Restoration of German Cities

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1051
Date Released
25 Jul 1949
Date submitted
18 Jul 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Restoration of German Cities. DESCRIPTION: Touring Germany we give you some idea how the Germans are restoring their towns and cities which had been shattered by the allied bombing. From Hamburg we take you to Munich, then on to Stuttgart and finally Cologne. SHOTLIST: KS. Elevated GV Hamburg. . HAMBURG - Various streets, traffic passing through etc. Several street scenes. GV apartment houses under construction, large steel structure of apartment house going up. GV of the harbour. MUNICH - Various traffic scenes. Street scenes showing damage still and ruins. STUTTGART - Various street scenes, cinema built in a former air raid shelter. COLOGNE - Clearing rubble away from the streets. LS cathedral, street scenes. Taken from top of cathedral towers, GV of rubble & damaged streets of Cologne.
Locations
Germany
Footage sources
Welt Im Film
Card file number
52269
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
149
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Restoration of German Cities', British Movietone News Issue No. 1051, 25 Jul 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15852 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)