DVD Leica Oskar Barnack Edition

A selection of films from the inventor of the "Leica" Oskar Barnack originating from 1914 until 1956.

The World in Close-Up.
Films from the archives of the Ernst Leitz Company, Wetzlar.

Since the 1910s, Oskar Barnack – inventor of the "Leica" – has documented the activities around Wetzlar with his self-constructed camera. He filmed floods and town fairs, medical experiments, sporting events and the company that employed him as a chief engineer: the Optical Works Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar. His films are the cadre of a film archive that gives local history the same importance as the results of major historic events. 240g.

Title list:
Carnival
Corporals in Training Arrive in Wetzlar in 1914
Rowing regatta (Imperial regatta)
Lahntal, Bad Ems
District cattle-show festival (oxen festival) in Wetzlar
Winter sports in Wetzlar at Brühlsbachwarte
Haemodialysis of a Dog
Children's Hospital Giessen
A Boat Trip
Women in Service in 1915
French Prisoners of War
Ukrainians in Wetzlar 1919
Our Prisoners of War Return, Wetzlar 1919
The Flood of Wetzlar 1920
The Outdoor-Pool on Lahn
Optical Works Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar
Giessen Air Show
When the bell Rings...
Tour on the Rhine 1953
Dr. Ernst Leitz *1.3.1871 +15.6.1956
Funeral of Ernst Leitz