MEGA EPISODE: Nazi Germany in Color: War, Propaganda & Reality I SLICE HISTORY

Documentary: The Third Reich in Colour EP1: The Dictator (00:00:00)
Documentary: The Third Reich in Colour EP2: War on Hitler (44:35)
Documentary: The Third Reich in Colour EP3: The liberation of France (01:29:57)

The images of the Third Reich, in the memory of generations they have been handed down in classic black and white. But hidden in film archives and private collections, completely different images have also been preserved - in colour. They were taken on the beaches of Normandy and at simple folk festivals, they document the war atrocities of the Wehrmacht and life on Hitler's mountain farm - and they lend an oppressive reality to the footage of the criminal Nazi regime.

Documentary: The Third Reich in Colour EP1: The Dictator (2020)
Directed by: Michael Kloft
Production: Spiegel TV

During the war against the Soviet Union, 35mm colour footage is also used for Nazi propaganda. Hitler's pilot accompanies the dictator on a visit to the troops at the front. Hollywood director John Ford shoots spectacular colour footage with a camera crew in North Africa. On behalf of US President Roosevelt, a camera crew is present at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943. There, the Allies demand the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.

Documentary: The Third Reich in Colour EP2: War on Hitler (2020)
Directed by: Michael Kloft
Production: Spiegel TV

In 1944, in southern England, Allied troops are getting ready to land in Normandy. US soldier Jack Lieb is there with his amateur camera. On D-Day, John Ford shoots in colour with his camera crews. His Hollywood colleague George Stevens also lands in northern France with his team on 6 June 1944. The men document the advance and finally the liberation of Paris up close.

Documentary: The Third Reich in Colour EP3: The liberation of France (2020)
Directed by: Michael Kloft
Production: Spiegel TV

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