This 2003 documentary discusses the common problems of food shortages during the DDR era. It includes footage of propaganda films and ads from East Germany.
This film includes many interviews with Germans who had various experiences during this time. They express the reasons why that may have been different from others (for example, one woman grew up on a farm, so her experience was that she had enough food, but she knew from friends that this wasn’t necessary the case everywhere).
This documentary is in 3 parts, which separates meats, coffee, and bananas, etc. Each part could be shown on its own in full or in clips in class with little work from the teacher. This film would be very useful for a food unit or a unit on East Germany, and potentially many other less common units.
There is a scene on the beach around minute 7 in the banana portion, but everyone is dressed. Women are in bikinis. There are less-covered women in a parade in the same portion around minute 21.