Description: I. "Aktuelles in Kuerze." a. US forces chiefs arrive in London to start 10 day information gathering tour of Atlantic Pact countries before Washington conference. b. Stuttgart: children receiving food under the Hoover relief scheme celebrate Herbert Hoover's 75th birthday. c. The 82 year old actor Albert Bassermann returns after 16 years in USA for guest appearances in Germany (AB relaxing on Sylt island).
II. Hong Kong: HMS Amethyst. Amethyst arrives after her celebrated breakout through Communist Chinese blockade on Yangtse Kiang. Report includes film of Amethyst, her crew and commander J S Kerans and close-ups of damage, including shrapnel-torn flag.
III. "Bilder aus aller Welt." a. Holland: exhibition of working models, including steam locomotive, liner and fairground. b. Mechanised beach cleaning in USA.
IV. Sport. a. Middleweight boxing in Berlin. b. Japanese swimming championships, watched by Emperor Hirohito. V. West German general election: voting scenes "from the coast to the Alps" (Cuxhaven, Ruhr, Stuttgart, Munich and Bavaria); the massive poster campaign; vote counting; a pictographic representation of the result and seating in the new Parliament.
