Das unzerstörte Berlin 1930–1936 – Einzigartige Filmaufnahmen einer modernen Metropole
BERLIN CHANNEL
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This extraordinary historical footage shows Berlin between 1930 and 1936 – a largely intact metropolis that ranked among Europe’s most modern cities. Never before published in this form, the footage comes from the estate of amateur filmmaker Kuttruff and is presented to the public here for the first time.
The camera takes us through a Berlin defined by traffic, technology and urban dynamism. S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains, elevated railways, electric trams, buses and dense motor traffic dominate the streetscape. Particularly striking are the scenes at Kottbusser Tor: Berliners use escalators to reach the elevated station at a time when this technology was still new in Germany. Opened in 1929, Kottbusser Tor station was designed as a modern interchange between the elevated and underground railways.
Other scenes also document the technological progress of this city of four million: the S-Bahn network, elevated and underground railways, Friedrichstraße station, intensive tram and bus traffic, and Potsdamer Platz, where traffic lights, a public clock and police officers controlled the flow of traffic. The Haus des Rundfunks, opened in 1931, reflects Berlin’s importance as a center of the emerging technology of radio broadcasting.
At the same time, we encounter numerous places in a Berlin whose cityscape was fundamentally transformed by war and the postwar era. We see Potsdamer Platz with Haus Vaterland and Europa-Haus, the Victory Column still at its original location in front of the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden, Friedrichstraße, the State Opera, Berlin Cathedral, the Lustgarten and the Berlin Palace.
West Berlin is also documented: Tauentzienstraße with the still intact Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Café am Zoo, Wittenbergplatz, and the exhibition grounds with the Radio Tower and Haus des Rundfunks.
Alongside architecture and technology, it is the people who bring these images to life. Travelers wait on platforms, passengers board trams and buses, pedestrians crowd the city center, and people sit on benches or stand at flower stalls. At Potsdamer Platz, trams, buses and automobiles cross paths while a police officer directs the traffic.
The result is an extraordinary portrait of Berlin: a vibrant, technologically advanced metropolis of millions and, at the same time, a Berlin of which large parts would cease to exist only a few years later.
Chapters:
▷ 00:00 – Berlin – the city of four million
▷ 00:19 – Potsdamer Platz, Haus Vaterland and Europa-Haus
▷ 00:35 – Europa Dance Pavilion and Europa-Haus
▷ 00:50 – Roland Fountain, Kemperplatz and Siegesallee
▷ 01:18 – Platz der Republik, Victory Column and Reichstag
▷ 01:27 – Victory Column at its original location
▷ 01:45 – Bismarck Monument, Reichstag and Victory Column
▷ 02:05 – Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz and Unter den Linden
▷ 02:16 – Brandenburg Gate and street traffic
▷ 02:25 – Brandenburg Gate from Unter den Linden
▷ 02:37 – Traffic and sightseeing buses on Unter den Linden
▷ 02:59 – Unter den Linden and Friedrichstraße
▷ 03:18 – Linden Passage
▷ 03:28 – State Opera and monument to Frederick the Great
▷ 03:41 – Berlin Cathedral
▷ 04:02 – Lustgarten and National Gallery
▷ 04:22 – Berlin Palace and Schlossfreiheit
▷ 05:27 – Neptune Fountain at Berlin Palace
▷ 05:41 – Tauentzienstraße and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
▷ 06:02 – Capitol Cinema – “The Night Belongs to Us”
▷ 06:10 – Café am Zoo
▷ 06:16 – Wittenbergplatz
▷ 06:24 – Exhibition grounds and Radio Tower
▷ 06:29 – German Building Exhibition Berlin 1931
▷ 06:39 – Berlin Radio Tower
▷ 06:55 – The new Haus des Rundfunks
▷ 07:29 – Traveling on the Berlin S-Bahn
▷ 07:51 – Passengers and arriving S-Bahn
▷ 07:56 – S-Bahn traffic and platform
▷ 08:18 – Filmed from a moving S-Bahn
▷ 08:28 – Friedrichstraße station
▷ 08:46 – S-Bahn to Grünau
▷ 09:02 – Train to Friedrichshagen
▷ 09:06 – Berlin elevated and underground railways
▷ 09:09 – Potsdamer Platz U-Bahn station and elevated railway
▷ 09:26 – Trains entering the tunnel
▷ 09:49 – Kottbusser Tor – modern elevated station
▷ 10:07 – Escalators at Kottbusser Tor
▷ 10:55 – Warschauer Brücke S-Bahn station
▷ 11:09 – Trams and buses
▷ 11:40 – Tram line 61 to Reinickendorf
▷ 11:44 – Berlin bus traffic
▷ 12:02 – Passengers boarding a bus
▷ 12:18 – Rush hour: Spittelmarkt to Potsdamer Platz
▷ 12:26 – Heavy Berlin city traffic
▷ 13:33 – Everyday life and street scenes in Berlin
▷ 13:59 – Flower stalls and street traffic
▷ 14:08 – Traffic light and public clock at Potsdamer Platz
▷ 14:27 – Haus Vaterland and traffic at Potsdamer Platz
▷ 15:20 – Street scene with Salamander advertisement
Music: Changing Tides, Turning Point, The Old Castle (unreleased)
© 1930–1936, archival footage licensed by Xerxes
20 Comments
Bitte, schätzt den Frieden, denn er ist nicht selbstverständlich.
PS: Als alter Berliner kommen mir die Tränen.
was mich immer wieder beeindruckt ist, dass man kaum irgendwo etwas schmutziges sieht keine beschmierten Wände keine kaputten Sachen kein herumliegender Müll und da wurde bestimmt nichts extra weggeräumt, damit es so schön aussieht. Es war einfach alles sauber weil es alle sauber liebten. Ich verstehe einfach die Welt nicht mehr, warum alles so sinnlos kaputt gemacht und zerstört werden muss und beschmiert und bekrakelt - es ist alles so primitiv geworden, und man fühlt sich nicht mehr wie im eigenen Land
Sie haben es wieder versaut...
Eine Reise, als ich noch nicht auf der Welt war und alle Plätze erkenne.
Das es schon Doppeldecker Bus gab hat mich überrascht.
Frauen und Männer tragen Hüte.
Eine lebendiges Stadtbild.
Das unzerstörte Berlin 1930–1936 – Einzigartige Filmaufnahmen einer modernen Metropole
BERLIN CHANNEL
445,812 views
This extraordinary historical footage shows Berlin between 1930 and 1936 – a largely intact metropolis that ranked among Europe’s most modern cities. Never before published in this form, the footage comes from the estate of amateur filmmaker Kuttruff and is presented to the public here for the first time.
The camera takes us through a Berlin defined by traffic, technology and urban dynamism. S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains, elevated railways, electric trams, buses and dense motor traffic dominate the streetscape. Particularly striking are the scenes at Kottbusser Tor: Berliners use escalators to reach the elevated station at a time when this technology was still new in Germany. Opened in 1929, Kottbusser Tor station was designed as a modern interchange between the elevated and underground railways.
Other scenes also document the technological progress of this city of four million: the S-Bahn network, elevated and underground railways, Friedrichstraße station, intensive tram and bus traffic, and Potsdamer Platz, where traffic lights, a public clock and police officers controlled the flow of traffic. The Haus des Rundfunks, opened in 1931, reflects Berlin’s importance as a center of the emerging technology of radio broadcasting.
At the same time, we encounter numerous places in a Berlin whose cityscape was fundamentally transformed by war and the postwar era. We see Potsdamer Platz with Haus Vaterland and Europa-Haus, the Victory Column still at its original location in front of the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz, Unter den Linden, Friedrichstraße, the State Opera, Berlin Cathedral, the Lustgarten and the Berlin Palace.
West Berlin is also documented: Tauentzienstraße with the still intact Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Café am Zoo, Wittenbergplatz, and the exhibition grounds with the Radio Tower and Haus des Rundfunks.
Alongside architecture and technology, it is the people who bring these images to life. Travelers wait on platforms, passengers board trams and buses, pedestrians crowd the city center, and people sit on benches or stand at flower stalls. At Potsdamer Platz, trams, buses and automobiles cross paths while a police officer directs the traffic.
The result is an extraordinary portrait of Berlin: a vibrant, technologically advanced metropolis of millions and, at the same time, a Berlin of which large parts would cease to exist only a few years later.
Chapters:
▷ 00:00 – Berlin – the city of four million
▷ 00:19 – Potsdamer Platz, Haus Vaterland and Europa-Haus
▷ 00:35 – Europa Dance Pavilion and Europa-Haus
▷ 00:50 – Roland Fountain, Kemperplatz and Siegesallee
▷ 01:18 – Platz der Republik, Victory Column and Reichstag
▷ 01:27 – Victory Column at its original location
▷ 01:45 – Bismarck Monument, Reichstag and Victory Column
▷ 02:05 – Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz and Unter den Linden
▷ 02:16 – Brandenburg Gate and street traffic
▷ 02:25 – Brandenburg Gate from Unter den Linden
▷ 02:37 – Traffic and sightseeing buses on Unter den Linden
▷ 02:59 – Unter den Linden and Friedrichstraße
▷ 03:18 – Linden Passage
▷ 03:28 – State Opera and monument to Frederick the Great
▷ 03:41 – Berlin Cathedral
▷ 04:02 – Lustgarten and National Gallery
▷ 04:22 – Berlin Palace and Schlossfreiheit
▷ 05:27 – Neptune Fountain at Berlin Palace
▷ 05:41 – Tauentzienstraße and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
▷ 06:02 – Capitol Cinema – “The Night Belongs to Us”
▷ 06:10 – Café am Zoo
▷ 06:16 – Wittenbergplatz
▷ 06:24 – Exhibition grounds and Radio Tower
▷ 06:29 – German Building Exhibition Berlin 1931
▷ 06:39 – Berlin Radio Tower
▷ 06:55 – The new Haus des Rundfunks
▷ 07:29 – Traveling on the Berlin S-Bahn
▷ 07:51 – Passengers and arriving S-Bahn
▷ 07:56 – S-Bahn traffic and platform
▷ 08:18 – Filmed from a moving S-Bahn
▷ 08:28 – Friedrichstraße station
▷ 08:46 – S-Bahn to Grünau
▷ 09:02 – Train to Friedrichshagen
▷ 09:06 – Berlin elevated and underground railways
▷ 09:09 – Potsdamer Platz U-Bahn station and elevated railway
▷ 09:26 – Trains entering the tunnel
▷ 09:49 – Kottbusser Tor – modern elevated station
▷ 10:07 – Escalators at Kottbusser Tor
▷ 10:55 – Warschauer Brücke S-Bahn station
▷ 11:09 – Trams and buses
▷ 11:40 – Tram line 61 to Reinickendorf
▷ 11:44 – Berlin bus traffic
▷ 12:02 – Passengers boarding a bus
▷ 12:18 – Rush hour: Spittelmarkt to Potsdamer Platz
▷ 12:26 – Heavy Berlin city traffic
▷ 13:33 – Everyday life and street scenes in Berlin
▷ 13:59 – Flower stalls and street traffic
▷ 14:08 – Traffic light and public clock at Potsdamer Platz
▷ 14:27 – Haus Vaterland and traffic at Potsdamer Platz
▷ 15:20 – Street scene with Salamander advertisement
Music: Changing Tides, Turning Point, The Old Castle (unreleased)
© 1930–1936, archival footage licensed by Xerxes