Deals with a project of the European Development Fund in Upper Volta. There, European engineers and technician helped to build over 40 new dykes and water reservoirs to overcome the serious danger of drought.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: Occident
Commissioning Institution: Information Service of the European Communities

Director: Philippe Brunet
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Gérard Fernandez / Hans M. Gust / Sékou Palinfo
Film Editing: Fabio Franceschini / Georges Deguy
Music: Jacques Metehen
Commentator: Jacques Degor (French version) / Peter Scholl-Latour (German version)

Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16 mm / 35 mm
Duration: 21 minutes
Colour: Colour

European Cooperation, European Development Fund, Development Cooperation, Relation with Non-European Countries, Africa, Sudan

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French, German, Italian

Video

Bundesarchiv – Filmarchiv, Berlin

The film was digitised from the copy located at the Bundesarchiv – Filmarchiv, Berlin

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.