Power for All – The Changing Face of Europe Series (AE-128)

Power for All – The Changing Face of Europe Series

Document date: [1951]

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Content

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Identity Statement

HAEU Reference Code

AE-128

Extent and Medium

1 digitised film

Reference Archivists

Alonso Fernandez, Juan

Content and Structure

Abstract

The building of hydro-electric power schemes in the Alps of Western Europe, specifically Italy and Austria. Also shows other forms of electric power in other nations in Europe including thermal power in Tuscany in Italy, brown coal-fired power stations in Germany and Great Britain and hydro-power in Sweden, Scotland and Norway. Discusses the possibility of inter-country exchange of power.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country:
Film Production Company: Wessex Film Productions, Ltd., London
Commissioning Institution: Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)

Director: Graham Wallace / Anthony Squire / Cedric Williams
Producer: Ian Dalrymple
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Peter Newbrook
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Malcolm Arnold
Commentator: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16 mm
Duration: 20 minutes
Colour: Colour

Keywords

Marshall Plan, Economic Cooperation Administration, Energy Issues, European Cooperation

Conditions of Access and Use

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Languages

English

Type of Archival Materials

Video

Allied Materials

Location of Originals

National Archives, Washington, DC

Existence of Copies

Historical Archives of the European Union

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

Publication Notes

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.