Department of Films, Radio and TV
The ELCA's predecessor bodies and inter-Lutheran agencies embraced film technology in the late 1940s in order to promote their mission fields, raise money for post-WWII relief work, and to inspire the youth of the church. By the late 1950s, this work had expanded to television with such series as
Light Time and
Davey and Goliath.
Streaming video of some of these films is now available:
Luther League
Christ Above All, 1949, Augustana Synod
Soli Deo Gloria: With Christ, For Christ / This I Believe, 1949, American Lutheran Church
Youth on the Beach, 1961, The American Lutheran Church
Luther League: 90 Years Young, 1985, The American Lutheran Church
Luther League photographs are also
available.