This longer sequence was filmed at the first European School in Varese, Italy. This school was established in 1960 for the children of the European employees of the nuclear research center in Ispra. Here, the children received a multilingual education and learned how to form friendships beyond national boundaries. According to the voice over, these students are the genuine pioneers of a united Europe. The original source is from: Fabio Bonetti: Il Progetto ORGEL. Una visita al centro pe le ricerche nucleari di Ispra, 1964, 20’ 41’’.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: Switzerland / Italy
Film Production Company: Unknown
Commissioning Institution: Unknown
Director: Fabio Bonetti
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: N.N.
Film Editing: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 6 minutes
Colour: Black and White

European Culture, European Education, ISPRA, European School - Varese, Ispra

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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 reproduction of the film is available online at: EU Science Hub (2019)

Pukallus, Stefanie: Civil Integration Through Education. The Building of European Schools, in: Stefanie Pukallus : The Building of Civil Europe 1951-1972, Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2019, pp. 123-171.