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October 30, 2008
Television under the swastika
The Daily Mail reports Hitler's plan for Big Brother style television broadcast and surveillance; worth the read for the comments alone. Almost everyone agrees the BBC has seen Hitler's vision through (via Agent Bedhead).
All very interesting. But Michael Kloft’s documentary on the history of Nazi television, Television Under The Swastika suggests plans were much further along that this Daily Mail piece might suggest, Nazi television was broadcasting well before the War.
The cowgirl bathing suit lasso routine kitsch is fun, of course, and instructional in a bread and circuses way. But my favourite footage shows the Führer adopting his usual commanding position in his staff car and a brief look of consternation as it sets off in reverse. In the days of live television broadcast, Hitler's message was bound to suffer the occasional set-back of this kind. Today's left-stream media would have found a way to carry his water for him.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 30, 2008 05:23 AM
