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The Third Reich in Colour

All Episodes 1997

  • Ended
  • 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 2h 15m (3 episodes)
  • Documentary, Drama
The first half of our century, both world wars, the parades in Nuremberg and Moscow, the appearance of Roosevelt and Churchill an the scene - all captured in the memory of generations in classic black and white. Other hitherto little-known film material, however, has remained extant in film archives and in private collections. Hitler's mistress Eva Braun, his pilot Hans Bauer, Roosevelt's son-in-law and several German army cameramen had a common interest: They filmed history in color, whether to private purposes or to document historic events. SPIEGEL TV has partial exclusive access to this unique film material and has produced a three-part-documentary for the expiry of the 20th century on the cameramen and their color films, covering the 12 year period. Some of the spectacular shots can be viewed for the first time in this documentary series. Hitler's abrupt visit to occupied Paris in 1940, his meeting with Moussolini in Berlin and Rome, his first major debut at the "Day of Potsdam" in 1933. Color films of concentration camp-prisoners at forced labor, of the executions of partisans in occupied Jugoslavia, of secret experiments with the legendary V2 - all document the crimes and fanatical madness of the Nazis. Color films of the invasion of Normandy and of Roosevelt's political discussions bear witness to the victorious battle against barbarity.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1997-12-31T00:00:00Z

1x01 The Dictator

Series Premiere

1x01 The Dictator

  • 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

From 1937 color films document everyday life in Hitler's Germany. Eva Braun and Hans Baur, Adolf Hitler’s personal pilot, are among the first amateur filmmakers to expose the new celluloid. This creates unique images of the dictator's public appearances and his private life on Obersalzberg. Scanned in high-resolution HD, the footage of Hitler and his entourage tells a particularly realistic tale.

1997-12-31T00:00:00Z

1x02 War Against Hitler

1x02 War Against Hitler

  • 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

During the war against the Soviet Union, 35mm color footage was also used for Nazi propaganda. Hitler's pilot accompanies the dictator on a visit to the troops at the front. Hollywood director John Ford shoots spectacular color footage with his crew in North Africa and on behalf of US President Roosevelt, a camera crew was present at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943. There, the Allies demand the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.

1997-12-31T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Liberation of France

1x03 The Liberation of France

  • 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z45m

In 1944, in southern England, Allied troops were getting ready to land in Normandy. US soldier Jack Lieb was there with his amateur camera. On D-Day, John Ford shot in color with his camera crews. His Hollywood colleague George Stevens also landed in northern France with his team on 6 June 1944. Those men documented the advance and finally the liberation of Paris up close.

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