1935 TELEVISION UNDER THE SWASTIKA (The birth of modern media and propaganda)

1999 Documentary - A rare and intriguing look into the Third Reich, Television Under the Swastika is required viewing for anyone interested in the history of television, the intersection of media and propaganda, and the inside story of Nazi Germany.
https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/tv1939.htm
https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ww2era.htm

FACTS ABOUT TV BROADCASTS IN NAZI GERMANY:
• The first regular broadcasts began in March 1935
• Material discovered includes vaudeville acts, cooking shows, sporting events, man-on-the-street interviews, cosmetics tips and teleplays
• Maximum entertainment was the goal of the broadcasts, always with a heavy propaganda element
• Initially, two televisions with 8 x 10 inch screens were placed in television parlors for public screening
• Thousands of televisions made it into the homes of the Nazi elite, who would switch them on during important visits
• When the war began, the broadcasts were used to entertain and distract the soldiers from their woes, and were prominent in hospitals|
• One of the last broadcasts was in 1944, a public service message instructing amputees on how to stay fit so that they could return to the fighting

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