WELT IM FILM NO 31 [Main Title]

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  • Title: WELT IM FILM NO 31 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: WIF 31
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Aircraft factories convert to peace work: Britain, 'Mosquito' plant building furniture; Germany, FW 190 factory making saucepans etc. II. US ski-experts training at Zell am See. III. Trial and sentencing of General Yamashita in Manila. IV. 'Operation Stork' in Berlin: evacuation of children to country (delousing). V. Austria: a traditional winter festivity in an alpine village; 'devils' chase children in the snow. VI. Sport. a. Moscow Dynamos beat Wales in Cardiff football match. b. An anniversary women's hockey match: a side in 'modern' dress against a side in 19th Century dress. VII. Severe floods in New South Wales, Australia. VIII. Report from Nuremberg: Hess's statement on his amnesia. IX. US Navy Day in New York. Parade and review; Eleanor Roosevelt and Truman on board newly-renamed carrier Franklin Roosevelt; flypast; Truman in Broadway parade, Central Park speech; ships fire salute etc. X. Hamburg: the work of Deutsche Hilfsgemeinschaft, a German self-help organisation (fund raising, food kitchens etc) including speech from Mayor Rudolf Peterson.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: WIF 31
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-12-14
  • Production Country: Allied Military Government
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor (person) Truman, Harry S (person) Peterson, Rudolf (person) United States Navy (regiment/service) United States Navy, USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, aircraft carrier (1945) (regiment/service) Deutsche Hilfsgemeinschaft (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, United States - event-related: Navy Day parade (object name) ships, United States naval - aircraft carrier: Franklin Roosevelt (object name) industry, British - general: peace work (object name) industry, German - general: peace work (object name) law and order, Filipino - judicial process: trial of General Yamashita (object name) training, United States - specialist: skiing (object name) medical, German civilian - routine: delousing (object name) society, German - precautionary: evacuation (object name) celebrations, Austrian - customary: winter festivities (object name) recreation, British civilian - sport: football (Moscow Dynamos v Cardiff) (object name) recreation, Russian civilian - sport: football (Moscow Dynamos v Cardiff) (object name) destruction, Australian: flood (object name) law and order, Allied - judicial process: Nuremberg trials (Hess) (object name) society, German - charity: Deutsche Hilfsgemeinschaft (object name) Operation Stork, December 1945, post-war Germany (event) Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography) Austria & Zell am See (geography) Australia & NSW (geography) Broadway, New York, New York, United States of America (geography) Central Park, New York, New York, United States of America (geography) Germany & Hamburg, Hamburg (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: German Title language: German Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1898 ft; Running time: 22 mins
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