle. Winner by technical knockout in the 7th round: Billy Gilliam.

UCI World Championships UCI World Championships in Cologne, Germany. A dramatic fight was the decision in the aviation amateurs. Only the third race will take the decision. The Englishman Peacock and the Australian Tessider in the final. Still, they stalk itself. Every movement is observed. As Peacock hunts go - and in no time, Tessider is three lengths back. In a great final sprint, he approaches up to one meter. But with last energy, the Englishman keeps his lead winner and world champion Francis Peacock.

Date of Release:

03.09.1954

Year of Production:

1954

Camera Work:

Grund; Hafner, Anton; Luppa; Pahl, Georg; Rau, Kurt; Essmann

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Eclair; Gaumont; No-Do; Metro

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German