Freiburg Film, Bundesverdienstkreuz (LFS 02297 1)
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Haus mit der Aufschrift: "Kamera Kurbel". Menschen steigen aus Autos, begrüßen sich. /
Münster, Schwenk über den Münsterturm und das Münster. /
Oberbürgermeister Dr. Eugen Keidel (04.09.1909-31.12.1991, OB von 1962-1982) bedankt sich bei Filmemacher Wolf Hart.
Fähnchengeschmückte Straße mit Autos und Straßenbahnen. TC: 10:05:41
Fahnen des Stadtjubiläums. Schwenk über Hochhäuser des Neubaugebiets Landwasser, Wohnblocks und Hochhäuser in Landwasser
Straßenbahnwagen mit der Aufschrift: "Jubiläums Quiz - 850 Jahre Freiburg - 70 Jahre Freiburger Straßenbahn".
ZT: 05. Juni 1970 Oberbürgermeister Dr. Keidel OB in Amtszimmer (kurz).
ZT: erhält grosses Bundes-Verdienstkreuz.
Geladene Gäste begrüßen sich, v.E. Ansprache von Ministerpräsident Hans Filbinger (MP von 1966-1978), Filbinger und Dr. Keidel schütteln sich die Hand. Ansprache von OB Dr. Keidel, Gäste trinken Wein bei Stehempfang.
Contexte et analyse
This film is an excerpt from the long film by Helmut Eckert for the 850th anniversary of the city of Freiburg, which he shot in color with his 16 mm camera and added music and his commentary. This is about two events, the world premiere of the image film “Freiburg. A city portrait ” by Wolf Hart on June 5, 1970, which was commissioned by the city. The second event is the award ceremony the Great Federal Cross of Merit given to Lord Mayor Dr. Eugene Keidel.
The director Wolf Hart (1911-2002) was a renowned cultural filmmaker who lived in Freiburg for a long time. There he grew up studying history, art history, geography and sports and became a leading figure in the Socialist Student Union. After the National Socialists came to power, he was banned from studying and ended up in film. He became an assistant to the renowned cameraman Sepp Allgeier, who had made some mountain films. He then assisted Allgeier in Leni Riefenstahl's “Triumph des Willens” (1935) and her two-part “Olympia” film (1938). He made his directorial debut with the short cultural film “Heide” (1938). After the end of the war, he received a filming license from the French occupation authorities and set up his production company in Freiburg. In the 1950s, his films won numerous prizes, including a federal film award for “Bauhütte 63” on the restoration of the Freiburg Cathedral. So it made sense to entrust him with the commission for an image film for the Freiburg city anniversary. It is a declaration of love for the city with historical retrospectives, with a charming description of everyday life, its quality of life and the importance of the university, industry and the new housing estates in the west of the city.
The film by Helmut Eckert shows how Mayor Eugen Keidel and his wife come to the premiere in the cinema theatre 'Kurbel/Kamera'; other guests of honor from politics and business drive up by car. Overall, a very dignified audience, the men are dominated by dark suits. The 'Kurbel' cinema was opened in 1949 as an extension of the municipal theaters with over 1,000 seats. In 1953 it was supplemented by the 'Kamera' with 474 seats. The theater was closed in 1994 and now serves as the theater's 'small house'. This is followed by pictures of the minster and the premiere guests leaving the cinema. OB Keidel thanks the director Wolf Hart for his film. The premiere took place as part of the city anniversary, which was also celebrated with wind chimes, flag towers and the flagging of the main streets with pennants in the city. An advertisement on a historic tram advertises a quiz for the anniversary and refers to the 70th birthday of the trams in Freiburg, which started in 1900.
The awarding ceremony of the Great Federal Cross of Merit by then CDU Prime Minister Hans Filbinger to Lord Mayor Dr. Eugen Keidel shows the next sequence. His office is lavishly lit for the recordings and Helmut Eckert is close to the action with his camera. A distinguished circle of dignitaries has come together, mostly men in dark suits. The few women wear smart clothes and provide colored dots. On the eve of the city anniversary ceremony, Prime Minister Filbinger presented the Lord Mayor with the Great Cross of Merit on behalf of the Federal President. The state government had proposed him for this honor and the mayor thanked him on behalf of the citizens of Freiburg. At the end there was a toast with wine. The then Federal President Gustav Heinemann, who also came to Freiburg for the ceremony the next day, which is documented in another sequence, was quite critical of the importance of the Federal Crosses of Merit. He advocated breaking rigid social structures and risking more democracy. At an award ceremony in January 1973, he said: “It is next to impossible to bring convincing justice to the award of the Order of Merit. There are citizens who refuse to accept an order for whatever reason. I always showed you my respect ”. Instead, he suggested setting up federal merit crosses in open boxes for self-service (Hoffmann, p. 123). In 1973, Roman Brodmann shot the provocative documentary film “The Excellent Germans” for the Stuttgart documentary department of the SDR.
The film concludes with shots of the Landwasser development area in the west of the city. Under Mayor Keidel, the city expanded and the population grew. Therefore, in 1964, the municipal council decided to build a new building area in the previously swampy forest area in the west of the city. The first tenants were able to move in as early as the summer of 1966, and in February 1968 the 1,000 apartments were ready to move into. A total of 9,423 residents lived in Landwasser in 1975 and the city center had a shopping center, a large school center, a market square, a hospital and a Catholic and Protestant church was built. Helmut Eckert emphasizes in his comment that the construction of the new city quarter was mainly due to Lord Mayor Eugen Keidel.
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