Let’s be childish / Enfantillage
Document date: [1950]Identity Statement
2 digitised films
Alonso Fernandez, Juan
Content and Structure
At an Alpine resort, children of various nationalities, on vacation with their parents, engage in a contest about the best snow castle. At first, they do not understand each other, and national rivalries come up. But when a little English girl is accidentally hurt, they decide to cooperate to win the prize in order to by her a huge box of chocolate from the local candy store. The film is charming, especially in the way it is narrated. You see only the feet of the adults until the humorous final frame, who start to argue with each other. "… mais ceci, est un autre histoire", the last rolling text concludes.
Genre
Fiction Film
Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: Unknown
Commissioning Institution: Economic Cooperation Administration
Director: George Freedland
Producer: Fred Orain
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown
Animation Technique: Denis Gilpin / Richard Taylor / Beryl Stevens
Technical Information
Original Film Format: 35 mm
Duration: 16 minutes
Colour: Colour
European Cooperation, Marshall Plan, European Youth
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English, French, German
Video
Allied Materials
National Archives, Washington, DC
The film was digitised from the copy located at the National Archives, Washington, DC.
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Bruch, Anne; Clemens, Gabriele ; Goergen, Jeanpaul & Tode, Thomas: « Cooperation means prosperity » – Das Werben für die Integration Europas in den Marshallplan-Filmen, in: Clemens, Gabriele (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Identität durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 191-226.
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