The Good Life – The Changing Face of Europe Series
Document date: [1951]Identity Statement
1 digitised film
Alonso Fernandez, Juan
Content and Structure
The film shows aspects of the work being done by various international bodies in fighting disease and epidemics, notably in Greece and Italy, and with special reference to children on whom the war has left its mark. Traditional methods of healthcare are compared with the "success stories" of modern treatment.
Genre
Documentary
Credits
Production Country:
Film Production Company: Wessex Film Productions, Ltd., London
Commissioning Institution: Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)
Director: Humphrey Jennings / Graham Wallace
Producer: Ian Dalrymple
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Freddie Gamage
Film Editing: Sidney Stone
Music: Unknown
Commentator: Unknown
Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16 mm
Duration: 19 minutes
Colour: Colour
Marshall Plan, Economic Cooperation Administration, Healthcare, European Youth
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English
Video
Allied Materials
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.