The film describes the working and living conditions – often full of privation – for Italian migrant workers in Belgium who were recruited on the basis of the Treaty of Rome. In contrast with most of the other Italian information film about the European integration process, this documentary adopts a more realistic approach.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: Italy
Film Production Company: Unknown
Commissioning Institution: Unknown
Director: Luigi Scattini
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Mario Carbone
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Sergio Pagoni

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 14 minutes
Colour: Colour

Labour Migration, Miners, European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), European Economic Community (EEC), Treaty of Rome, Italy, Belgium

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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.

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.