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Richard Strauss, Klaus Mann, William Wyler 1945
Richard Strauss 1945. The story of a never shown film role Richard Strauss shows in his garden. The visits of Klaus Mann and William Wyler to Garmisch in 1945. The great old master of European classicism and his behaviour in the Nazi empire. For some years I [...]
Terror in Palestine, Spring 1947
Bombings in Palästine 1947 The political development in Palestine in 1947 was marked by a spiral of violence and reprisals. The film from the newsreel Universal News March 1947 shows the departure of Jews to Europe, the arrival of the ship Chaim Arlosoroff (original name Ulua) in Haifa. And the severe bomb attack on the Barclays Bank in Haifa [...]
A Computer Glossary
A Computer Glossary The film "A Computer Glossary" was produced in 1968 for the IBM Pavilion at the San Antonio World Exposition. It shows the functioning of a computer, the information machine, with funny and instructive graphic animations. Ray and Charles Eames created a highly interesting short film. [...]
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1 was the first artificial earth satellite. It marks the beginning of the space age on 4 October 1957. The satellite was launched for the International Geophysical Year 1957. The spherical Sputnik 1 (diameter 58 cm, weight 83.6 kg) was carried into space by an R-7 rocket. The rocket was designed by Sergei Korolyov. [...]