Strength for the Free World: The Council of Europe (Version I) - 1958 Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This film examines the Council of Europe in Strasburg, France - what it is, what it does, and how it works - as seen through the eyes of its staff of simultaneous interpreters. Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak, France's Paul Reynaud, Germany's Heinrich von Brentano, and Britain's Robert Boothby all speak during a session on European unity. Robert Schuman (France), Premier Alcide De Gasperi (Italy), and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (Germany) solemnly declare their intention to form the European Coal and Steel Community (Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium is seen but not heard). This informative look at the Council of Europe in its early days - when it had only advisory functions - takes on historic significance as the continent moves towards forming the European Parliament. A Marshall Plan Film, produced by MSA Film Section, Paris, for MSA, and narrated by Gene Kelly.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities