Art in the Third Reich
Second of two programmes. The Propaganda Machine
Hitler believed that 'the right use of propaganda is an art'.
This film examines the use of the mass media in the Third Reich. Television, radio, film, and the party rally became the most effective means of controlling public opinion. Architecture was the most visible and lasting expression of fascist ideology, and many of its buildings are still in use, from the autobahn network, the great arenas of Nuremberg and Berlin, to the countless party buildings all over the country. Fascist art did not emerge overnight, and toyed with a traditional German look. Mozart and Wagner, Durer and Holbein provided a distinguished camouflage sustained by the Propaganda Ministry which employed over 400 cameramen to record the work of the party's artists. From mass housing to the film musical, the arts and entertainments of the Third
Reich were the messengers of a barbaric regime.
Narrated by Paul Vaughan. Film editor JULIAN MILLER
Associate producer ROBERT MCNAB
Written and produced by PETER ADAM Omnibus editor ANDREW SNELL