The evolution of color TV in Germany | History Stories

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Published 2022-08-28
With the push of a button, television in Germany became colorful .Until 1967 everything was black and white on German TV. And then came color on the screen, more than 10 years after the USA, and with a number of technical hurdles that also had to be overcome. Even the kickoff was not without faux pas. When former German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt pressed the red button to turn on color at the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin on August 25, 1967, a new era began. Germany became the first European country to receive color TV. On this episode of History Stories, we explore the historic moment where Germany went color and made a lasting impression on technology in Europe.

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All Comments (16)
  • @bluebugaboo3344
    Has anyone noticed that they switched to color before they pushed the button?
  • @webfreezy
    Never forget the amazing technical feat of being able to watch a color signal on a black-and-white tv in black and white! They extended the original signal, they didn't create a new one. Unlike the DVB-T to DVB-T2 change tens of years later 😁
  • @jensschroder8214
    Erst kommt die Farbe, dann der Startknopf. Offensichtlich war der Techniker nicht ganz synchron mit dem Bundeskanzler. Aber die Meisten konnten das nicht sehen weil s/w.
  • @BaamAlex
    Lustig...das Bild wurde früher farbig als dass der Knopf gedrückt wurde xD
  • @hortshack7187
    "wird im Allgemeinen die Frau sehr viel stärker angesprochen als ein rational denkender Mann" 🤣
  • @Pisti846
    I never saw the point of early color TV here in the US. Everything was sort of washed out, or screamingly bright. B&W gave a sharper picture well into the 70s.
  • @umitdemirbas7111
    Bei der min 2:00. Der Mann hat ein anständigen Haarschnitt 1963. Heutzutage ist es wieder Mode geworden 😁
  • @grubbyga7601
    Wahnsinn. Und heute haben wir teilweise schon 8K.
  • @nibiruresearch
    The American NTSC system was of a bad quality. In Europe we mentioned it the Never Twice ths Same Color. The French developed their own color system called Secam: Systeme Evolué Contre les AMericain (Sysrem developed against the Americans.). We are lucky that many movies and TV series were shot on film. With the newest digital film scanners that we have today, we can see movies and series in the highest possible quality.
  • @stuartbeckley198
    @DWHistoryandCulture I think you need to do some fact checking... BBC2 was the first colour in Europe in July 1967 a month before Germany.
  • @yorunox
    hippety hoppety, this comment section will soon be German property
  • @neerajwa
    Colour TV was magical. But we got used to it. A little too quickly unfortunately... I wish the novelty lasted a bit more. Nothing ever came close to the excitement. Maybe it was because I was a young lad of five.