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5th August 1939
16th German Radio Exhibition

16th German Radion Exhibition
16th German Radion Exhibition

Postcard (franked but unaddressed) sent from the 16th Greater German Radio and Television Exhibition held in Berlin. The aerial view depicts the Berlin Messe (exhibition grounds). The large building to the central left is the main building with entrance hall. Opposite (to the upper central right) is the 'Haus des Rundfunks' (Broadcasting House). Ref: 05.08.1939


16th Greater German Radio and Television Exhibition, Berlin 1939

 

In 1939 the exhibition was called Grosse Deutsche Funk- und Fernseh-Ausstellung (Great German Radio and Television Exhibition). The Einheits-Fernseh-Empfänger E1, a TV set designed to be affordable for everybody, was introduced. Plans for large-scale manufacture were thwarted by the outbreak of World War II. Color TV was also introduced (a prototype), based on an invention by Werner Flechsig (cf. shadow mask).


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Postcard depicting a group of children listening to an open-air concert held at the exhibition. Ref: 05.08.1939
 

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16th German Radion Exhibition

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