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A history of Nazi television programming and technology, from 1935 to 1944.A history of Nazi television programming and technology, from 1935 to 1944.A history of Nazi television programming and technology, from 1935 to 1944.
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Ursula Beutel-Patschke
- Self
- (archive footage)
- …
Adolf Heuser
- Self - Boxes Schmeling
- (archive footage)
Fritz Janek
- Self - TV Reporter, with Ley
- (archive footage)
- (unconfirmed)
Santiago Lovell
- Self - Argentine Boxer
- (archive footage)
Wilhelm Brückner
- Self - Accepts Flowers on Hitler's Behalf
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Galeazzo Ciano
- Self - at Karinhall with Göring, Mussolini
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Sepp Dietrich
- Self - at Karinhall Behind Himmler
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Hans Frank
- Self - at Karinhall with Gründgens
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Heinrich George
- Self - at the Schillertheater
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self - Speech on Value of War
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Gustaf Gründgens
- Self - at Karinhall with Hans Frank
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Emmy Göring
- Self - at Karinhall with Mussolini, Ciano
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
- Self - at Karinhall with Mussolini, Ciano
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe original clips are in the native German language without subtitles.
- ConnectionsFeatures Soldier Comrades (1936)
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Fascinating look at the birth of TV broadcasting
This excellent documentary shows clips from 1935-1944. Clips include interview programs with Labor Minister Robert Ley, footage of the 1936 Olympics, light entertainment programs (vaudeville, etc.), plays, exercise shows, propaganda documentaries, cooking shows, and coverage of the 1938 (I think) Nuremberg rally. There's also a documentary of how amputee vets are being rehabilitated with artificial legs.
It also interviews some of the German TV pioneers who explain how some of the early technology worked (camera trucks at the Olympics, for example, had automatic film-developing machinery inside the truck.) Also fascinating is the political background behind the broadcasts, the technology, distribution of TV sets, how the war affected the planned and actual use of broadcasting, etc.
I guess it's no surprise that we were never taught in school that TV (the greatest invention in the history of the universe, if you ask any kid) was largely developed by the Nazis. They were no doubt afraid it just might have turned us all into Hitler Youth.
It also interviews some of the German TV pioneers who explain how some of the early technology worked (camera trucks at the Olympics, for example, had automatic film-developing machinery inside the truck.) Also fascinating is the political background behind the broadcasts, the technology, distribution of TV sets, how the war affected the planned and actual use of broadcasting, etc.
I guess it's no surprise that we were never taught in school that TV (the greatest invention in the history of the universe, if you ask any kid) was largely developed by the Nazis. They were no doubt afraid it just might have turned us all into Hitler Youth.
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- TomIsenberg
- Jun 9, 2005
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- Runtime55 minutes
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