Animated film reflecting the effects of growing population and development by showing how 'progress' comes to rural England, with Constable's painting of Willie Lot's cottage is gradually turned into a super-motorway. Part of a series of films commissioned by the Council of Europe contributing to the protection of European monuments and sites of artistical and historical interest in the framework of the European Architectural Heritage Year in 1975.

Genre
Documentary / Animation Film

Credits
Production Country: Great Britain
Film Production Company: Derek Phillips Films
Commissioning Institution: Council of Europe
Director: Derek Phillips
Producer: Derek Phillips
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 5 minutes
Colour: Colour

European History, European Heritage, Council of Europe, European Architectural Heritage Year 1975, Environmental Issues

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Video

British Film Institute National Archive, London / Council of Europe, Strasbourg

The film was digitised from the copy located at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Digital reproduction of the film is available online at: British Film Institute (BFI), London (2019)

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.