The world economy today has a new partner: Europe. Europe is now the third most important economic power along the two economic blocs of the East and West. This animated cartoon brings the statistics to life. It shows how Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands came together to integrating their economies and form a new entity. The films describes the actions taken, the planning and the successes already achieved in the various areas of economic life. It also includes a look at the prospects for 1970.

Genre
Animation Film

Credits
Production Country: Germany
Film Production Company: Telexport Ltd.
Commissioning Institution: Information Service of the European Communities

Director: Alfred Wurmser
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 19 minutes
Colour: Colour

European Communities, European Economy, European Coal and Steel Community, European Economic Community, EURATOM, Comparison USA – E – USSR

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German

Video

Audiovisual Library of the European Commission, Brussels

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.

For now, this film is not part of the Advertising Europe Film Collection held by the HAEU. This record is for information only. Other versions of the films in other languages which are not part of this collection are: Partenaire du monde (French), Ruolo dell’Europa nel mondo d’oggi (Italian)
Wereldpartner (Dutch), Europe and the World (English)