Deutschlandspiegel 16/1956 26.01.1956

1st birthday Dr Adenauer (85 m) 02 Audernach (42 m) 03 diplomat hunting (24 m) 04 Franklin exhibition (53 m) 5th Peynet - painter (23 m) 06 tribute to Bauer a, b (48 m) 7th Carnival fashions (69 m) 8 figure skating (26 m) 09 avalanche (31 m) 10 ski jumping (53 m)

The 16th episode of Germany mirror reported in detail the celebrations on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Federal Chancellor Dr. Adenauer. Federal President Prof. Dr. Heuss honored the Chancellor with a speech on the eve of the festive day and commemorates his contributions to the recovery of Germany's standing in the world. For two days, Dr. Adenauer accepted congratulations. Hour to hour of Achtzigjährige received the stream of well-wishers in the best mood. "I feel a sense of solidarity that goes across the country's borders from all these congratulations. I can think of nothing better - so the Chancellor thanked his birthday guests - that may be loser one day but the peace of the world and feel that the whole world feels together and feels like today many with me and feel."
The Federal Republic begins now to set up the first military units on the basis of the Treaty of Paris. Andernach on the Rhine, an ancient Roman settlement is about 50 km south of Bonn, the garrison of the new training companies. The Chancellor welcomed the first soldiers as part of the Nordatlantikpaktes: "soldiers! You have a task that is particularly difficult with some shadows of the past and contemporary problems. The German people expected of you that you put your whole force in loyal duty standing above target to secure the peace in community with our allies."
The other pictures of the Germany mirrors To give snippets of life in Germany during the first days of the new year. Foreign Minister of Brentano has invited in the Soonwald between Moselle, close to his first Hunt of the diplomat. In the former hunting grounds of the "Hunter of Kurpfalz" go the diplomats from many countries on the prowl. -In Mainz on the Rhine in the Gutenberg Museum, an exhibition was to the 250. Birthday of the great American Benjamin Franklin opened in Germany knows each child as the inventor of the lightning conductor. -The French Illustrator Raymond Peynet attended a well-known German porcelain factory in Selb in Bavaria. -Also to Bavaria, namely Oberaudorf am Inn, the next shots of Germany mirror lead. There, members will be honoured by 74 of the oldest farmer equality, that around 500 years have their farms in Oberaudorf, in festive form. The Hamburg Meisterschule für mode appears as a Carnival costume is created. -Pictures of the Figure Skating Championships of the protection measures against avalanches and the gathering of the best jump runners from all over the world in Garmisch-Partenkirchen decide this result of the Germany levels.

Date of Release:

26.01.1956

Year of Production:

1956

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Reportagefilm GmbH

Commissioned by:

Bundespresseamt

Film Format:

16 mm

Duration:

00:18:00

Film length (in m):

189

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Sound

Languages:

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