Summary: Travelogue of Bremen, the Hanseatic city and Germany's oldest seaport.
Description: Views of the town show parts dating back to the Early Middle Ages, old houses and churches, the Gothic Town Hall with Renaissance facade, the Roland Pillar "symbolic of Hanseatic market freedom and civic duty" and St. Peter's Cathedral with its lead vault containing ancient mummies. Modern bustle of this busy city is suggested by street scenes with trams, motor-cars, cyclists and pedestrians beside new buildings and the contrasting quiet of the city gardens in summer and an old windmill. A policeman is visible in one shot. People sail for recreation on the Weser passing arriving and departing German and foreign cargo vessels. Part of Bremen has handled Germany's trade for the last thousand years and ships loading and unloading illustrate this important aspect of the city's life. A Mercedes Benz car is hoisted aboard one ship. Transatlantic liner Bremen docked at her home port "reflects Bremen's enterprising spirit" according to the commentary which intermittently interrupts the musical soundtrack.
