The film focuses on the long history of the European integration process from the Greek and Roma period onwards until the present in 1962. With Altiero Spinelli as a consultant , the documentary emphasizes the importance of the federal idea (e.g. the Ventotene Manifesto) and demands to establish not only a European constitutional assembly but to hold also general European elections.

Genre
Compilation Film

Credits
Production Country: Italy
Film Production Company: La PROA Produttori Associati
Commissioning Institution: Unknown
Director: Vittorio Gallo
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Historical Advisor: Altiero Spinelli
Cinematography: Antonio Borghese
Film Editing: Giuliana Bettoja
Music: Egisto Macchi

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 10 minutes
Colour: Colour

European Capitals, European Identity

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Italian

Video

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