Operation Concrete (1958)

17m
Running Time

July 2, 1958
Release Date

Operation Concrete (1958)

17m
Running Time

July 2, 1958
Release Date

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Plot.

Godard returned to Paris briefly before getting a job as a construction worker on a dam project in Switzerland. With the money from the job, he made a short film about the building of the dam called Opération béton (Operation Concrete).

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Release Date
July 2, 1958

Original Name
Opération "Béton"

Status
Released

Running Time
17m

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Operation Concrete (French: Opération béton) is a 1958 Swiss documentary short by French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, notable for being his first film of any length. The film documents the construction of the massive concrete Grande Dixence Dam in Valais, Switzerland.

Godard was attracted to the subject while working on the dam as a laborer and telephone switchboard operator. He produced the film with his friend Pierre Laubscher, as well as camera operator Adrien Porchet and fellow friend Roland Tolmatchoff. The group shot the film in 35mm and recorded sound on location, unusually for the time. The film was sold to the Grand Dixence Corporation, which had built the dam.

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