Somewhere to Live – The Changing Face of Europe Series
Somewhere to Live – The Changing Face of Europe Series
Document date: [1951]
Identity Statement
1 digitised film
Alonso Fernandez, Juan
Content and Structure
This film looks at the desperate need for housing in post-war Europe, concentrating on a young French couple's desire to find a home after they have been bombed out of theirs. The narrative follows the search of Marcel and his wife for an uninhabited building or some land on which to build a house. They succeed in finding some land to build a temporary house and restart their lives. Also looks at the assistance countries are giving to one another, such as pre-fabricated houses from Finland being sent to Greece.
Genre
Documentary
Credits
Production Country:
Film Production Company: Wessex Film Productions, Ltd., London
Commissioning Institution: Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)
Director: Jacques Brunius
Producer: Ian Dalrymple
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Harold Britten
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown
Commentator: Unknown
Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16 mm
Duration: 16 minutes
Colour: Colour
Marshall Plan, Economic Cooperation Administration, Housing Issues, European Cooperation
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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.
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