Aktuelle Kamera ("Current Camera") was the flagship television newscast of Deutscher Fernsehfunk, the state television broadcaster of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (known as Fernsehen der DDR from February 11, 1972 to March 11, 1990). On air from December 21, 1952 (daily broadcasts did not take place until October 11, 1957) to December 14, 1990, Aktuelle Kamera was one of the main propaganda tools of the East German government.