“History is not about the facts. It is about the context and who is telling the story.” —Prof. Milton Fine.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." –– George Orwell in his novel "1984."
"Whoever doubts the exclusive guilt of Germany for the Second World War destroys the foundation of post–war politics." –– Prof. Theodor Eschenberg, Rector, the University of Tübingen.
"If we have our own why in life, we shall get along with almost any how." – Friedrich Nietzsche
"After the end of an inglorious era, there is always a certain tendency to eradicate and forget, to remove evidence and documents from this period from historical use. This is especially true for those interested in film history when attempting to present the history of German film during the Third Reich." –– from a PhD candidate's dissertation, 1954, Munich.
POSTER GALLERY --view
over 500 German film
original posters between
1927–1954 from
Germany and from
many Axis and Neutral countries
across Europe!
Note! Posters in the Poster Gallery are PERMANENT
acquisitions which are NOT FOR SALE!! ONLY the
posters listed in our POSTER STORE are for sale.
(They have a price and order button to use.)
Ufaton–Woche, Fox Tonende–Wochenschau and Deutsche Wochenschau German Newsreel posters:
Wochenschau Posters and Stills in the Collection
Currently there are 34 original posters from 1938 – 1943 in the Collection:
Fox Tönende–Wochenschau
1938: #10, 12, 16 and 53.
1939: #3, 21.
1940: #25 (See this poster, its Censorship card, and letter commending it with a special Predicat from the government of the Third Reich.)
A typical Fox Tonende Wochenschau shown in film frames here:
Ufa Ton–Woche
1938: #436, 440,
1939: #445/39, 454 (See this poster as an example of the Ufa Ton–Woche poster)
1940: #478, 491, 502
Die Deutsche Wochenschau
1940: # 522/D453, U533/D464 (See this poster along with its cinema lobby still.); U536/467, U538/D469, U554/D485, U556/D487, U557/D458.
1942: #617, 628, 630, 636.
1943: 646, , 650, 651 (See this poster as it announces the famous Sportspalast "Total War" speech of 18 Feb. 1943 by Dr Joseph Goebbels);
NOTE: Not all of the posters are shown at this time.
The Collection has a postcard from Degeto, which produced 8mm and 16mm weekly newsreel shorts for the home and schools market, advertising its latest newsreel release:
The Collection also has some a good assortment of cinema lobby B&W stills which were used to show the public what they could expect to see in that week's newsreel.
UFA–TONWOCHE lobby cards:
Ufaton–Woche #147, 148,150,156,158,183,187,188,192,193,225,228,235, 236, 240, 241, 242, 245, 254, 260, 333, 436, 440, 445/39, 460/39, 461/39, 467, 471, 478, 491, 502.
DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU LOBBY CARDS
DW #47
DW #B27 (1941)
DW -#459/U528
DW–#D464/U533
DW -#D468/U537 
DW -#D469/U538
DW -#D470/U539
DW -#D471/U540
DW -#D472/U541
DW -#D473/U542
DW -#D476/U545
DW-#D477/U546
DW –#D478/U547
DW –#D482/U551
DW - #D484/U553
DW-#U567
DW-#U569
TOBIS WOCHENSCHAU
A rare still from the TOBIS film studio.
In April 2019 we acquired no fewer than 232 Deutsche Wochenschau lobby cards from 1933 – 1939. We shall be adding their newsreel numbers to the list above over time. Heer is a shot of them as at their arrival into our hands.
Here is a list of the 232 Deutsche Wochenschau and Ufa Tonfilm-Woche stills obtained:
