Neue Deutsche Wochenschau 281/1955 17.06.1955

01. the disaster of Le Mans - 80 dead and over 100 injured in the worst disaster in the history of racing breakdown from WIB 155/7: start the formula I cars. Car on the race track and when cornering. Two flying cars forcing the French driver Levegh (No. 20) on Mercedes to brake. There he follows with the Englishman Macklin clash. The Mercedes racing such as floor in the audience. Horror. Sea of flames. Viewers panic. People flee. Cars drive past crash site. With flags, they are to prompted slow driving. Explosions. Helper cover dead with blankets - rescue vehicles. Brigades. Salvage of dead and injured. The race continues. Mercedes takes his car out of the race.
(67 m) 02 Bonn: Adenauer interview before leaving for the United States Adenauer at the airfield are journalists interview interview: "I will see the President Eisenhower, the Dulles Secretary of State. On the flight back I'll talk then Prime Minister Eden, and I hope to be safely back here today in eight days."-"Mr. Chancellor, in all these discussions sure also your next travel will play a role?"-"My next trip will be by Rhöndorf to Bonn." General laughter. Propellers rotate. Adenauer waving at the plane door. By Brentano on the airfield. Airplane door closes.
(19 m) 03 Prague: Nehru visited Prime Minister Siroky Nehru comes down the stairs and is welcomed by Prime Minister Siroky. People clap. Greetings from an open car. Nehru receives flowers reached. People wave at him. Nehru and Siroky in the conversation.
(18 m) 04 Brussels: return King Baudouin from Africa Baudouin of stairs and is welcomed. People wave. Children give flowers. Ride through the city. People umdrängen the car. Guard soldiers on horseback accompany the car.
(19 m) 05. Trier: annual meeting of the Max Planck Society the Porta Negra. Scientists at round table in conversation. Close-ups of the Nobel laureate Richard Kuhn, chemistry, and Otto Warburg, medicine. Adolf Butenandt, Nobel Prize in chemistry 1939 and Otto Hahn, Nobel Prize in chemistry of 1944 Max von Laue, Nobel Prize for physics.
(15 m) 06. Bad Godesberg: student ceremonial drinking session in the District of Schaumburg students parade through the town. Transparent: Welcome welcome of old boy glory. Relatives of student fraternities actuality: "Silencium - the most solemn Epicanthus rise Oh old boy glory." Students sing, toast to, drink beer and get on the chairs.
(22 m) 07 Baden-Baden: election of Miss Germany 1955 applicants of the pageant company clothes and bathing dress on the catwalk. Male viewers, large, older vintage. Winner Margit Nünke from Cologne at the award ceremony.
(18 m) 08. To the German football championship in Cologne: SV sod in gene - HSV 1:1 game scenes. Viewers with a rain hood. Tumultuous scenes at two gates. Mallet beheads, fends off the goalkeeper, Uwe Seeler 1-0 for the HSV achieved in the margin. Spectators jumping up and cheering. In the 2nd half, storming sod in gene and achieve balance in the 48th minute. Goalkeeper Schnoor missed the ball. HSV striker before the gate. Succeed in a shot on goal. Viewers with a handkerchief on his head, large, shaking his head. Players go from the square, enter something as both with this result in favor of the 1 missed FC Kaiserslautern against red white food.
(33 m) 09 Hamburg: International Festival of swimming diving men: Jochen Ulrich and Ewald win bitterly, Dresden. Stopwatch, great. 100 m crawl ladies: start, swimming and turning. In the final sprint, Birgit Klomp WINS in the 1.09 100 m Dolphin men: start, turn. Tumpek, Hungary, WINS in 1.04,3.
(38 m) 10 Dortmund: heavyweight boxing for the European Soccer Championship: Gerhard Hecht defeated Willi Hoepner knockout blow change. Hoepner, attacks and fighting superior. As a spectator NAT Fleischer, Publisher of the rankings of boxers, United States, large. In the third round, Hoepner applies fully and Pike goes down. Referee counts. Pike kneels and turns at 9 back to the fight. Trouble comes Pike round and fends off Hoepners attacks. In the course of the fight, Pike strikes safer and ends up hit. In the thirteenth round, Hoepner goes a hit to the ground and will be counted. Among the spectators clap Heinz Neuhaus. Gerhard Hecht as the winner in the ring. Nadja Tiller claps, great. Gerhard Hecht, with laurel wreath in addition to Willi Hoepner in the ring.
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Title: Le Mans origin: Pathé journal, Gaumont departure Adenauer after United States camera: Basic, Stoll visit Nehru in Prague origin: DEFA Baudouin returns from Africa origin: Belgavox Nobel Laureate i. Trier camera: strong fraternities camera: reason, Essmann Miss Germany camera: strong sports soccer: SV sod in gene HSV camera: base, Seib, Stoll swimming camera: Luppa, Blagona boxes: Pike Hoepner camera: Essmann, rough final

The Le Mans disaster In the 24 hour race of Le Mans was the terrible disaster in the history of racing. At a speed of over 200 km/h, Pierre Levegh had to brake sharply his Mercedes (No. 20). While he roamed the car of the Englishman Macklin. The Mercedes reared up and smashed like an exploding bomb into the crowd of spectators. -The scene of sporty performance became a place of horror. It took 15 minutes until the ambulance service was organized. Over 80 dead and more than 100 wounded were the disaster victims. The next raging coaches were given the characters to drive slower. -Fangio and Kling continued a few hours so as to endanger the evacuation of the wounded not by a sudden exodus of viewers. Mercedes pulled its two cars out of the race, then so was public opinion all over the world. Bonn: Zuseiner third trip to the United States said the Federal Chancellor: (original sound).

Prague: On the way to Moscow India's premier arrived Pandit Nehru on an official State visit in Prague. The Czechoslovak Prime Minister Siroky welcomed his high guest. -The population of Prague the Indian politician brought enthusiastic ovations. -Nehru believed that great progress has been made in recent years on the way to the peaceful coexistence of Nations.

Brussels: King Baudouin of Belgium is home again. After an extended trip through the colony the Congo he met in Brussels. -The journey of the King through the streets became a triumphal ride beyond compare. Three Schwadro [...] n of the guard paved him the way. And the jubilation of the Belgians for their youthful country father knew no bounds.

Trier: At the annual meeting of the Max Planck Society for the promotion of German Science met an intellectual elite. The Nobel Prize winner Alfred Kuhn, chemistry, and Otto Warburg, medicine; Adolf Butenandt, Nobel Prize in chemistry 1939; Otto Hahn, left, winners of chemistry 1944; and Max von Laue, Nobel Prize for physics.

Godesberg: The famous "Schaumburg justice" experienced a boozy student pub in its 200 - year celebrations. (Original sound) A section from the history of student connections was again alive. It was as if time had stopped and swept away all the Boozed mood.

Baden - Baden: once again it was time: the most beautiful in the country gave itself a tryst. By hundreds of hopeful applicants, there were few who were left. Their hour struck now in Baden-Baden. -Even if it's still so hard - so much charm and beauty - once the decision must fall: the 24-year-old Margit Nynke from Cologne finally had the most votes and ascended the throne as "Miss Germany 1955" beaming with joy. For the football championship, the meeting in Cologne brought the decision who will be eating together with red and white in the final. The HSV (white shirt) has a good start; the storm but loses some sure-fire chance. Tumultuous scenes at two gates are the hallmarks of this dramatic struggle. Here comes the 1:0 for the HSV. Schlegel's header has a shot blocked. The margin of Seeler ends up in the gate! -In the second half, sod in Germany has more of the game, and the Hamburg defence must intervene decisively. -48th minute. Demski breaks through. His long shot slipping under Schnoor in the network. -Desperate HSV tried again to seize the leadership itself. Football luck is against him. It remains at the 1:1 laughing third party: 1. F.C. Kaiserslautern.

International swimming Gala the elite of European swimmers in Hamburg. The Tower jump won by Jochen Ullrich and Ewald bitterly from Dresden. -The women's 100 meters crawl were incredibly exciting. The German Champion Ingrid Künzel has an advantage at the turn. There follow: Gisela of network and Birgit Klomp. In the last meters, Birgit Klomp push forward ever more after and strikes 1:09 first. -100 m butterfly of men's. World record man Tumpek from Hungary is the big favorite. Tumpek is still in third place at the turn. But then he is no longer be maintained. Powerful and supple as a dolphin, he parts the water. The advantage of Tumpek becomes bigger and bigger. He wins superior in a minute 4.3 seconds.

Willi Hoepner and Gerhard Hecht again fought the fight of the year in Dortmund to the Championship in the light heavyweight. The audience, among them NAT Fleischer, the uncrowned box Tsar and publisher of world rankings, experienced one of the most colourful battles of the German boxing. Hoepner is looking for a quick decision in the first round. He is clearly superior. -Hoepner hits in the third round with a straight left. Pike's back nine. With difficulty he comes round. Still dominated by European champion Hoepner. But gradually turns the sheet; and Hoepner is severely damaged several times. The 13th round will bring the decision. A left hook can stagger Hoepner. A lightning right hand ended the fight. Pike revenge succeeded in convincing. He is European champion again.

Date of Release:

17.06.1955

Year of Production:

1955

Camera Work:

Blagona, Vilma; Grund; Luppa; Rau, Kurt; Seib, Gerhard; Starke, Rainer; Stoll, Erich; Essmann

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Producer:

Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH (Hamburg)

Source Foreign Material:

Belgavox; Pathé Journal; DEFA; Gaumont

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

German