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NEW Archive Alert: 90's B-roll & Ukrainian Gems! // Your Lightbox: Lufthansa & Interflug
Discover a remarkable collection of interviews and B-roll from the 90’s, our Ukrainian Archives and your lightbox "Lufthansa / Interflug". A social media hit: Nina Hagen @Maischberger. Moscow & Berlin in the 90's.
NEW: Ukrainian Archives (1917-1930) // Highlights: Syria, Vietnam, Cambodia & Pol Pot, WWII // Meet us at Berlinale – EFM / Archive Market
We are proud to present the latest addition to our archives: Ukrainian Archives. // Ukrainian newsreels from the period 1923 to 1930 and productions from the First World War // Filming Locations: Worldwide // Topics: Ukrainian/Soviet history, politics, current affairs, society, military, economy, art, culture, sports, World War I
History of China: MAO // Foundation of two German states
75 years ago, on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Tian'anmen Square. The division of Germany was completed in 1949 when two states were established – the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
Unedited footage: Tokyo, Japan 1960s // Martin Luther King // New on offer: Colourisation
Selection of material on the US civil rights activist Martin Luther King: March on Washington and "I Have a Dream" speech, visit in West-Berlin et al. // Tokyo, Japan 1960s - Summer Olympics 1964: street scenes - modernity, tradition, culture, fashion, architecture. Olympic buildings and landmark infrastructure. // New: PROGRESS offers the service to colourise archive material.
Dien Bien Phu "The French Stalingrad"// WWI // Helmut Schmidt
Authentic material from a Vietnamese perspective. 1 August 1914 – Beginning of WWI.Helmut Schmidt becomes Chancellor after the espionage affair.
Black Power Icon Angela Davis // An Unseen Perspective on the Vietnam War
Angela Davis: Civil rights activist, feminist, communist. 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and the End of the Vietnam War.
Labor Shortages: History of Contract and Guest Workers (West/East Germany) // 2024: Angela Merkel’s 70th Birthday
The history of international labor migration: Differences in representation, similarities, the realities after 1990. Lightbox for the milestone birthday of the former Chancellor July 17, 2024 – "most powerful woman in the world" (according to Forbes, in the years 2006-2009 and 2011-2020).
True Crime in the GDR // Middle East Conflict Israel - Palestine // 2024: 75th Anniversary of NATO's Foundation
A Taboo: Crimes in the GDR – officially, these were mostly kept under wraps. Murder, child abuse, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, or theft were only depicted on television in the form of crime shows. Israel - Palestine: Reports spanning the years 1947-1980 from politically varied perspectives on topics such as unrest, war, refugee children, Jewish daily life, and exiles. NATO: material from West Germany and the GDR from the 1949 to the 1980s.