Swiss film week show

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The Swiss Weekly Film Show was a series of films commissioned by the Federal Council that was broadcast weekly in the opening programs of the cinemas . In addition to the news in the newspapers and the radio, the cinemas subscribed - initially still compulsory - to films about current affairs from politics, culture, science, technology, sport and entertainment, with the films being broadcast in German, French and Italian. The producer was Cinégram, based in Lausanne . With the spread of private television sets and television as a mass medium , the newsreel lost its importance until it had to cease operations due to a lack of subscriptions.

Precursors 1923–1936

The weekly newsreel of Office cinématographique, a company by Emile Taponnier, Jacques Béranger and Arthur-Adrien Porchet , which was produced in Lausanne from September 1923, is regarded as the forerunner of the Swiss weekly film show . The foreign competition with their "block contracts" was too strong, however, which in March 1936 led to production being stopped. Ernst Löpfe protested against the setting.

The Swiss film weekly show 1940–1975

Founded in 1940 and compulsory

The Bundesrat requested primarily is a Swiss newsreel because he end of the 1930s, especially in Switzerland's strong presence Nazi , but also the French propaganda was countered own movie newsreel.

The federal government partly contributed to the costs of the productions. With the Federal Council resolution of April 16, 1940, showing in Swiss cinemas became mandatory. He established the obligation in 1940 on the basis of financial and political considerations - on the one hand, in order to “initially create the economic livelihood for a Swiss film weekly show,” and on the other hand, as a result of the war, there was a need, “in addition to the press and radio messages, film in the service of our national Life and our national tasks ». It was not until January 1946 that the Federal Council abolished the obligation.

Contributions to the weekly film show

The five to eight-minute film weekly show was dedicated to intellectual national defense - both during the Second World War and during the Cold War .

Access

Between 1940 and 1975 over 6,600 articles were produced. These have been gradually made available online since 2017 and are available to the public on the online platform of the Memoriav association and the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives .

literature

  • Rebekka Fränkel: Pictures of “Sunday” Switzerland. The Swiss Film Weekly Show in the Cold War era. Licensing thesis, 2003 ( PDF )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the problem of the Swiss newsreel. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 10, 2020 .
  2. ^ Ernst Löpfe: The end of Austrian film or Swiss film. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Message from the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly on the creation of a Swiss Film Chamber of July 13, 1937 , p. 494 (digitized version of the Swiss Federal Archives)
  4. ^ Max Frikart: The need for a Swiss newsreel. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Max Neff: For a new newsreel. Schweizer Film = Film Suisse: official organ of Switzerland, accessed on June 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Third report of the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly on the measures taken on the basis of the extraordinary powers of November 19, 1940 , p. 1200 (digitized version of the Swiss Federal Archives)
  7. ↑ Measures concerning the creation of a Swiss weekly film show. Federal Council decision of April 16, 1940 (digitized version of the Swiss Federal Archives)
  8. ↑ The spirit of Switzerland. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Ten years of Swiss history go online (1950–1959) , media release from the Federal Archives of October 27, 2017.