Harry Hill on Wave 1000

Movie
German title	Harry Hill on Wave 1000
Country of production	Germany
Publishing year	1926
length	6 acts, 2081 meters, at 22 fps 83 minutes
Rod
Director	Valy Arnhem
script	Curt J. Brown
production	Valy Arnhem
camera	Willy Großstück
occupation
	Valy Arnhem : Harry Hill; Carl Wallauer : Director Bernal; Evi Eva : Eva, his daughter; Marga Lindt : Vera Manon; Paul Morgan : Editor Brunn; Ernö Verebes;

Harry Hill auf Welle 1000 is the title of a silent crime drama from the “Harry Hill” series, which Valy Arnheim produced in 1926 based on a manuscript by Curt J. Braun , the “Valy Arnheim film Richard Spelling”, with himself in the main role of the energetic detective realized. The title echoes the station announcements that were common in the early days of broadcasting, such as B. "Berlin on wave 400" formulated.

action

Harry Hill can now use the police radio to hunt down criminals.

Production notes

The film, a production by Valy Arnheim-Film Richard Spelling, was photographed by Willy Großstück . The stage set was created by Carl Ludwig Kirmse , and Gustav Renz was in charge of production.

The cabaret artist Paul Morgan was cast in the role of a newspaper editor.

The film was the Reich Film Censorship on June 24, 1926 before and could happen under the number B.13143. A youth ban has been issued.

background

“Harry Hill auf Welle 1000” is one of the films that were made and thematized in the wake of the entertainment broadcasting program introduced for Germany in 1923 and the interest it aroused broader groups for the new technology.

As the title suggests, radio technology plays an important role in the plot. The wavelength of the title, 1000 meters (300 KHz), is at the upper end of the long-wave range, where police radio was used in the early days .

Web links

Harry Hill to wave in 1000 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Harry Hill on Welle 1000 at filmportal.de
“Harry Hill auf Welle 1000” in the Federal Archives (DVD Blue-Ray, archive number 31730)

Illustrations:

Ross postcard 1010/1 from Evi Eva. Photo: Alexander Binder, Berlin 1927.
Photo by Ernö Verebes. Atelier Alexander Binder, Berlin.
Photos of police officers with radio and loop antenna (police radio receiver, type designation U45-300?) From the magazine "Das Neue Universum", Volume 45, 1924.

literature

Sebastian Hesse: camera eye and nose. The detective in early German cinema (= KINtop-Schriften Volume 5). Stroemfeld Verlag, Frankfurt / Basel 2003, ISBN 3-87877-765-5 , p. 37.

Alfred Krawc, Eberhard Spiess, International Federation of Film Archives: International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Germany (from the beginnings to 1945) , Volume 4. Verlag Saur, Munich 1984. ISBN 978-3598214349 . Pp. 25, 192 and 512.

Michael P. Ryan: Fritz Lang's Radio Aesthetic: M. A city is looking for a murderer. German Studies Review Vol. 36, No. 2 (May 2013), pp. 259-279.

Individual evidence

↑ cf. Radio and Telephone Museum in the Amplifier Office eV : "Attention, attention, here is Berlin on wave 400 meters."
↑ Birett, Sources on Film History 1920-31: "B13143 Harry Hill on Wave 1000, 1926"
↑ Other examples would be “Die Radio-Heirat” (1924), “Radiofimmel” (1925), “Voices from the Aether” (Thyssen Film 1925) or “ Funkzauber ” (1927). In 2011, the Filmmuseum Potsdam showed early films in its “Signs of Life” series in which radio played a central role.
↑ “The development of police radio in Germany began as early as 1919/1920 . A long-wave radio network was established very quickly, connecting the various police stations with one another ”. [...] "In 1928, the German police used three frequencies in the long-wave range from 1000 to 1600 m through the approximately 120 radio-equipped stations", cf. Klaus Paffenholz : The beginnings of radio in the police and fire brigade in Germany, (20.11.2012)

[1] . Radio and Telephone Museum in the Amplifier Office eV : "Attention, attention, here is Berlin on wave 400 meters."

[2] Birett, Sources on Film History 1920-31: "B13143 Harry Hill on Wave 1000, 1926"

[3] Other examples would be “Die Radio-Heirat” (1924), “Radiofimmel” (1925), “Voices from the Aether” (Thyssen Film 1925) or “ Funkzauber ” (1927). In 2011, the Filmmuseum Potsdam showed early films in its “Signs of Life” series in which radio played a central role.

[4] “The development of police radio in Germany began as early as 1919/1920 . A long-wave radio network was established very quickly, connecting the various police stations with one another ”. [...] "In 1928, the German police used three frequencies in the long-wave range from 1000 to 1600 m through the approximately 120 radio-equipped stations", cf. Klaus Paffenholz : The beginnings of radio in the police and fire brigade in Germany, (20.11.2012)