Deals with the rebuilding of the French barge fleet in the Rhine with American prefabricated barges imported under the Marshall Plan, and the contribution of this fleet to French recovery.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: Tele-Radio-Cine
Commissioning Institution: Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)
Director: Unknown
Producer: Unknown
Script: W. Massee
Commentary Script: Jaqueline d’Arcole
Cinematography: A. Militon
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Paul Baron

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 16 minutes
Colour: Black & White

European Cooperation, European Trade Routes, Marshallplan, European Industry, Transatlantic Partnership

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English

Video

National Archives, Washington, DC

The film was digitised from the copy located at the National Archives, Washington, DC.

Fritsche, Maria: The American Marshall Plan Film Campaign and the Europeans. A Captivated Audience?, London : Bloomsbury 2018.

Fritsche, Maria: Das Schiff und der Strom – Subtiles Werben für Europa in den Marshallplan-Filmen, in: Clemens, Gabriele (ed.) : Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Identität durch Europafilme, Paderborn : Schöningh 2016, pp. 471-488.

Bruch, Anne; Clemens, Gabriele ; Goergen, Jeanpaul & Tode, Thomas: « Cooperation means prosperity » – Das Werben für die Integration Europas in den Marshallplan-Filmen, in: Clemens, Gabriele (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Identität durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 191-226.

Other version of the film in other languages which is not part of this collection is: Une histoire d’Henri (French)