Introducing 🇫🇷 France | The Atlantic Community Series | NATO Documentary | 1954

The film presents France's history and contribution to Western defense and the Atlantic Community. Among the aspects highlighted are the French empire, France's cultural and architectural heritage, her industries and reconstruction programme, her democratic institutions and her armed forces.
In 1949, when the 12 Allies made a pledge to collective defence through the North Atlantic Treaty, getting to know each other was going to enable them to work more effectively together.
While bonds were being created during daily interaction at the civilian and military headquarters of the Organization, films were created to get citizens engaged too. “Introducing France” is an illustration of this effort; it gives a candid depiction of France in the 1950s.
"Introducing France" is part of a series originally designed as "Know your Allies", and finally titled "the Atlantic Community Series".
Its objectives were to familiarize public opinion in each of the member country with the other Alliance members and to emphasize the national contributions to Western culture and political traditions, economic reconstruction and allied defense in the framework of NATO.
The series was produced between 1954 and 1956 and financed by the US government in the context of the Marshall Plan with the cooperation of the Information Service of NATO, and distributed by NATO. The films in the Atlantic Community Series received large non-theatrical distribution and, in some cases, were shown in cinemas and on TV. Language versions were made and distributed with the help of the national governments.
“My country and NATO” tells the story of each one of NATO’s members, using a selection of unique archival materials to take you back in time.
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Production:
Madeleine Films
Staff:
director: Michel Drach
script: Frédéric Grendel
script: Michel Drach
editor: Monique Bonnot
producer: Gilbert de Goldschmidt
commentary: Stuart Schulberg
narrator: Robert Beatty