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Masters of their Factories

A short film about the rights of the workers and their trade unions in the factories of the German Democratic Republic. A journalist investigates the cooperation between workers, managers and trade unions in the factories of the GDR. Includes footage of a trade fair and East German products including cameras and machines, along with scenes illustrating the ruin of the Second World War.

Credits

National Executive of the Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (FDGB) (sponsoring body); Hans Kratzert (director); Lothar Warneke (script); Juergen Kruse (script); Guenter Domscheit (script); Rolf Ripperger (reporter); Anni von Zieten (producer); Juergen Braumann (camera)

Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Leipzig Trade Fair
Original source: Reproduction of: GDR (German Democratic Republic), n.d. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-508285. | Sponsored by National Executive of the Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (FDGB). | Contributors: Warneke, Lothar; Kruse, Juergen; Domscheit, Guenter; Ripperger, Rolf; Zieten, Anni von; Braumann, Juergen. | Production Company: DEFA.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:18:28) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Labor unions -- Germany (East) | Factory laws and legislation -- Germany (East) | Labor unions | Factory laws and legislation | Germany (East) | Trade unions | Socialism | Industry | Workers | Factories | Factory workers | Railways | Trade | Leipzig | German Democratic Republic (GDR) | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1954-1975

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Sources

  1. UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits, catalog record

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