On the occasion of a Eurovision television programme of a ballet performance, this commercial gives and insight into the lives and everyday work of various Europeans in different European countries during one single day. At the end of the day they will experience the same TV broadcasts throughout Europe. Eurovision was set up for the purpose of exchanging TV programmes and, subsequently, TV news footage. It was the first attempt to generate a European public sphere.

Genre
Commercial

Credits
Production Country: Netherlands
Film Production Company: Carillon Films, Holland
Commissioning Institution: N.V. Philips, Eindhoven
Director: Ted de Wit
Producer: Ted de Wit
Script: Charles Bressers, Leo Capet, Ted de Wit
Idea: J.M. Hartoch
Cinematography: Munroe Scott
Film Editing: Eva van Beverwlik
Music: Pi Scheffer
Commentator: Karl Heinz Bender

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 18 minutes
Colour: Black & White

European Infrastructure, Modernity, Eurovision, European Public Sphere

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Other versions of the film in other languages which are not part of this collection are: Venster op Europa (Dutch)
Fenêtre sur l’Europe (French)