0:00 / 0:00

Workers painting the Funkturm, Berlin 1930

Name: Workers painting the Funkturm, Berlin 1930
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:44:14.075Z
Duration: 4 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

High above the city, two workers sit on the steel lattice framework of the Berlin Funkturm applying a coat of paint, a bucket hanging between them from the girders. Opened in 1926 in Charlottenburg, the Funkturm served as a radio transmission mast and observation tower near Berlin's exhibition grounds; regular rust-protection painting was part of the landmark's routine maintenance. Far below the men, the Berlin cityscape with streets and low buildings can be made out. The footage illustrates the demanding physical labor required to maintain the modern steel structures of the Weimar Republic.

Period: c. 1930–1932
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

Specifications

Clip name: HFE010320
Length: 0' 04"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 81,958,212 bytes

Select License

Web editorial €50.00

For publication on your own websites and your own social media channels. No television broadcast, no screening in cinemas or at festivals, no video-on-demand or streaming services. Limited to editorial purposes. Unlimited in time, worldwide.

Education and museum €120.00

For schools, universities, museums and non-commercial exhibitions: screening and making available to the public within your own work. Editorial use only. Unlimited in time, worldwide; for exhibitions limited to their duration and venue.

Film & TV editorial €330.00

For film, television and streaming productions. Broadcasting rights by terrestrial transmission, cable, wireless, satellite or other technical means of transmission, including free and pay TV as well as video on demand. Includes making available to the public and screening at festivals and in cinemas. Limited to editorial purposes. Unlimited in time, worldwide.

Print, eBook, Web Editorial €120.00

Distribution in print in unlimited print runs. Limited to editorial purposes, that is, illustrating the text.