A visit with Wolf Harranth OE1WHC Dokufunk Curator

Jonathan Marks has made available an HD video of his visit to the radio documentation centre in Vienna, home to millions of QSL cards, magazines and radio related documents.

Jonathan has posted this description of the video:

I wanted to share part one of a short documentary I am making about the radio documentation centre in Vienna. When I was there in September last year, my colleague broadcaster and friend Wolf Harranth showed me around the world's largest collection of radio related documents, both from the broadcast and amateur radio world.

In fact the millions of QSL cards, magazines, books and unique government records tell the story of communication across international borders.

They survive on help from volunteers and I hope that this video will help to explain why they are so passionate about preserving the golden age of international radio.

I worked closely with Wolf Harranth, the German media editor at the ORF, when I was host and presenter of Media Network on Radio Netherlands. We swapped transmission tapes and I am glad we both had the foresight to keep a lot of radio history others have subsequently thrown away.

There is more information in both English and German at http:// dokufunk.org.
Vimeo limits the size of files, so I have split this first draft into two parts. This version goes into a lot more detail because I know many others shared the memories that Wolf describes. Enjoy!

Watch the HD video at
http://vimeo.com/10320815
(double click picture to display full screen)

Media Network Vintage Vault
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/
media_network_vintage_vault.htm

Thanks to Mike Barraclough for spotting this item.