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- SummaryThis colour documentary film reports about the friendship between a machine officer and a shipyard worker from Wismar. The clubhouse is presented, which was built with shipyard and trade union funds to give the workers the opportunity of cultural relaxation. This short film is rounded off with beautiful shots of the shipyard, the historic city centre of Wismar, the new Wendorf district and, above all, the varied activities taking place in the clubhouse.
- Shotlist0:00:00 Logo and text overlays: Gesellschaft für kulturelle Verbindungen mit dem Ausland shows a film by DEFA Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme Berlin on Agfacolor "...und abends Gäste". Dimming. View (from above) over the city of Wismar (half total). Swing from the tower of St. Mary's Church over the red roofs of the houses to the harbour and shipyard area on the Baltic Sea (half total). View of the cargo ships in the harbour (half total). Cargo ship is unloaded (half total). Cargo ship "Leipzig" from Rostock at the quay (half total). Various port settings with ships from all countries of the world (half total). 0:01:15 Swing over the harbour area to the stern of the freighter "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt" from Rostock (half total). Engine officer leaves the cargo ship (semi-near). View (from above) of the big cable crane of the "Mathias-Thesen-Werft". Comment: "The 60 meter high cable crane system...is the new landmark of the city". Crane removes prefabricated ship steel walls (semi-total). Shipyard workers give commands and control the steel planks (semi-near). Welder at work (semi-near). Throw worker at various operations (semi-near). View of the shipyard with the ship under construction (half total). Shipyard workers changing shifts (semi-near). Comment: "One of them is Hein Rocki, he and his colleagues install the machines in the ships". 0:02:38 Swing over the captain of the freighter "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt" in front of the administration building of the "VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft" (half total). Comment: "And this is his friend Pit... he's a machine officer on a 14,000 ton...". Machine officer Pit lights a cigarette on the shipyard premises (half near). View of the shipyard workers in front of the site at the end of the shift (half total). Barrier of the shipyard opens, cars and workers leave the area (half total). Hein and Pit greet each other warmly in front of the dockyard's gatehouse (half near). Inner city area with its historic houses (semi-total). Hein and Pit stroll through the new district of Wendorf with its 9-storey high-rise in the Stalin style (half total). Swing over the facade of the skyscraper (half total). View (from above) of the market place of Wismar with its historical houses (half total). Swing over the facade of the house "Alter Schwede" in "Brick Gothic" (half total). 0:03:52 View to the feet of Hein and Pit (half near). Hein and Pit stop in front of an inn and, at Hein's insistence, continue to walk past shop windows (halfway). Poster in the shop window "Spring fashion show in the clubhouse of the MTW" (half near). The women of Pit and Hein talk to each other on the phone and arrange to meet (half-near). Dimming. Swing over Pit with his wife when entering the clubhouse of the "MTW" (half near). Hein and his wife are waiting for them in the clubroom (half total). Backwards recording through the crowded clubroom to the mannequins on the catwalk (half total). View of the catwalk and the guests (half total). Comment: "All guests in their own homes." Music band plays on stage (half total). Mannequin turns in front of the audience (half near). The friends with their wives are looking forward to the fashion show (half near). Various settings of the fashion show (half total). Comment: "Let's leave Hein and Pit to think about the fashionable insults and their wives to decide about them, let's take a look around in the other rooms". recut 0:05:46 Staircase of the shipyard workers' clubhouse (half total). Comment: "The clubhouse, which was established with funds from the shipyard and the trade union, offers a wide range of possibilities for cultural relaxation in its rooms...". Painter's palette (semi-near). Landscape in watercolour technique (near). Circle of painters working under the guidance of an experienced artist (half total). Panning over the room with its painting workers (half total). Technical draughtswoman of the shipyard paints with watercolours (semi-near). View (from above) of the resulting image (semi-close). The shipyard chief architect Worms places himself at the disposal of the Circle for Fine Arts (semi-close). Worms discusses with a worker in front of his painting (half near). Finished works of art on the walls of the clubhouse (semi-close). Men making inlays (semi-near). Men cut, glue and smooth the fine woodwork (semi-close). Swing over the men at their work table (half near). Finished intarsia work in the corner area of the clubroom (semi-near). recut 0:08:00 Fish in different aquariums are fed in the clubhouse (half total). Close-up of especially beautiful exotic small fish. View (from above) of board players at their tables (half total). Men brood in front of a chessboard (half near). View (from above) of a chess board with its pieces (near). View into the Klubhaus library (half total). Visitors to the library in front of the shelves (semi-near). Counter for the book edition (semi-close). Men and women in national costumes practice their dances on the stage of the clubhouse (half total). Men in a clubroom with 16mm cameras, editing suite and viewers (half total). In the clubroom of the radio hobbyists with self-made transistor receivers (semi-near). Loudspeaker with transistor plate is lifted (near). recut 0:09:45 Swing over the elegant couples during their dance in the clubhouse (semi-close). Pit and Hein with their wives talk at the dance (half near). View of the couples at the tables with a glass of wine (half total). Comment: "Just like here in Wismar, hundreds of clubhouses in the GDR open their doors every day, should the road lead you to Wismar, you are welcome guests in the shipyard workers' clubhouse". A young couple prostet themselves to (semi-near). Hein and Pit with their wives at the bar of the clubhouse (half total). Pit proffers to his wife (half near). Hein prosts to his wife (half near). dimming 0:10:28 END
- TagsWismar; Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; Baltic Sea; Hanseatic city; Citizen house; Culture; Club house; Rostock; Recreation; Dockyard worker; Sea officer; Housing construction; Old town; Cargo ships; Volkseigener Betrieb (VEB); German Democratic Republic (GDR); Wendorf; Brick Gothic; Fashion show; MTW; Painter's circle; Dance;
- Decade1960
- Production Year1960
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- DirectorHeinz Müller
- Producer
- CameraHorst Orgel
- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A005901
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