» One of the reporter at the battlefield MDR
“Good evening, Russian troops are on their way to Leipzig.” With these words opened the presenter of the German broadcaster MDR last night a special news bulletin. Four days post the station live on the Battle of Leipzig, a bloody battle in 1813.
war fought Napoleon’s troops against armies of the Russians, Prussians, Austrians and Sweden. More than 600,000 soldiers were at the front, about 100,000 not survive. The Battle of Leipzig was the largest battle before the First World War.
Modern means
MDR has a scoop. Never before has such a great historic event live on television told. The battle, which took place exactly 200 years ago, is brought to life with the resources now.
Reporters will report from the front, experts analyze the situation in the studio and occasionally appear video of the heat of battle on YouTube. With a live ticker on the website every development tracked accurately on the battlefield. The multimedia project takes the viewer into history.
the new format will the MDR history closer to you, says initiator Katja Wildermuth. “The Battle of Leipzig is a major event in German history, but for many people it is a complicated story of the nineteenth century. Too Who fought against whom?”
‘Relatively inexpensive’
According to her, the project, which cost 250,000 euros, relatively inexpensive. “For four broadcasts in prime time this is not expensive. There is more imagination than money in this project.”
The responses to the first live broadcasts in its exuberant: “On the social media messages we received especially youth They thought it made cool and in this way they also learn a bit about the history.”
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Unlike 200 years ago, we now know happy when the fight is over. Tomorrow is the last broadcast, which Napoleon is defeated and goes with his troops to France.
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