Black and white television got some colorful competition. This revolutionary change was the work of dedicated technician Walter Bruch. Still, it took a while to really catch on: not many people could afford a color television set in the early days.
Water pollution, deforestation and wasted energy are problems all over the world. African students are working to solve them, and they're exchanging ideas with Germany to do it.
Why did many intellectuals and leftists at first sympathize with Germany's Red Army Faction (RAF)? A documentary highlights the poisoned political atmosphere in West Germany during the 1970s while questioning witnesses.
It had already been available in the US since 1954, but West Germany had to wait until 1967 for color TV broadcasts. Viewers long remained skeptical - but the new technology eventually caught on.
Across West Germany and beyond, young people took to the streets in 1968 to challenge the status quo in politics, lifestyle and culture. Like the flower power movement in the US, this youth effected great change.
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