Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries - 2001x18 - Television Under the Swastika- Followmy.tv

Sometimes filmmakers latch onto a subject so unexpected and fascinating that all by itself the raw material inherently is totally engrossing. Such is the case with Television Under the Swastika (1999), an incredible documentary about the medium's development under Nazi Germany from 1935-1944. Subtitled Unseen Footage from the Third Reich it's an amazing, heretofore unknown story well told; stylistically, it reminded me a lot of the wonderful Kevin Brownlow/David Gill documentaries on silent cinema, very high praise indeed. The only thing working against it is its brevity: 52 short minutes. I would have enjoyed something three times as long.