Politics before TikTok: watch German democracy hustle in 1965, raw and unfiltered.
Election campaign for the parliamentary elections for the Bundestag in 1965 in the town of Neu-Ulm, Germany.
Direction
Reinke's unobtrusive vérité style lets chaos breathe.
Editing
Rough cuts that feel accidentally modern.
Production
Rare color footage of West German political machinery.
Director
Wilfried E. Reinke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures West Germany's 'economic miracle' confidence right before the 1966 recession hit.
Strauss and Erhard genuinely hated each other; Reinke caught their passive-aggressive tension without commentary.
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