Woah! This is crazzzy!
An Australian documentarian Philippe Mora has uncovered two black and white Nazi propaganda films shot in 3D in Germany in 1936!
The filmmaker discovered the two 30-minute films while searching Berlin’s Federal Archives for material for his upcoming documentary which explores Nazi use of images to manipulate reality.
He says of the recently discovered 3D films:
“The quality of the films is fantastic. The Nazis were obsessed with recording everything and every single image was controlled ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ it was all part of how they gained control of the country and its people.”
One film entitled So Real You Can Touch It is a musical that features close-up 3D shots of sizzling bratwurst on a barbeque.
The second, entitled Six Girls Roll into Weekend, features two movie stars from the Universum Film Studio, the principal German film studio during World War II.
How did nobody know about this? Mora explains:
“They were made by an independent studio for Goebbels’ propaganda ministry and referred to as ‘raum film’ ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ or space film ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ which may be why no one ever realised since that they were 3D.”
The discovery confirms that the Nazis were decades ahead of modern-day filmmakers and really smart.
Still really, REALLY evil.
But smart.
Both films were shot on 35mm film and apparently used a prism in front of the two lenses to capture the three dimensional images.
Mora believes there is still more 3D footage waiting to be found.
We can’t wait until the public gets to see it!
[Image via WENN.]