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Dramatization: Rude and offensive male supervisor in office, seen today as sexual harassment, in 1950, in United States
Dramatization. Sexual harassment in the workplace. Rude and offensive boss in an office in the United States, circa 1950. A man smoking a cigar, at his desk. His female secretary sitting near him finds the smoke offensive. The secretary reaches for a cigarette, herself, but the boss insists that she take dictation. He dictates correspondence and she writes in her pad. He offers her a cigar, in jest, and takes another one for himself. Then he pinches her cheek. He picks up a golf club and leaves the office. The woman secretary leans back with relief and resignation.
Prewar and wartime conditions of British, exchange of war material via lend lease, supplies rationed in Great Britain.
Prewar and early World War 2 conditions of the British in Great Britain. War ammunition for Britain transported from the United States to Britain as part of lend lease plan. Also war materiel sent the other way around from the United Kingdom to the United States, as the war progressed. A map showing the path between the United States and Great Britain through the Atlantic Ocean. Tanks for Russia from Britain. Aircraft and guns for the United States by Lend Lease. Tons of food and clothing in large containers for troops in Britain. Clusters of houses and buildings. Two men on a bridge. A lane in Britain. People in the lane. Tanks prepare for war. British soldiers in uniform. A woman seated at a vanity putting on lipstick makeup. Men and women in the streets in England. A man turns to notice the legs of a woman as she walks by. View of legs of many women walking by, not wearing stockings due to rationing. Brief shot of driver in a car in the United States as he hands his gas ration ticket to the gas station attendant. Back in England, scene as a man goes to a pub for whiskey. The pub keeper laughs at him as there is none. Men in a field harvesting grains for making industrial alcohol. Soldier painting word "Hitler" onto a bomb shell. Cartons of whiskey being transported to the United States as pay for the material that comes in to Britain. A man opens cartons from the U.S. with 'Made in U.S.A.' painted on it. Images of American made industrial machine goods purchased by the British, including machinery signs for "Cincinnati Bickford", "The Ohio Machine Tool Company", "Niles Tool Works, Hamilton Ohio", "The Cincinnati Planer Co.", "American Hole Wizard", and "Barnes Drill Company, Rockford, Illinois" A woman worker moves a large planer or drill press into position. Crane at a ship dock is seen moving a large wooden crate with "Ford" label on it. A man goes to buy cigarettes. A 'No cigarettes today' board. If there were cigarettes he would have paid the cost of the cigarettes and the tax to the shopkeeper. Close up view of coins on a table and large portion going to British taxes to pay for war. A newspaper headline which says "Britain spends 49,000,000 per day on war." Several industrial plants in Britain, with smoke and pollution rising from chimneys and stacks during high output war effort. Laborers working at a construction site, including brick layers, who pay 29% tax. Rich men who pay 97½ % tax: A man in a nice car parked in front of a church. He leads a bride in a wedding gown and possibly the Bride's father toward the doors of the church. Various views of British workers and workmen walking in and out of factories. British citizens in ration lines. Sheep being herded on pasture land in Australia. Vessels in ocean used by the British for supplies to Russia. Aircraft from the U.S. on board a ship, and British troops arriving on a ship dock.
Working American Women at home in the 1950s; housewife and homemaker in the United States
Working American women at home using modern conveniences in the post war era. American woman puts meat loaf in oven. Man screws a towel rack into place. Housewife at oven as daughter comes in kitchen, talks to mother, then leaves. Girl and boy children in 1950s era family set dinner table. Sign 'Fellowship House YWCA'. Girl walks up path towards house. Girl irons dress. Other girl enters and she crosses room and sits on sofa. A man’s photograph is displayed behind the girl ironing clothes. College banners from Columbia, NYU and Fordham decorate the living room. Girl files her nails. A framed college graduation photo on display. Woman walks up path into house. Father sits in easy chair as she walks in and kisses him on forehead. Woman enters kitchen and takes cookie from jar. She walks to mother at sink and kisses her. Woman inserts eggbeater attachment to Mixmaster mixer, pushes button and eggbeater spins. A woman sits on her desk. Woman reads her family’s monthly bills before writing checks. A music appreciation group comprised of young people listen to music in a living room. A man talks to a woman knitting. Music record spins on vinyl LP phonograph record player. Couple sits on couch. Girl strokes a kitten in lap. Kitten jumps up. View of a living room console radio and a man seated in the same room reading the newspaper. Woman knits. View of a Movie theater marquee. Girl and boy in front of theater ticket box office. Boy steps to movie theater box office ticket window then takes the girl’s hand as they walk in. Girl reads in bed, puts book away, turns out radio, light and goes to sleep. Husband and wife are asleep. Wife turns in her sleep.
Manufacturing component houses in the United states; family entertaining guests in vintage late 1950s suburban home
'Homes for Growing America' about the importance and the manufacturing of component houses in the United States. The anchor, Frank Blair, speaks about how America produces economic and better homes. Henry Addison, editor of "Architectural Age" at a desk talks about fine architectural standards of homes in the United States. Different styles of houses in America including cape cones, contemporary and regional architectural styles of houses. Various homes in the suburbs outside of American cities are shown. Sketches of various components of a component home like air conditioner, wall panels and kitchen. Jack Lowe, in Lafayette, Indiana reports about the manufacturing of the components of home. Aerial view of Lafayette Indiana, and of the huge home factory there: National Homes Corporation, Lafayette, Indiana. Views inside the National Homes Corporation pre-fabricated home factory, as workers manufacture wall panels from lumber in a factory. Window and door sections being cut out in the panels with a machine. Manufactured panels being inspected for quality. The panels being loaded onto trucks for transportation to markets. Frigidaire appliance boxes are added to the load, along with cabinets from Youngstown Kitchens. A truck loaded with components for one home leaves the factory. A sign on a truck reads 'National Homes'. Another reporter Tom Hadely reports about the fitting procedure of the component houses on site in the field. Men unload the panels. Nails being hammered to erect the wall panels of a new home in the suburbs. The panels being affixed to the pre-poured foundation and nailed. A roof being laid out. Frank Blair in a studio. Bill Moody reports about the component house of James and Margaret Bryan. Mr. And Mrs. Bryan in their well made house. A bedroom and a bathroom of the house. Vintage late 1950s styles in home and fashions are seen. Guests arrive at their house and they show them around the house. Teenage or early 20s couple on the back porch is seen dancing a Lindy Hop swing dance together. Housewife and a woman guest in the kitchen using refrigerator, built-in oven, and counter top spaces. Food being served to the guests. Guests seated in the living room. View of the separate dining room in the house. Blair talks about how component houses allow individuality in construction and in decoration of houses.
People shop for various things in a Grand Union supermarket in Yonkers, New York, United States in the late 1950s
A Grand Union supermarket or grocery store in Yonkers, New York, United States, in the 1950s (located in Cross County Shopping Center). Shoppers entering the suburban store with carts. People shop in the supermarket. The shoppers push trolleys or shopping carts in the aisles. People select groceries from a vast array of things on the shelves including bacon, cheese, wine, ham. A woman chooses apples from a heap and puts them in a paper bag. Another shopper handles a cantaloupe in the produce area.
Rapid development of science and technology in United States. Recreation in America. Poverty and problems in America
Montage of Americana spanning parts of the 1950s and 1960s. Science and technology in the United States. Scientists work in laboratories and conduct various experiments. Scientists look into microscopes and treat patients with scientific medical equipment. People relax at a beach and amusement park. People watch a baseball game. Spectators from behind the fences watch bucking horses in a rodeo. Playing golf. Ten pin bowling. Motorboats race in water. Water skiing. View at a football game, horse race, basketball game, and Joe Louis boxing. Ice skating with sails. Swimming pool and high dive. 1940s fashion scenes: Juke box; Pegged pants; bobby sox;saddle shoes and dancing to an orchestra. People Square dancing, fishing, throwing horse shoes, playing shuffle board and lunching in backyard. Americans enjoying parks with lakes, swimmers, boaters and lots of park benches, where they sit and relax. Contrasting scenes of poverty in America: poor tenement and slum housing; bread line food relief for the poor; criminals being apprehended by police in paddy wagons; African American and some white American people demonstrate by the reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC, during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Demonstrators holding signs protesting racism, low wages, and poor housing; and advocating civil rights. Travel by Americans: People boarding an Air France airplane, airport scenes and people boarding a Pan Am (Pan American) passenger jet airplane. Ground level shot between art deco sleek passenger railroad trains in motion. People unload luggage from parked passenger bus. Aerial views of American highways with traffic and lots of mostly 1950s era cars and trucks. View of RV trailer park or camping area. Scene from moving car of undeveloped land and then of city at night with many neon signs for hotels, motels, food, and businesses. Vintage American suburban or small town scenes of families in front of houses, tending their neighborhood yards,cutting their lawns, and raking leaves on yards of homes.
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