Deutschlandspiegel 9/1955 22.06.1955

01 Paris week of Düsseldorf. Model of the city of Paris: the Seine, Notre Dame,..., mobile dolls. Inscription "Week in Paris" on the wall of a House. Flags of Germany and France. Music train of the Paris police on the King's Avenue. Council President Bernard Larfais (?), Ambassador François Poncet and Prime Minister Karl Arnold. Life-size wheel racket made of marzipan as a guest gift. Little boys beat wheel. German and French police in conversation.
(54 m, 10: 10:00 10:02:10) 02 reception + Bundestag Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn. Theodor blank gets out of the car. Theodor Heuss and blank the hand To give up. Document size: "on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany I appoint Mr Theodor blank, Member of the German Bundestag, the Federal Minister of Defense. Bonn, June 7, 1955. The Federal President." Heuss with Hans-Joachim von Merkatz and with Heinrich von Brentano. Bundestag. The MEPs rise. Bundestag President Eugen Gerstenmaier actuality: "Mr Dr Heinrich of Brentano, I speak before the oath you pursuant to article 56 of the Federal law. ' I swear that I mean dedicated to force the welfare of the German people, its benefits increase, contact damage from him, uphold the basic law and the laws of the Federal defend, conscientiously fulfill my duties and anyone will pursue justice against. "So help me God!' I ask you to raise your right hand and the formula to the obligation on this Eid to speak after me: ' I swear, so help me God!" Brentano speaks interview: "I swear, so help me God!" Gallo o-ton: "Mr Federal Minister, I can pronounce them the congratulations of the House and wish God's blessings to their new Office."
(50 m, 10:02:05 10:03:50) 03 airfield lettering of the Cologne-Bonn airport. Lufthansa - propeller aircraft. Konrad Adenauer's press statement, reporters To write with. Adenauer speaking interview: "I'm going to see the President Eisenhower, also the Foreign Minister McMillan and PINET will see you in New York Secretary of State Dulles, un, who are on the journey to San Francisco. On the flight back I'll talk then Prime Minister Eden and I hope to be safely back here today in 8 days." A reporter happens to quote: "Lord Chancellor, during all these meetings so their next travel will play probably already a certain role." Adenauer actuality: "My next trip will be by Rhöndorf to Bonn." Laughter among the journalists. Adenauer waving from the door of the aircraft. Door is closed, plane taking off.
(37 m, 10:03:45 10:05:10) 04 Trümmerfrau Berlin: ruin of a House is blown up. Rubble women with shovels; clean debris and stones, stacked bricks. Trümmerfrau monument of artist Katharina Singer is revealed. Berlin's Mayor Luise Schröder gives the opening speech.
(23 m, 10:05:05 10:06:00) 05. Building before the background of the Memorial Church is built. Mortar is mixed, it is bricked and drank beer. Tram in front of the Hotel Kempinski. The "Hinckeldey bridge" with an appropriate inscription. "Pool Neukölln". Children jump off the diving board and slip into the water. The basin full of bathers.
(22 m, 10:05:55 10:06:40) 06th beer City Festival in Charlottenburg. People dance in the street and behind the decorated Windows. Old man ever the cylinder. Music Chapel. Dance on the balconies. Beer keg is tapped, the bystanders jostle.
(28 m, 10:06:35 10:07:35) 07. tank West Berlin. Soviet tanks on the base of the monument. Camera people. Tank will be hoisted by crane onto a truck. Transport in the Soviet sector.
(14 m, 10:07:30 10:08:05) 08 peace wreath peace wreath of the Buhler above sea level in the black forest. Divine service is held. A monk, old people. Wreath at the base of the cross with the inscription: "the dead of the second world war... -We wanted to live in peace."
(21 m, 10:08:00 10:08:50) 9 Corpus Christi Munich. Corpus Christi procession before the towers of the Church of our Lady. Cardinal Wendel is the Holy of Holies. Believers cross themselves. On the Marienplatz. Last Gospel before the Feldherrnhalle. Woman kneels down. Pass monks frat.
(45 m, 10:08:45 10:10:25) 10 Thomas Mann in Lübeck. The Holsten Gate. Canoes on the river Trave. Thomas and Katja Mann before his birth home. Stroll down the city. Ceremony in the Town Hall. Eulogy of the Mayor's p o-ton: "Lübeck citizenship gives right and dignity of a Freeman of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck the son of our city of Thomas Mann in gratitude and veneration." Thomas Mann receives certificate, Katja Mann a bouquet of flowers. Thomas Mann at the lectern, o-ton: "Mr. Mayor, distinguished foreign guests and fellow citizens. So my time has come now the impatiently awaited moment since I may say thanks, thanks for the high honor that my fatherhood today me is by heart. This is a great, touching moment of my life going to the equip. My heart is full of thanks. Happiness and welfare of our city; Concordia domi foris pax." Applause. Thomas and Katja Mann subscribe to the book of the city.
(79 m, 10:10:20 10:13:10) 11 Helgoland the passenger ship "Coat of arms of Hamburg". Radar equipment. Coffee-drinking passengers. Tax man on the bridge. Responsive steamer. Aircraft; Aerial photography of the island of Heligoland. The chalk cliffs. Flag of Europe. Remains of the fortifications. Bird colony. Destroyed houses and equipment. Construction work. Ocean surf at walls torn-up. Establishment of new walls. New construction homes. Shield: "Helgoland municipality". Inscriptions on barracks: "Meat and salami products W. Erler", "Shoemaker Carl Fröhle", "tailoring textile Bazaar article John, C." Boy man"a man comes from dilapidated House with sign"Hairdresser". Steel frame with Bell. Graves, cross with inscription: "here Friedrich reset tap rest, born 31.10.1986, died 19.10.1953". The beach. In the evening in the port, small ships, buoys. Light of the lighthouse in the distance.
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Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia capital, celebrates a week Paris, the big sister city in the West, with a "week in Paris". The bandwagon of the Parisian police performed on the Königsallee. Communication across borders is the aim of this event, referred to as preparation for a future German French Ambassador François-Poncet.
A few kilometres south of Düsseldorf, in the German capital Bonn, three new Federal Ministers accept their appointment certificates from the hand of the President: Theodor blank, the first Secretary of Defense of the Federal Republic, Dr. Hans Joachim von Merkatz, Minister for Affairs of the Federal Council and Dr. Heinrich by Brentano, who will assume the Office of the Secretary of State, that until now Federal Chancellor Dr. Adenauer in personal Union held.
Before the departure to America - Dr Adenauer flew with a four-engine machine of the new Lufthansa - gave the German Chancellor an interview in which he spoke about purpose and goal of this new America visit the reporter of the "mirror of Germany".
It follows a review on: Berlin a decade ago. It was at that time mainly women who clean up Berlin began. They were called "Trümmerfrauenn". In their gratitude, the Berlin a monument put this rubble women. Ms Luise Schröder, Berlin's longstanding Mayor, gave the opening speech.
Next few years: on June 17, 1953 an uprising of the workers broke out in East Berlin, who demanded heavy blood sacrifices. Despite everything, however, Berlin remains a vibrant city; Although an island, a community of unmatched vitality detached from the Federal Republic, but. Charlottenburg district, the famous Central District of West Berlin, celebrated its 250th anniversary. In this case, the joy of life blew up all borders. A Berlin brewery donated 5000 liters of free beer in the Danckelmannstrasse for the celebration.
There was another reason to rejoice for the West Berlin: the Soviet occupying power asked the Americans to remove a Russian tank, which for a decade has dominated the West entrance of Berlin as a monument. With zeal, under heavy guard, the tank in the Russian sector of Berlin was transported.
Ten years truce in Europe. Above sea level in the Black Forest a service was Instead of under the peace cross at the Buhler, in which of the over 50 million dead was thought that called the last war of the Nations.
As for 600 years large processions moving this year on Corpus Christi day through the towns and villages of the Federal Republic. In Munich, forty thousand people participated in the procession. Two hundred thousand lined the mile-long route. Cardinal Wendel was the Holy of Holies the Birch decorated streets. The city of Lübeck with its venerable Holsten committed a feast day of particular importance in the middle and the slowly rising then Trave. The achtzigjährige poet and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann visited his birthplace. His works are rooted in this city: the Buddenbrooks, Tonio Kröger, the Magic Mountain, Dr. Faustus and the many other stories, novels and essays, which are among the most valuable collection of German literature.
"Coat of arms of Hamburg" is the latest German passenger ship in the seaside resort of service. Equipped with radar it is the island of Heligoland in all weathers reach in 5 hours - Helgoland, the fate of island off the Elbe estuary, which traded Kaiser Wilhelm in 1890 with England against Zanzibar. Many years after the last war the evacuated Island served as bombs target for practicing military aircraft. 1952 Heligoland was released again. Now there is rebuilt along modern lines. Two thousand Heligoland To want back on their island. It is the most important marker for shipping prior to the Elbe estuary with their strong beacon: A safe haven for the small ships before storm, night and fog. visible for large ships the soothing, indicating that they are on the right way.

Date of Release:

22.06.1955

Year of Production:

1955

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Reportagefilm GmbH

Commissioned by:

Bundespresseamt

Film Format:

16 mm

Duration:

00:19:00

Film length (in m):

201

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

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Afrikaans; Arabisch; English; French; German; Greek; Portuguese; Spanish; Turkish