Description:I. "Aktuelles in Kuerze." a. Washington: Dean Acheson and representatives of 8 European nations in Atlantic Pact sign mutual defence assistance agreement. Acheson makes speech ("Free nations must be strong to remain free"). b. Finland: Presidential election. Campaign posters and polling scenes (including P. himself voting) as Paasikivi is re-elected. Commentary praises Finland for remaining free while in the shadow of USSR. c. McCloy opens Amerika Hauss in Stuttgart; speech on future of Germany, and impressions he gathered on recent visit.
II. "Skihasen auf dem Trockenen." a. Indoor ski lessons in New York. b. French ski and apres-ski fashions.
III. "Streiflichter aus Deutschland." a. 'CARE' packet scheme for East Germans organised in Augsburg. b. Film director Carol Reed in Germany. c. Winter-sales open. d. A Mississippi alligator kept as a pet by Frankfurt family.
IV. German women recruited to work in English textile factories (recruiting, medical check, visas; at work in England: camera follows one woman).
V. The Children of Circus Belli organise and stage their own performance.
VI. X-rays combined with cine-camera to produce research and teaching aids at medical school in Rochester University, USA. (Serious and humorous examples).
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:WIF 245
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1945-1989
Production Date:1950-02-09-1950-02-09
Production Country:Allied Military Government
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: German
Title language: German
Technical Details:Footage: 960 ft; Running time: 11 mins
