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Television Under The Swastika: The History of Nazi Television (DVD)

Recently uncovered footage, long buried in East German archives, reveals that television's first revolution took place under the Third Reich. From 1935 to 1944, Berlin studios churned out the world's first regular TV programming, replete with the evening news, street interviews, sports coverage, racial programs, and interviews with Nazi officials. Despite impressive technical achievements - including near instantaneous broadcasts of the 1936 Olympic Games - German television was not the propagandistic breakthrough its backers had envisaged, and official support for the new media waned after 1939. What remains is a remarkable trove of surviving footage, offering an intriguing new window onto the Third Reich. Television under the swastika, drawing liberally from this footage, opens up a surprising chapter in media history.

B&W/Color, 54 minutes, English commentary and subtitles.

NTSC Region 1 encoding (US and Canada Only)

Libraries and Institutions Please Note: $125.00 additional fee for Public Performance Rights.

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