WELT IM FILM NO 69 [Main Title]

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  • Title: WELT IM FILM NO 69 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: WIF 69
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. "1 year of DANA." Anniversary of Deutsche Allgemeine Nachrichten Agentur (US Zone News bureau) marked with film item on agency's work and equipment. II. Sport. a. McNarney opens 8-nation athletics match in Berlin Olympic Stadium. b. "Deutsches Derby" race in Munich. III. Film of the interior of the Oak Ridge atom research centre: film stresses danger (remote handling, Geigers etc), commentary the potential benefits. IV. "Streiflichter aus Deutschland." a. Buoys in the North and Baltic seas. b. Open air performance (in old monastic cloister) of "As You Like It". c. Berlin policewomen (unarmed combat training, uniform issue, on duty). V. British Zone memorial week for the victims of Fascism: ceremonies of wreathlaying. etc. VI. England: the adapted Lancaster bomber "Aries" before takeoff on record-breaking flight to Australia. VII. "Tiere aus aller Welt," 3 pieces of animal film. a. Bees in New Jersey. b. Sculptor carves chimpanzee in Paris. c. Hare escapes greyhounds in a "coursing" event in Australia.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: WIF 69
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-09-18
  • Production Country: Allied Military Government
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: McNarney, Joseph Taggart (person) DANA (regiment/service) Berlin Police (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: equipment, German (?) - navigational: buoy (object name) recreation, German civilian - theatre (object name) training, German civilian - specialist: policewomen (object name) celebrations, German - event-related: anniversary of Deutsche Allgemeine Nachrichten Agentur, 1st (object name) journalism and record, German - press: Deutsche Allgemeine Nachrichten Agentur (object name) recreation, international civilian - sport: athletics (object name) recreation, German civilian - sport: horse racing (object name) sciences, United States - physics: nuclear (object name) ceremonies, German - event-related: wreath-laying (object name) aircraft, British - combat: Avro Lancaster (object name) recreation, British civilian - sport(?): record-breaking flight (England to Australia) (object name) animals, insects: bee (object name) animals, mammals: chimpanzee (object name) animals, mammals: greyhound (object name) animals, mammals: hare (object name) arts, French - sculpture (object name) recreation, Australian civilian - sport: hare coursing (object name) Germany & Berlin, Berlin <Olympic Stadium> (geography) Germany & Munich, Bavaria (geography) USA & Oak Ridge <atomic research centre> (geography) Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography) North Sea (geography) Baltic Sea (geography) GB, England (geography) Australia (geography) Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography) New Jersey, United States of America (geography) (concept)
  • 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: 1 Footage: 1300 ft; Running time: 14 mins
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