Traces the path of European unity since 1948. In this year, the Congress of Europe was held in The Hague with 750 delegates from all over Europe to discuss the (federal) future of Europe. It explains the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) with a train passage across the Franco-German border.

Genre
Compilation Film

Credits
Production Country: Italy
Film Production Company: Astra Cinematografica
Commissioning Institution: N.A.
Director: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16mm
Duration: 9 minutes
Colour: Black and White

Council of Europe, Congress of Europe (The Hague, 1948), European Coal and Steel Community, European Passport, Labour Migration, Increase of Productivity, European Economy, Paul-Henri Spaak, Robert Schuman, Jean Monnet, Enzo Ghiaccero, Giuseppe Pella, Jean Monnet

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Italian

Video

Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Rome

The film was digitised from the copy located at the Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Rome. Digital reproductions of the films are available electronically at: Archivio Centrale dello Stato ACS (2019)

Bruch, Anne: «Passaporto Europeo» - Der italienische Europa-Film zwischen Wirtschaftswunder, Emigration und politischer Integration, in: Gabriele Clemens (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Öffentlichkeit durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 355-398.