Anna Wälli

Anna Wälli studied Slavik studies and Eastern European history and works as a research assistant at the Swiss National Museum.

At the cinema thanks to the Fip-Fop Club

Anna Wälli 12.07.2018 Today it is just a memory, but from the 1930s to the 1950s the Fip-Fop Club sparked a small revolution: Thanks to its mobile cinemas, children under 15 years of age were able to visit film screenings in their municipalities.

Poster featuring Fip and Fop, created by commercial artist Hans Tomamichel.

The Globi Club

Anna Wälli 11.07.2018 Globi starts out as an advertising character. In the midst of the economic crisis of the 1930s, he’s intended to boost morale. Children quickly take the jaunty bird into their hearts and set up their own Globi clubs.