WELT IM FILM NO 110

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: WIF 110).

Synopsis

I. International Youth Congress in Munich. Delegates accommodated in Hotel City (converted bunker); conference scenes, with notable guests including Andr Gide (who later speaks) and Ernst Wiechert; proceedings opened by Harry Wilde-Schulze.

II. President Truman visits Canada: met by Alexander and Mackenzie King; makes speech in Canadian Parliament (some original sound).

III. "Streiflichter aus Deutschland." (Presumably, titles are missing.) a. Testing purity of water in various parts of Berlin. b. The bombed/burned and no longer seaworthy liner St Louis is restored for use as a floating hotel in Hamburg.

IV. Fashion, racing, and Royal Family at Ascot.

V. "A historic opportunity." Meeting of bi-zonal Economic Council in Frankfurt. Speeches from British and US representatives (General Macready, Adcock) and elected president (Khler).

VI. "Agreement in India." Explanation of the partition scheme worked out under arbitration of Mountbatten, with film of Mountbatten, of Nehru, of Jinnah (and of the two together), and of Gandhi; illustrative maps.

VII. Sport. a. Motor-cycle racing in Scholten. b. US-European amateur boxing tournament.

Notes

Issue completeness: the Museum's copy of WIF 110 has one item missing, according to the contents list held in the Film and Video Archive, which indicates that it covered a Passion play in the Ruhr.

 

Titles

  • WELT IM FILM NO 110
 

Technical Data

Year:
1947
Running Time:
13 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
1198 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Allied Military Government