Description: I. "Streiflichter aus Deutschland." a. In the Western Zones, the 'Konsum' (German Co-op) resumes activities; film of a Konsum bakery as a typical undertaking. b. German chess championships in Weidenau. c. Film of a peasant family near Lübeck with a young deer among its pets.
II. "Fat from coal." As economy measures 'butter' and soap are synthesised from coal (good production scenes).
III. "Bilder aus aller Welt." a. Test flight of the experimental Chance-Vought XF5 U-1 (nicknamed the "flying flounder"). b. Launching in Belfast of the liner Pretoria Castle by Smuts' wife through remote control radio link-up with South Africa. c. Dog show in USA. IV. Hanover: "First football international", a team from the British Zone beats a British Army team 4-0.
IV. "Aktuelles in Kuerze." a. Opening of Trial in Nuremberg of the directors of the "I G Farben" concern. b. Russian expatriates leave Shanghai. c. Sholto Douglas in Essen opens "Die Brücke" library/reading room; also meets delegation from US Congress.
V. Some examples of post-war self-help: young boys running a horse-drawn delivery service; men using flattened cans as roofing tiles; home tobacco growing.
