The Hour of Choice / Die Stunde der Entscheidung
Document date: [1951]Identity Statement
2 digitised films
Alonso Fernandez, Juan
Content and Structure
The countries of Europe are faced with a difficult choice: should they maintain their borders, or should they, with their 300 million people, their enormous productive capacity, their intellect and diligence, help themselves to a better future? To do this, borders must be cut, tariffs disappear and common sales markets created. The first milestones on the way to achieving this great goal are set: Marshall Plan, Schuman Plan, European Payments Union, North Atlantic Defense Organization and Council of Europe.
Genre
Documentary
Credits
Production Country: Great Britain
Film Production Company: Gaumont British Picture Corporation Ltd., London
Commissioning Institution: Economic Cooperation Administration
Director: Julian Spiro
Producer: Unknown
Script: Stuart Legg
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Lewis Linzee
Music: Jack Beaver
Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16 mm
Duration: 20 minutes
Colour: Black & White
European Cooperation, Marshall Plan, Transatlantic Partnership
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English, German
Video
Allied Materials
National Archives, Washington, DC
The films were 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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