Produced by the same team as "A Ship is Born", "Silkmakers of Como" shows just as much technical professionalism. The tone, however, is different, instead of the imposing images of the shipyard and th...
Film production supported by the British occupation forces as part of the Re-Orientation program. A radio reporter for women's issues provokes in his broadcast with the suggestion that women should co...
Reconstruction of the German economy with the help of American loans through the Marshall Plan: 18 flags of the nations involved in the European reconstruction program. Machine construction, building ...
Work began on the new Naples station. Electrification from Bologna to Venice completed. The locomotive of train 450 is fished out. In Milan, the flag is handed over to the ex-combatant railway worker...
The documentary shows the impressive work of doubling the Battipaglia - Reggio Calabria line, with the construction of the new track but also the construction of new bridges, tunnels and buildings. Th...
Phase of the doubling works on the Battipaglia - Reggio Calabria line. Inauguration in Rome of the first section of the Metro: Termini Station - Eur. A concrete bridge with pendulum suspension tested ...
The black-and-white footage by Ernst Hirsch documents the blasting of the last remaining arch girder of the Carola Bridge on March 7, 1952. Shortly before the end of the war, on May 7, 1945, it had be...
In Maremma, the love story between two young peasants and the head of the family’s resistance to change are part of the background of a discourse on the need to modernize agricultural technology for...
One of the films of the Strength of the Free World television program, produced for U.S. viewers and broadcast by the ABC television network. The three cities of Naoussa, Trieste and West Berlin are l...
One of the films of the Strength for the Free World television program and probably the film that best explained the aid program to Americans. The film explains what the "$80" taxes (per capita) are s...
The picturesque portrait of the industrious port of Genoa is introduced by an overview of the coastline that exemplarily combines the ancient beauty of the city of art, with its rich architectural her...
The Tiber Island, a characteristic green oasis and ancient walls in the heart of Rome, is the place where the typical activities related to the river take place.
The documentary describes the experience of domestic workers who come to Rome from the province and tells about their leisure time.
The second episode of this monthly news program about the European Recovery Program describes events in four nations. Germany signs the ECA agreement, and ERP exhibitions open in Berlin and Düsseldor...
Lors de leurs vacances à Paris, les vacanciers visitent Notre-Dame de Paris et se promènent le long de la Seine.
Playful promotional film with elements of melodramatic reenactment shows the spa town of Karlovy Vary and its facilities for treatment of heart diseases.
The film is preceded by the following message in the opening credits: "This is a translated version of a film produced under the supervision of the Information Control Division, Office of Military Gov...
Le film commence sur des plans généraux de la ville de Lyon puis pendant que l'on voit à l'images des illustrations de maternité d'école et d'enfants le commentaire parle de l'accroissement démo...
An insight into a social life taking place in public cafeterias told from a perspective of a journalist-director. It presents the venue of public cafeteria in contrast to a luxurious restaurant. It de...
In an alpine ski resort, children from different countries spend the vacations together with their parents. Their playful competitions in the snow are marred by difficulties of understanding and natio...
Heilbronn after the destruction; reconstruction; housing construction; Swabian Regional Gymnastics Festival (1959). Film footage from 1945 to the mid-1960s.
The film depicts the work of workers climbing tall cranes and scaffolds in large shipyard facilities from a base 100 feet high. Filmed both from below and from the scaffolds, these workers are shown i...
Report on the "Fines" operation which consists in fining everyone who is caught red-handed 900 francs, whether they are pedestrians or motorists. A competition to find the best policeman and the best ...
1. 1951: Inauguration of the newly constructed Nordstadtbrücke in the presence of Minister President Reinhold Maier / 2. 1970: Inauguration of the Kanzlersteg over the river Enz / 3. 1971: Renovation...