What was television like in the Third Reich?

Few people know the Nazis had television. Thanks for asking. The video transmission worked well enough, but only for short stretches at a time. read more

The Third Reich did use remote television for people to come to viewing rooms to watch the Munich Olympics. It was a great idea and a very forward thinking way to use television. But there were no Mr. Hitler's Neighborhood kiddy shows. read more

There were plans for a mass-produced television set to spread Third Reich TV to the masses (much like the Volkswagen would provide cars to them). The Einheits-Fernseh-Empfänger E1 (Unitary-TV-receiver E1), also called Volksfernseher (People's TV) was a 441-line, 50 interlaced frames per second television set. read more