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- SummaryThis colour documentary reports about the 67th Interparliamentary Conference in Berlin 1980. The aims of the IPU (Interparliamentary Union) of the organization founded in 1888 are: Securing peace, promoting the understanding of democracy in all parts of the world and safeguarding human rights. The Berlin Conference will focus on the will of parliamentarians to make peace in the world more secure and to accelerate the disarmament process worldwide. The state leadership of the GDR emphasizes its willingness to cooperate here. The international parliamentarians who travelled to the cities of Berlin, Sachsenhausen, Wittenberg and Dresden are given a little credence on a round trip.
- Shotlist0:00:00 Fade-in of a graphic representation of the PdR and television tower with writing "67th Inter-Parliamentary Conference Berlin 1980 GDR". Aerial view of the street Unter den Linden, the Berlin Cathedral and the Palace of the Republic (half total). Waving GDR state flags (half total). Guests leave an interflug aircraft via the gangway (half total). Display board with arrival times of passenger planes at Schoenefeld Airport (half total). Guests of the Interparliamentary Union from many nations and continents leave the Interflug aircraft (semi-close). Guests take their hand luggage across the airfield to the arrivals hall (half total). View (from above) of the Red Town Hall and the television tower (half total). Panning over the participants of the press conference in a meeting room (half total). IPU Secretary General Pio Carlo Terenzio answers the journalists' questions (half near) (original sound). Journalist asks questions at the microphone (half-close). Journalists write down and record with recorders (semi-near). Cameraman walks through the hall (half total). Interpreters in their narrow booths (half total). 0:01:29 View of the facade of the Palast der Republik and the parking cars in front of it (half total). Panning from the GDR symbol on the facade of the Palace of the Republic to the arriving parliamentarians (half total). Comment: "Life in peace is the first and most important human right, therefore every encounter, every measure and every agreement that serves its realization finds the full support of the citizens and government of the GDR...". Conference topics leave the buses in front of the Palast der Republik. Right of way for the limousines of the Diplomatic Corps in front of the Palace of the Republic (semi-total). Parliamentarians leave the limousines and go to the entrance (half total). Erich Honecker, Willi Stoph and Horst Sindermann on their arrival in front of the Palast der Republik (half near). African parliamentarian photographs GDR politicians (half near). Banner of various states on the limousines of the guests (semi-close). 0:02:02 Erich Honecker at the lectern during his welcoming speech (halbtotal) (original sound) "...in the GDR there is nobody who earns from armament and armament production...". Honecker (semi-near) on (original sound) "...there is nobody who strives for foreign territories and riches of other peoples. There is no one who wants to touch the borders that emerged in Europe after the Second World War and were fixed in the International Law Document. Our people are fully committed to the principle that the favourable conditions for social progress and well-being are peace, international security and equal cooperation, this principle determines our foreign policy". Applause in the hall (half-total) (original sound). Giulio Andreotti among the guests of the state (half near). Faces of individual delegates (semi-near). View (from above) of the fully occupied hall in the palace of the republic (half total). 0:02:53 View of the board table with lectern (half total). President of the People's Chamber of the GDR Horst Sindermann (halbnah) (O-Ton) "...this world forum of parliamentarians offers the possibility to solve the most burning problems of the world....peacefully and full of objectivity if the firm will prevails". Delegates in the hall with earphones for the translations (semi-close). Applause in the hall after Sindermann's speech (half-total) (original sound). Comment: "Herbert Kurt Fechner, Chairman of the Interparliamentary Group of the GDR, was elected President of the 67th Conference". Herbert Kurt Fechner (half near). View (from above) of the board table and the large-format symbols on the curtains behind it (half-total). Various delegates in the hall (near). President of the Interparliamentary Council Senator Dr. Rafael Caldera on the speaker's podium (semi-near) (original sound) "...and independence and recognition...solidarity is assured. Thank you. View into the hall of the applauding delegates (half-total) (original sound). 0:04:04 Swing over the castle Cecilienhof in Potsdam (half total). View (from above) of the visitors in front of the round table at which the "Potsdam Agreement" was signed in 1945 (half total). Tourist guide explains to the parliamentarians the importance of this room (semi-close). Small flags of the victorious powers on the round table (half near). Historical review in black and white: Churchill and Stalin greet each other (half near). Churchill, Stalin and Trumann in conversation (half near). End of the historical review. Visitors look at a large-format photo of the Potsdam conference in the room (half total). 0:04:35 View of the arriving parliamentarians in the memorial of Sachsenhausen (half total). Parliamentarians of the IPU lay down a wreath at the memorial (half total). Panning over the parliamentarians at the memorial (half total). Swing from the wreath to the sculpture at the memorial (half total). Parliamentarians stand seized in front of the memorial (semi-near). 0:05:11 A pan over the faces of the parliamentarians on a bus tour through Berlin (half near). View from the bus to the Humboldt-Universität (half total). A driving photo through the centre of East Berlin with a view through the windscreen of the bus (half total). Comment: "...the torches of devastating world wars were ignited twice in this century by Berlin, but now impulses for constructive dialogue, for peace and for the cooperation of peoples emanate from Berlin, the capital of the GDR, and this is the new thing of our epoch. Berlin was therefore awarded the honorary title of "City of Peace" by the World Peace Council. Johannes Virolainen from Finland (Halbnah) (O-Ton) "We have been in Berlin the whole week and we have admired the beautiful center of Berlin very much and that also testifies to very diligent work. I must say that the diligence and the work of the people have made on me a great respect". View of the lively Alexanderplatz with the world time clock and the adjacent railway station (half total). Television tower from the worm's-eye view (half total). Souvenir stands at Alexanderplatz (half total). Drive recording from the bus (half total). 0:06:04 A member of parliament from Ireland expressed his positive opinion about his stay in Berlin (half near) (original sound with German translation). Group of people at the Neptune Fountain in front of the television tower (half total). View (from above) of the Palast der Republik (half total). A Brazilian member of parliament comments on his visit to Berlin (half near) (original sound with German translation). Youth dance group in national costume turns in a circle (half total). Children's group painting and handicrafts under the supervision of a pedagogue (semi-close). Children slide out of a replica space capsule with the inscription "CCCP" (semi-near). Children on turntables and spinning tops for balance control (semi-close). 0:07:14 Pan the debate room and the parliamentarians present at the 67th conference (half total). Parliamentarians discuss in small groups (semi-close). View (from above) of the delegates (half total). View (from above) of Hermann Axen at a meeting of parliamentarians in the Volkskammer (half-total). Axen (Halbnah) (O-Ton) "It is precisely for these truly crucial questions of humanity that the socialist states in their Warsaw Declaration, in their proposals for the Madrid follow-up conference, and for a pan-European conference on military détente and disarmament, have submitted acceptable proposals in which the ideas and considerations of many parliaments and governments were taken into account...". Delegates in the hall (half total). Table of the "USSR", "CUBA" and "USA" (half near). Axen (Halbnah) weiter (O-Ton) "...the GDR particularly supports the far-sighted proposal of the Soviet Union for negotiations on medium-range nuclear missiles and the advanced nuclear bases of the USA in Western Europe, a proposal which, in the opinion of many Western governments and parliaments, helps to overcome the deadlock in the question of military détente. Such a process of recovery of the political atmosphere would directly benefit the resolution of existing political conflicts...". At Axens' speech, colour photos from different continents will be underlaid: starving people, groups of children, illiterates, outdoor and classroom instruction, housing, education, power plants (near). 0:09:35 Parliamentarian in front of a building with sign "Apotheke" and "Orthopädie" (half total). Parliamentarians visit a polyclinic in Berlin (half near). View into an x-ray room (half-total). Parliamentarians visit the specialist departments of the clinic (semi-close). Parliamentarians talk to a specialist (semi-near) (original sound). Australian parliamentarian reports positively about the visit to the polyclinic (half near) (original sound with German translation). Department for the physically handicapped (semi-near). Disabled children play under the supervision of parliamentarians (semi-close). Various recordings from the polyclinic and the interested parliamentarians (half near) (original sound). 0:11:06 Comment: "In the GDR, special care is given to the elderly, because we in this country owe their work and struggle to the fact that today they live in peace and social security. They can move into their own flat in homes after work, are provided with food, medical care and "nobody knows boredom here". Parliamentarians in front of the Feierabendheim (half total). Panning onto the facade of the skyscraper (half total). Knitting elderly citizens in the lounge (semi-near). Parliamentarians talk to the residents (semi-near). 0:11:37 Glass façade of the Palace of the Republic (semi-total). Reception of the parliamentarians by the government of the GDR (half near). Honecker, Stoph and Sindermann greet some parliamentarians with a handshake. Honecker, Sindermann and Stoph in individual conversations with their guests (half near). Press people behind Honecker (half total). 0:12:37 View over the market place to the towers of the city church St. Marien in Wittenberg (half total). Parliamentarians visiting Lutherstadt (half total). Parliamentarians visit and discuss the sights of the city (semi-near). Luther monument on the market place (half near). Portal of the castle church (semi-near). Parliamentarian from Canada expresses himself about the city (half near) (original sound with German translation). 0:13:03 View (from above) of the arriving buses of the parliamentarians in Dresden (half total). Fountain on Prager Straße with Kreuzkirche in the background (half total). Inner courtyard of the Zwinger with its fountains (half total). Parliamentarians in front of the historical paintings in the Sempergalerie (semi-near). 0:13:24 Japanese parliamentarian speaks in Potsdam about the GDR (half near) (original sound with German translation). Parliamentarians in the park of Sanssouci (half total). Swing from the parliamentarians to the central building of the Sanssouci Castle (semi-total). Different settings of the park of the castle Sanssouci (half total). 0:13:53 View into the meeting room of the IPO conference (half total). Faces of delegates (near). Tables from Sweden, United Kingdom and Algeria. Zoom backwards from the IPU symbol on the lectern to the delegates (half close). Vote on a resolution by hand signal (half-total). Delegates in the hall applaud the result of the vote (half-total) (original sound). 14:58 View (from above) of the festive reception of Erich Honecker (half total). Honecker, Stoph and other guests toast with a glass (half total). Backward zoom from Honecker to the whole festival hall (half total). Stoph talks to the guests (half near). Individual and group discussions of parliamentarians (semi-close). Honecker talks vividly with guests (half near). Comment: "But there was agreement on what the patron of the 67th Interparliamentary Conference, Erich Honecker, stressed at this festive reception, namely that at a time when peace is at stake, dialogue between the responsible politicians is more necessary than ever. In such encounters, says Erich Honecker, we see a hopeful sign of the will to activate contacts between East and West, between North and South. In our view, there is now more to be done and bolder steps to be taken, not breaking off but continuing the talks, not interrupting the détente but stabilising and expanding it through arms limitation and disarmament are, in our view, the order of the day". Font inserts in six languages: A production of camera DDR. 0:16:00 END
- TagsGerman Democratic Republic (GDR); Interparliamentary Union (IPU); Palace of the Republic; Interflug; Berlin; Capital; CD; Peace; Armament; Disarmament; Foreign Policy; Potsdam; Dresden; Wittenberg; Sachsenhausen; Potsdam Conference; War; People's Chamber; Soviet Union (SU); Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR); Solidarity; City of Peace; Health Care; Education; Energy; Energy; Armament; Child; Retired; Sanssouci; Parliamentarian; Polyclinic; Physically handicapped person; Feierabendheim; Sanssouci; Retirement;
- Decade1980
- Production Year1980
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- Actors
- PersonalitiesHerbert Fechner, Willi Stoph, Rafael Caldera, Pio Carlo Terenzio, Horst Sindermann, Giulio Andreotti, Johannes Virolainen, Hermann Axen, Erich Honecker
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- Original Clip IdentifierQ6UJ9A003V8W