WELT IM FILM NO 34 [Main Title]

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  • Title: WELT IM FILM NO 34 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: WIF 34
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. New York: steeplejacks at work on a spire at St. Patrick's Cathedral. II. Demonstration of British-developed floating airstrip. III. Bavaria: US 3rd Army Engineers demolish a munitions plant (General Truscott presses plunger). IV. Japan: Hirohito visits the Imperial tombs to "report to his ancestors." V. Holland: British paratroops revisit Arnhem, view battle landmarks (some action film for comparison) and meet Dutch civilians. VI. North Africa: French Governor/CO pays 'state visit' to desert province in South East Algeria. VII. Mules from the British army in Italy are exported by rail and sea to Greece. VIII. Sibelius, the composer, on his 80th birthday. IX. Sport (fencing and boxing) from France. X. Two new bridges in Germany (over the Rhine at Mainz, and over the Teltow Canal in Berlin). XI. Los Angeles University classes in fashion design. XII. Czechoslovakia: the Red Army leaves Prague, with enthusiastic displays of gratitude from civilians impeding their departure. XIII. Rodeo-style riding and competition by troops of US occupying forces in Tokyo.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: WIF 34
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-01-04
  • Production Country: Allied Military Government
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Sibelius, Jean (person) Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (person) British Army, paratroops (regiment/service) British Army (regiment/service) Red Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British international - goodwill: paratroops visit post-war Arnhem (object name) society, British military - friendship (object name) society, Dutch civilian - friendship (object name) delegations, Japanese national - state: Hirohito visits Imperial Tombs (object name) religion, Shinto - political, Japanese: ancestor worship (object name) buildings, United States - religious: St Patrick's Cathedral (object name) engineering, civil, United States: steeplejacks (object name) engineering, civil, British: floating airstrip (object name) demolition, United States - safety: munitions plant (object name) administration, French - overseas: Algeria (object name) animals, mammals: mule (object name) transport, British military - animal packload: mule & [shipment] (object name) arts, Finnish - music: Sibelius (object name) recreation, French civilian - sport: fencing (object name) recreation, French civilian - sport: boxing (object name) buildings, German - commercial: bridge (object name) society, United States - education: fashion design (object name) operations, Russian military - movement: Red Army leaves Prague (object name) recreation, Allied military - sport: horse riding (object name) St Patrick's Cathedral, New York, New York, United States of America (geography) Japan & <Imperial Tombs> (geography) Netherlands & Arnhem, G (geography) Algeria (geography) Greece (geography) Finland (geography) France (geography) Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography) Germany & Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate (geography) Germany & Rhine (River) (geography) Germany & Teltow (Canal) (geography) Los Angeles University, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (geography) Czechoslovakia & Prague, Bohemia (geography) Japan & Tokyo (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: 1473 ft; Running time: 16 mins
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