The Parties' Election Advertisement Videos

These are all in German, for the German public during the election, but the visuals alone are a striking contrast to American ads.

Year of
Election


Party election advertisement

1957 YouTube video of 1957 SPD campaign cartoon (0:53)
1969 YouTube video of SPD election video (5:13)
YouTube video of SPD election ad (2:32)
1972 YouTube video of SPD campaign ad with Willy Brandt (1:54)
1976 YouTube video of SPD: humorous election video (2:30)
1980 YouTube video of SPD election video: why vote SPD? (1:59)
YouTube video of Green election ad on living near a nuclear plant (2:31)
YouTube video of Green election ad: we borrowed the earth from our children (2:32)
1983 SPD election video on candidate Vogel (2:31)
YouTube video of SPD: election video on break up of SPD-FDP coalition (2:32)
YouTube video of Green election ad: A rocket for everyone (2:36)
1987 YouTube video of SPD election film (5:01)
YouTube video of Green election ad to change politics (2:41)
YouTube video of Green election ad on CDU environmental record (2:32)
1990

YouTube Green election ad (2:32)
1994

YouTube SPD election team in 1994 (3:04)
YouTube video of Green playing with fire ad (3:04)
YouTube video of PDS left/center/right ad (2:30)*
1998

YouTube video of Beam Me Up, Scotty (0:41)*
YouTube SPD ad: The SPD vision and Schroeder (1:29)
YouTube video of Green election ad (1:29)
YouTube video of PDS election ad (2:41)*
2002 YouTube video of SPD TV spot (1:01)
YouTube video of CDU campaign ad (1:32)
YouTube video of PDS “we are the reds” ad*
YouTube video of Green TV spot (2:06)
YouTube video of FDP TV spot (0:32)*
2005 YouTube video of SPD election film (5:08)
YouTube video of SPD movie ad (0:50)
YouTube video of SPD ad on Schroeder (1:00)
YouTube video of Green ad with Joshka Fischer (1:29)
YouTube video of Greens and Godzilla (0:44)
YouTube video of FDP second vote ad (0:29)
YouTube video of FDP ad on bureaucratization
YouTube video of Linke party movie ad (0:33)*
YouTube video of Republikaner party ad (1:30)*
2009 YouTube video of SPD TV spot (1:49)
YouTube video of CDU campaign ad (1:54)
YouTube video of Linke
YouTube video of Green TV spot (1:53)
YouTube video of FDP TV spot (1:30)
YouTube video of Pirate Party TV spot (1:24)
2013 YouTube video of SPD TV spot (1:49)
YouTube video of CDU campaign ad (1:31)
YouTube video of Linke
YouTube video of Green TV spot (1:53)
YouTube video of FDP TV spot (1:29)
YouTube video of Pirate Party TV spot (1:30)