JOURNEY THROUGH MODERN GERMANY [Main Title]
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- Title: JOURNEY THROUGH MODERN GERMANY [Main Title]
- Film Number: MGH 4371
- Other titles: MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
- Summary: Amateur film of some aspects of modern life in West Germany.
- Description: "Journey Through Modern Germany" A map showing Hamburg, Hanover, Berlin and Düsseldorf. General views of Hamburg from an elevated position. Scenes of the docks. Ships include the Fairplay XIV (tug) and Yamanashi Maru from Tokyo. Flags. President Heinrich Lübke and his wife arrive at the International Horticultural Show. They are shown around the exhibits. Scenes of the city from an elevated position, crowds on a bridge. A car escorted by police motorbikes passes by. Heinrich Lübke is shown around the Elektrotechnik Trade Fair in Düsseldorf. A view of an airport from a high tower, Lübke watches planes take off. Construction work. A rally at the Reichstag, Berlin. Placards reading Berlin Gehört Zur Freien Welt [Berlin Belongs to the Free World] and Mehr Soziale Sicherheit [More Social Security]. Close-up of the crowds. A poster of Gandhi. A military band and placards bearing place names in Germany. A banner reads Die Westdeutschen Busfahrer Grüßen Das Freie Berlin. Various flags including the Berlin flag. Willy Brandt addresses the crowd. Doves are released into the air. Street scenes. The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Church. An entrance to the Kurfüstendamm metro station. Two people reading posters, one poster advertises the film 'Das Letzte Wochenede'. People in the street and window shopping. A cinema billboard for Rolf Thiele's Venusberg. People in a restaurant. City lights at night. A river/city scene. General scenes of architecture. A duck and ducklings cross a main road. Scenes in a park. Statues and fountains. Königsallee, shop windows. The Kaufhof department store with lots of Union Jacks, a model of Big Ben and Household Cavalry outside. Mannequins in the shop windows are dressed as the Queen and beefeaters. A military band plays outside the store, the RA Portsmouth Band. Changing of the guards is performed. A large banner on the store reads 'Grossbritannien Besuch' [Visit Great Britain]. A London black cab and 'bobbies'. The crowd listen to the band. A double-decker London bus drives around the city. A poster advertises a military band performance, 22 May 1964, for 'Britische Woche' [British Week]. Other posters advertise the London Symphony Orchestra and the Bristol Old Vic performing Henry V. A map of Düsseldorf and the outlying areas. Inside a tram station ? Architect's plans. At the opera, scenes from Aïda. Brief shot of people leaving the opera, night scenes. "A Film by Matthew Nathan. The End."
- Alternative Title: MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
- Colour: Colour
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- Object_Number: MGH 4371
- Sound: Silent
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4371)
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- Production Date: 1964
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: Nathan, Matthew L (Production individual)
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- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
- Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 565 ft; Running time: 24 mins (at 16 fps)
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