Der Augenzeuge was the newsreel in the Soviet Occupation Zone and in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and was produced by the state film company DEFA. It appeared with a length of 15 minutes from 19 February 1946 to 19 December 1980.
Overview
Der Augenzeuge (The Eyewitness) was the newsreel in the Soviet Occupation Zone and in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and was produced by the state film company DEFA. It appeared with a length of 15 minutes from 19 February 1946 to 19 December 1980 (issue 52/1980).
All issues of Der Augenzeuge are made accessible and licensable as part of DEFA's entire film heritage via the PROGRESS archive platform.
History
Newsreels had been released in Germany since 1914 and were regularly shown in cinemas before the main films.
After World War II, the National Socialist newsreel Die Deutsche Wochenschau produced by UFA was cancelled by the Grand Alliance and replaced by new newsreels in the three German occupation zones. The American and the British occupation zone produced Welt im Film, the French occupation zone Blick in die Welt and Soviet occupation zone Der Augenzeuge.
