ID

FBW000131      Short documentary

Country / Year

France / Austria / USA, 1950

Original Title

Project for Tomorrow / Bergbauern von morgen / Projet de l'avenir

Other Title(s)

Bergbauern von morgen (German)
Un projet de l'avenir [FR] / Progetti per Domani [IT] / De 4-H Club [NL] / Plan Voor Morgen [NL]

Directed by

Victor Vicas

Produced by

Les Films Victor Vicas, Paris; for Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA). Office of the United States Special Representative in Europe, Paris / Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA). Special Misson to Austria, Wien

Staff

Producer: Victor Vicas; Assistent director: George Vicas; Continuity: Edith Knoll; Camera: Helmuth Ashley; Assistent cameraman: Robert Hofer; Editing: Tolly Reviv; Music: Claude Arrieu; Narration: James Schmitt (engl. Version)

Length

21'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Remarks

- 1. In fünf (dt./engl./franz./ital./niederl.) Versionen produziert.

Further Remarks

- Kopierwerk: G.T.C., Joinville

Abstract

Upon seeing a film distributed by the Marshall Plan on 4-H Clubs in America, a group of Austrian farm youngsters form their own 4-H group. Young Franzl is particularly motivated. The care and attention he lavishes on his pet calf wins him second prize in a district livestock show.

Subject Terms

1950-1959; Marshall Plan Film; Austria

Holdings

- National Archives, Washington, DC: 21'; 16mm; engl. Version
- Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Rom: 21'; 16mm; ital. Version
- Vrienden van het Filmarchief, Nijmegen: 21'; 16mm; niederl. Version
- Bundesarchiv - Filmarchiv, Berlin: 21'; 35mm; dt. Version
- Service de la Communication-Pole Audiovisuel, Ministere de l'Agriculture et de la Peche, Paris: 21'; 16mm; franz. Version
- Filmarchiv Austria, Wien: 21'; 16mm; dt. Version

Bibliography

- N.N.: Filmkatalog, München: Filmdienst für Jugend und Volksbildung 1952
- Michaut, Pierre: "Le Plan Marshall et le Cinéma", in: La Cinématographie Française (Paris), Jg. 34, Nr. 1466, 03.05.1952
- N.N.: USIS-Filmkatalog, Bad Godesberg: United States Information Service (USIS), Mai 1955
- Hemsing, Albert: "The Marshall Plan's European Film Unit, 1948-1955: a Memoir and Filmography", in: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 14, Nr. 3, 1994
- Metz, Chloe: "The Changing Face of Europe: The Marshall Plan Seen Through Film", in: Columbia Historical Review, 1996
- Rother, Rainer / Schulberg, Sandra (Hg.): Selling Democracy. Welcome Mr. Marshall. Films of the Marshall Plan: 1947-1955. Berlin: 54. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin / Deutsches Historisches Museum, 2004
- Rainer, Christiane / Stiefel, Dieter: "'Helping people to help each people'. Die Marshallplanfilme für Österreich", Besetzte Bilder. Film, Kultur und Propaganda in Österreich 1945-1955, Moser, Karin (Hg.), Wien: Filmarchiv Austria, 2005

Credits

- 1. BERGBAUERN / von / MORGEN
- 2. Kamera - HELMUTH ASHLEY / Kamera-Assistent - ROBERT HOFER / Regie-Assistent - GEORGE VICAS / Script Girl - ERDITH KNOLL / Schnitt-Assistent - TOLLY REVIV / Musik - CLAUDE ARRIEU / LABORATORIUM / [GTC]
- 3. REGIE: / VICTOR VICAS
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- 1. ENDE
Abschrift lt. Kopie. Filmarchiv Austria, Wien