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- Title149 days after the revolution
- SummaryThis colour documentary film reports on the following months of the military coup of 28 May 1969 in Sudan. One of the first actions of the newly formed revolutionary government was the recognition of the GDR under international law. Mainly this documentary is a travel companion and mediator of the aims of the coup artist Jaafar Mohammed al-Numeiri and his head of government Abu Bakr Awadallah.
- Shotlist0:00:00 Demonstration of Sudanese citizens on the streets with banners in Arabic (semi-total) (original sound). Fade in "Ein Film von camera DDR", Design: Horst Winter and Hans Kracht. "149 days after the revolution." This film is dedicated to the victorious May Revolution of the Sudanese people. 0:01:14 Pan over the demonstrating Sudanese with large banners (half-total) (original sound). General Jaafar Mohammed al-Numeiri and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council leaves a jet with the inscription "Sudan Air Force" (half near). Al-Numeiri is warmly welcomed by other military and cheering Sudanese citizens (half total). Comment: ".... Al-Numeiri on a journey through the provinces of the Democratic Republic of Sudan. We had the opportunity to accompany him on a part of this journey. State flags flutter in the wind in the province of Kassalla (half total). Military top decreases the parade greeting (half total). Swing from the marching battalion of honour to the greeting officers (half total). Citizens with banners look at the march past (half total). Al-Numeiri receives a wreath of flowers wrapped by a woman (half near). Comment: "Cheers and trust at all stations of this journey". 0:02:05 Admission of the visitors in an open wagon through a trellis of cheering people (half total and half near). Driving photo (with a frontal view of the open truck) of Al-Numeiri and his companions, framed by accompanying security forces (semi-total). Comment: ".... in Al-Numeiri embodies the spirit of the May Revolution, which opened the door to the people for a way of independent, progressive development. It was not until the May Revolution that the phase of real sovereignty began...". Camel riders accompany the guests on the side strip of the road (driving shot, half total). View from the moving car to the cheering population at the roadsides (half total). A Sudanese tribal leader presents Al-Numeiri with a sword as a gift (half near). 0:02:36 View of a mountain with banana plants in front (half total). A train ride through the flat landscape of Sudan (half total). Comment: "The Sudan is a beautiful country and it is a rich country, but it is necessary to build an efficient national economy by one's own efforts, to develop agriculture and to bring education and training to every village...". View of a village with straw huts at the roadside (driving picture, half total). View from the moving train to a jeep with waving Sudanese (half total). Sudanese applaud the arrival of the train with the guests (half total). Inhabitants of the arrived place cheer the arriving members of the Revolution Council around Al-Numeiri (half total). View (from below) of the waving Al-Numeiri (semi-near). Driving shot past cheering people (half total). Al-Numeiri at a lectern next to a cameraman (half near). Face of the talking Al-Numeiri (near) (without sound). Truck full of people (half total). Panning over the listening inhabitants with banners in Arabic and the security forces standing in front of them (half total). 0:03:57 Drive over a bridge (half total). Swing on the Revolutionary Council's convoy of cars in open trucks (half total). Citizens of the village welcome and cheer the arriving guests (half total). View (from below) of Al-Numeiri and his companions on a staircase of the dam (half total). View to the dam wall and the water of the dam (half total). Comment: "Agriculture needs water, industry needs electricity, a system of dams, canals and pumping stations will help solve these problems". View (from above) of a river (half total). Swing over a channel with pumping station (half total). View (from below) of a power pole (half total). 0:04:43 Al-Numeiri cuts tape at the opening of a school (semi-near). Comment: "...the enforcement of universal schooling is crucial". Al-Numeiri receives a wreath of flowers from nurses dressed in white (semi-near). Al-Numeiri at the laying of the foundation stone of an extension wing of the hospital (semi-near). Nurses cheer for the guest (half near). View of a large plant with grain silos (half total). Swing from the tower of a silo to the arriving guests (half total). Comment: "The socialist countries provide comprehensive and unselfish assistance in the economic reconstruction of the country". Workers from the silo plant cheer the arriving guests and walk with them (half total). 0:05:25 Workers outside a machine park for the construction of irrigation systems cheer Al-Numeiri and his companions (semi-total). View of the construction site for the irrigation, the machines and workers (half total). Drive photo past the started and greeting military (half near). Farewell of General Al-Numeiri in Kassala province with military honours (semi-total). View (from below) of the waving state flag (half total). Comment: ".... Al-Numeiri takes the trust of working people with it...". Al-Numeiri (nah) (original sound in Arabic) and translation in German: "...I recently visited the southern provinces, the west of Sudan and the province of the Blue Nile, I came to parts of the northern province in the province Kassalla. I have been accompanied by some government officials and I will visit all areas of Sudan...". Zoom backwards on the entire palace complex with the talking Al-Numeiri (semitotal) (original sound) "... the aim of these trips is to get to know the situation of the citizens, them and their problems, with the intention of finding solutions to these problems and establishing a connection between the revolution and the masses, so that the people feel the changes that have taken place and that will take place in the treatment of the problems...". Various exterior and interior views of the palace during the speech (semi-total). Al-Numeiri (O-Ton) "... and thus the government apparatus in the provinces is encouraged to serious work, according to the aims of the revolution. With this we give them back the certainty of being an effective tool...". Look at the speech manuscript (half near) (original sound) "...they themselves have seen the extent of this solidarity between the masses and the revolution, the extent of trust in the principles to which the revolution calls and which are a real expression of their hopes". 0:07:53 Soldiers of different branches of the armed forces in a stadium (half total). Al-Numeiri and his entourage take off the honorary formation (half total). View of the guest and the soldiers and spectators in the stadium (half total). Comment: "The Army of Revolutionary Sudan, an army of the people, ready to defend the revolutionary gains and common Arab interests against any aggressor". Al-Numeiri thanks some soldiers by handshake (half near). Young officers are sworn in and recite their vows at a table (half near). 0:08:35 Assembly of citizens and soldiers in a square on Revolution Day (half total) (original sound). Zoom on Prime Minister and Deputy Revolutionary Council, Abu Bakr Awadallah at the microphone (half near) (original sound). Translation: "The aims of the May Revolution are simple and clear, to create an alternative to the frightening mismanagement of the past in the country, to free the people from the pressure of economic and social backwardness, to orient the people towards progress and socialism". General Al-Numeiri at the lectern (half near and backwards zoom) explains the further plans of the May Revolution. 0:09:22 Comment: "The people demonstrate their agreement to the aims of the revolution, demonstrate their determination to move forward consistently". Sudanese people dressed in western clothes with banners demonstrate on the street (half total). Truck with military chapel decorated with flowers (semi-total). Groups dressed in Arabic with banners follow the truck and shout slogans (semi-total) (original sound). Military chapel in red uniforms plays on (semi-near) (original sound). Women, men, sportsmen and military men on this demonstration, interrupted by trucks full of flowers (half total) (original sound). Officers on the grandstand greet the passing masses and remove them (half near). Different attitudes of marching and walking groups of men and women (semitotal) (O-tone). Comment: "The Revolution unites the forces of the people and their leadership into a powerful stream that sweeps away the old and the past and leads the country into a happy and rich future". 0:10:50 END
- TagsSudan; Revolution; Kassalla; Military; Khartoum; Education; Energy; Water; Health; Army; Socialism; Khartoum; German Democratic Republic (GDR); Africa; Revolutionary Council; Putsch; Socialism; Sworn in; Putsch;
- Decade1960
- Production Year1969
- Release date
- Genre
- Country of Production
- Actors
- PersonalitiesAbu Bakr Awadallah, Jaafar Mohammed al-Numeiri
- DirectorHans Kracht, Horst Winter
- Producer
- CameraHans Kracht
- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A004C60