The Cultural Cold War in German Newsreel

This book analyzes how what appear to be non-political topics–such as tourism, leisure time, work, music styles, and youth culture–were represented in cinema newsreels of the 1950s and 1960s in West and East Germany. Although the intended meaning of newsreel differed in West and East Germany and developed in sometimes contrary ways, common ground based on a general understanding of German culture or moral concepts also existed.