In June 1948, Soviet newsreels report on an organised demonstration of Communist workers in the streets of Vienna against Austrian participation in the Marshall Plan, which provided American aid to Europe.
In July 1949, Soviet newsreels report on an organised demonstration of Communist students in the streets of Vienna against Austrian participation in the Marshall Plan, which provided American aid to Europe.
Produced in 1957, this documentary film demonstrates the economic significance of the Saar, particularly in the iron and steel industry, and how the region was exploited between 1919 and 1945, first by France and then by the Third Reich.
Produced in 1957, this documentary illustrates the day-to-day problems faced by the inhabitants of the Saar region under French political and economic administration between 1947 and 1957.
Produced in 1957, this documentary film shows the political process which led to the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) as a result of the Paris Agreements of 23 October 1954 and then the referendum of 23 October 1955.
Produced in 1957, this documentary film illustrates how the Saar question was definitively resolved on 27 October 1956 by the signing, in Luxembourg, of the Franco-German Treaty which established the terms for the reintegration of this region in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The film also shows the address given to the Bundestag by Heinrich von Brentano, Foreign Minister of the FRG, on the implications of the Treaty.
Produced in 1957, this documentary film shows the celebrations surrounding the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 1 January 1957. The film also includes an extract from the address given by the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, who welcomes the peaceful circumstances that allowed the Saar question to be resolved and who expresses his hopes as to the future reintegration of the Eastern territories in the FRG.
On 8 November 1961, the British delegation led by Edward Heath, Lord Privy Seal, meets representatives of the European Economic Community (EEC) in Brussels in order to negotiate terms for the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities.
On 31 December 1998, the day on which the irrevocable conversion rates for the euro are adopted in preparation for the transition to the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), people stopped in the streets of Brussels give their views on the advantages and disadvantages of the single European currency.
On 31 December 1998, the day on which the irrevocable conversion rates for the euro are adopted and on the eve of the transition to the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission, emphasises the political and historic implications of the event in the process of European integration.
