ID

FBW002384      Short documentary

Country / Year

France / Austria / USA, 1950

Original Title

The Invisible Link / Strom der Berge / Le Lien invisible

Other Title(s)

Strom der Berge (German)
Torrents et lumière [FR] / L'Anello invisible [IT] / De missende Schakel [NL] / Novas Fontes de Energia [PT] / Gorunmeyen Bag [TR]

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: Nelly Bogor; Music: Claude Arrieu

Length

13'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Remarks

- 1. In sieben (dt./engl./franz./ital./niederl./portug./türk.) Versionen produziert.

Further Remarks

- Kopierwerk: G.T.C., Joinville

Abstract

The invisible link that powers Austria's industry, cities and farms is, of course, electric power. Ultimately that power means jobs for the nation's many unemployed. Kaprun Dam, in the mountains north of Salzburg - Austria's largest - and some 20 others will provide more electricity than ever before, thanks to Marshall Plan aid.

Subject Terms

1950-1959; Marshall Plan Film; Austria

Holdings

- Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema, Lissabon: 13'; 16mm; portug. Version
- Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Rom: 13'; 16mm; ital. Version
- Egitim Teknolojileri Genel Mudurlugu (General Directorate of Educational Technologies), Ankara: 13'; 16mm; türk. Version
- Vrienden van het Filmarchief, Nijmegen: 13'; 16mm; niederl. Version
- National Archives, Washington, DC: 13'; 16mm; engl. Version
- National Archives, Washington, DC: 13'; 35mm; engl. Version
- Service de la Communication-Pole Audiovisuel, Ministere de l'Agriculture et de la Peche, Paris: 13'; 16mm; franz. Version
- Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin: 13'; 16mm; engl. 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
- N.N.: Filmkatalog, Bad Godesberg: United States Information Service (USIS), März 1960
- 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. Victor Vicas / Films / PRESENT
- 2. THE / INVISIBLE / LINK
- 3. CAMERAMAN – HELMUTH ASHLEY / ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN - ROBERT HOFER / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - GEORGE VICAS / SCRIPT GIRL – EDITH KNOLL / EDITOR – NELLY BOGOR / MUSIC BY - CLAUDE ARRIEU / LABORATORY / [G.T.C.]
- 4. DIRECTED / by / VICTOR VICAS
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- 1. THE END
Abschrift lt. Kopie: National Archives, Washington, DC