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Zeitzeichen presents historical film and photo material from our collection.
Here you can find images and films on current topics, anniversaries or historical events. Whether rare archive footage, private film treasures or iconic photos: Zeitzeichen makes history visible – in excerpts, sequences and snapshots.
We show how historical images can document, remember and tell stories. Each contribution presents a theme, a collection of images or a scene from the perspective of the time it was taken. Visual material that can tell us a lot today.
Zeitzeichen is a place for anyone who wants to see history – in detail, in context, in the light of the present.
Photos and Films for the 80th Anniversary of the End of the War 1945
Photos and Films for the 80th Anniversary of the End of the War in 1945 Karlsplatz, Munich 1945. Photo: Historiathek Photos and footage for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war – available at Historiathek For the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Historiathek in collaboration with zb Media Filmproduktion offers a comprehensive range of unique historical photo and film material. The collection includes impressive recordings from the years 1944 to 1946: life [...]
Footage shot by Princess Pilar of Bavaria 1925
Footage shot by Princess Pilar of Bavaria 1925 Barcelona 1925. Photo: Historiathek Hidden History Footage The film below is part of a 40 minute footage collection which includes several reels of 35mm nitro film, shot by a Bavarian princess between 1925 and 1930 in Bavaria and Spain. The footage was found in a metal box containing 19 reels of 35mm nitro film. The find was offered to Dr. Bleek in 2007 by a Munich family the ancestors had worked for [...]