Panoramic color monthly show
The Panorama Color Monthly Show was a series of films produced by Deutsche Wochenschau during the Second World War in four editions, which was shown in 1944/45 for the purpose of propaganda in neutral and occupied European countries.
prehistory
In April 1941 Walter Frentz was the first cameraman of the German propaganda companies to shoot color images , including the celebration of Adolf Hitler's 52nd birthday. These color film recordings were only shown in black and white in the German newsreel . In the years that followed, the number of color cameramen increased, including Hans Bastanier, Gerhard Garms, Horst Grund , Hans Ertl and others. The intention of the Propaganda Ministry to produce a weekly newsreel in color, however, remained unrealized until 1944 due to insufficient technical capacities.
Emergence
Between November 1944 and spring 1945 four issues of the “Panorama Color Monthly Show” were completed. The recordings of the first issue were provided by the cameramen Hans Bastanier, Hans-Joachim Blaschke, Gerhard Garms, Heinz von Jaworsky , Georg Kopp, Georg Pahl , Heinz Sasse and Karl Sonntag. Most of the time it is not known who contributed recordings to the other editions. The four editions of the “Panorama Color Monthly Show” contain a few photos from the front; Rather, the focus is on the representation of home subjects, which are largely civil, but also z. B. show the pre-military training of the Hitler Youth . The military defeats of the Wehrmacht and the destruction of German cities by Allied air raids were not discussed.
literature
- Hans-Peter Fuhrmann : The Panorama Monthly Show 1944/45. Indexing and critical film analysis. VDG Verlag, Weimar, ISBN 978-3-89739-686-9 .
Web links
- Contents and further information for the June 1944 edition. In: Internet Archive . Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
- Contents and further information for the September 1944 edition. In: Internet Archive . Retrieved June 6, 2018 .