The modernization of European agriculture following the Second World War, through the example of several peasant families in Europe.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: John Ferno Production
Commissioning Institution: Mutual Security Agency
Director: Nelo Risi
Producer: John Ferno
Script: Ian Stuart Black
Commentary. Jacques Audiberti
Cinematography: Jacques Manier / Franco de Paolis
Film Editing: Françoise Diot
Music: Maurice Thiriet

Technical Information
Original Film Format: 16 mm
Duration: 31 minutes
Colour: Colour

European Cooperation, Marshall Plan, Agricultural Policy

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Video

National Archives, Washington, DC

The film was digitised from the copy located at the National Archives, Washington, DC.Digital reproduction of the film is available online at: " target="_blank"> Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA), Paris (2019)

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 versions of the film in other languages which are not part of this collection are: A Farm in Four Countries (English)
Terre d’Europa (Italian)