WELT IM FILM NO 53 [Main Title]

I. "Statesmen on the move."

a. Smuts visits Berlin (arrives at airport, looks at ruins of Chancellory) and Hamburg. b. Field Marshal Alexander (in morning dress) takes up Governor-Generalship of Canada, in Ottawa.

II. "Pictures of the reconstruction": ceremonial openings of repaired railway bridge in Cologne and road bridge in Mannheim.

III. Sport. a. Football in Berlin Olympic Stadium: British forces beat Sheffield United. b. Weigh-in for the Billy Conn - Joe Louis boxing match. c. Marathon race run in Massachusetts.

IV. Japanese elections: speeches, rallies, polling; Yoshida wins.

V. Trial (in Dachau) of 74 Leibstandarte SS 'Adolf Hitler' men for Malmédy massacre; good sequence, including court scenes,

VI. Prague: former SS police chief Karl Frank on trial (sorting of evidence; court scenes); sentenced to death.

VII. Mass production (mechanised and manual) of pencils.

VIII. "Bilder aus aller Welt." a. Solar observatory in Colorado USA, including film taken by the observatory. b. American cannon-billiards expert demonstrating skills. c. Animal Hospital in Salzburg: a vet at work, including dentistry on a horse.

35mm