Explains the work of the Council of Europe and illustrates the signing ceremony of the ‘European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms‘ on 4 November 1950.
In a second part of the film which was produced on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the European Convention, Des lois pour toute l’Europe was extended with filmed photographies of historical documents and engravings such as the ‘Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen’ (1789) and the ‘Declaration of Human Rights’ (1948). Thus, the film places the European Convention in a historical continuity culminating in the work of the Council of Europe and highlighting its achievements.

Genre
Compilation Film

Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: Unknown
Commissioning Institution: Council of Europe
Director: Unknown
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 4 minutes / 10 minutes
Colour: Black & White

Council of Europe, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950

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French

Video

Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), Paris

The film was digitised from the copy located at the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), Paris

Clemens, Gabriele: «Auftrag Europa» – Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Filmwerbung der europäischen Gemeinschaften, in: Gabriele Clemens (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Identität durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 43-128.

Other version of the film in other language which is not part of this collection is: Laws for all Europe