UFA NR 466 [Main Title]

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  • Title: UFA NR 466 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 126
  • Other titles: UFA AUSLANDSTONWOCHE NR 466 [Alternative Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: (Reel 1) I. Emperor of Manchukuo visits Tokyo. Kang Teh (Pu Yi) arrives at Tokyo Station to offer congratulations on occasion of 2600 years of existence of Japanese Empire. After welcome by Emperor Hirohito at station, Kang Teh drives through Tokyo past guard and visits Akasaka Palace. II. Opening of exhibition of German Art in Munich. Art exhibition in House of German Art shows that artistic enterprise continues to develop during the war. Widow of architect Troost who designed Haus der deutschen Kunst, dressed in white, accompanies Goebbels through sculpture gallery containing Breker sculptures. Other examples of new German art are realistic scenes of peasant life and mountain landscapes. Hitler, reportedly visiting gallery on open day, stands rapt before piece of nubile statuary, tracing maiden's form with the gestures of a connoisseur. III. Braune Band horse races in Munich. Punters study form before running of important flat race, won by Italian three-year-old Bellini. Spectators include many in uniform. IV. Hagenbeck Circus in Berlin. Visitors to circus tent include many in uniform who see horses, elephants, tigers and acrobats. V. Presentation of German armoured train to Mussolini. German flak crews show Italian counterparts how to operate 2cm Flakvierling guns mounted on two railway carriages which Hitler has donated to Mussolini. Gift is presented as example of modern German industry. VI. Rumanian, Bulgarian and Slovak statesmen visit Obersalzberg for talks. Rumanian Minister President Gigurtu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Manoilescu are greeted by Ribbentrop at Salzburg station, en route to Obersalzberg. Bulgarian Minister President Filov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Popov climb steps to Berghof. Slovak President Tiso with Minister President Tuka and Sano Mach (not seen) emerge from Berghof with Hitler after talks conducted in the spirit of friendship which has always existed between these countries. (Reel 2) VII. Hitler attends Bayreuth Festival. Banners in the streets of Bayreuth give thanks to the conquering Führer, at whose special request the Wagner Festival is taking place. Invited audience of soldiers and workers gives ecstatic welcome to Hitler, whose motorcade proceeds towards the Festspielhaus to the sound of the Meistersinger Overture. Wagner's daughter-in-law Winifred, with Deutsche Arbeitsfront leader Ley, greets Hitler, who then shakes hands with young Wieland and his sister Verena in nurse's uniform, before acknowledging the audience's adulation from the outside balcony. VIII. German repair of railways in Norway. German railway workers, in conjunction with the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, restore communications in the occupied territories of Europe. Line and high bridge at Mosjöen in Northern Norway is completed and inaugurated in presence of German Commander-in-Chief in Norway Generaloberst von Falkenhorst. Bridge is one of sixty constructed in Norway alone. IX. Citroën production in Paris. Production of Citroën cars and trucks aids return to peace. X. German relief work in France. German relief workers distribute food to French civilians (and prisoners of war, according to a sign) in Montmartre. Civilians include an African woman and many children. At another relief operation (probably in Alsace-Lorraine, since signs are in German), extended sequence dwells on the joyful expressions of returned refugees. XI. Heinkel He 59 Air Sea Rescue operation. He 59C-2 circles in search of dinghy before landing to rescue two occupants. Plane flying under protection of Red Cross was reportedly attacked by British planes. XII. Luftwaffe flight over Britain. German bomber flies through rain and clouds "over British coast" and passes (incredibly) low over a destroyed airfield (planes are not British) and "a well known castle on the English coast" (French-style château). Plane passes low over ships, "none of which reach the British coast".
  • Alternative Title: UFA AUSLANDSTONWOCHE NR 466 [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 126
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 126
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-07
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: UFA (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (person) Pu Yi, Emperor of China (person) Troost, Gerhardine 'Gerdy' (person) Goebbels, Paul Joseph (person) Hitler, Adolf (person) Gigurtu, Ion (person) Manoilescu, Mihail (person) Ribbentrop, Joachim von (person) Filov, Bogdan (person) Popov, Ivan (person) Tuka, Vojtech (person) Tiso, Jozef (person) Hitler, Adolf (person) Ley, Robert (person) Wagner, Wieland Adolf Gottfried (person) Wagner, Winifred (person) Wagner, Verena (person) Falkenhorst, Nikolaus von (person) Citroën (regiment/service) Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (regiment/service) German Air Force, Air Sea Rescue (regiment/service) German Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, Manchukuoan international - state (object name) arts, German - fine arts: Breker sculpture (object name) recreation, German civilian - sport: horseracing (object name) recreation, German civilian - theatre: circus (object name) economics, international - Germany/Italy (object name) transport, German military - rail: armoured train (object name) delegations, Bulgarian international - political (object name) delegations, Slovak international - political (object name) delegations, Rumanian international - political (object name) arts, German - music: Wagner, Richard & Die Meistersinger Overture (object name) arts, German - music: Bayreuth Festival (1940) (object name) engineering, civil, German: railway building (object name) reconstruction, Norwegian (object name) industry, French - vehicles: Citroën (object name) refugees, political, French - return (object name) aircraft, German - seaplane: Heinkel He 59 (object name) operations, German air - rescue: air sea rescue (object name) operations, German air - sortie (object name) Japan & Tokyo, Honshu (geography) Germany & Munich, Bavaria <Haus der deutschen Kunst> (geography) Germany & Munich, Bavaria <Reim race course> (geography) Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography) Austria & Salzburg, Salzburg <railway station> (geography) Germany & Salzburg, Salzburg <railway station> (geography) Germany & Obersalzberg <Berghof> (geography) Germany & Bayreuth, Bavaria <Festspielhaus> (geography) Norway & Mosjoen <railway bridge> (geography) Citroën Factory, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography) Alsace-Lorraine (geography) Montmartre, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography) GB, England (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: Spanish Title language: Spanish Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1387 ft; Running time: 15 mins
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