- Title: CF665
- Date:1950s
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Summary:
09:59:57 – 10:19:45 ( Colour Animation Sound 1960s)
Animation about the American business system – capitalism - made in 1965
10:00:50 Pilgrim fathers being waved off – they set said across a map of the world to America – great representation of founding of America
10:01:20 pilgrims working to build the American state – pilgrim raising the American flag – more boats arrive – immigration / settlers
10:02:10 young man ( Jonathon ) looks for job in the town – Jonathon working as a hatter making hats – Jonathon goes to boss to ask for a raise
10:02:55 graph of sales and profits plummeting so far that they fall off the page – great illustration of recession / economic downturn
10:03:05 Jonathon comes up with idea to set up his own hat business – man gets bag of cash / money out of cuckoo clock – savings / funny
10:03:48 Jonathon goes round town collecting money to invest in his business
10:04:27 Native American / Indian holds open cloak full of hat-making materials
10:04:30 women’s hat shop – women trying on hats and smiling in the mirror – man surrounded by hat boxes ties ribbon round a box – CU a box / present being handed over and coins being poured into hand – a money box being piled full of coins
10:05:10 Jonathon pays his debts – out of window Jonathon sees a new hat shop opening - he designs new hats
10:06:56 dollar bills with little arms and legs sit in a train carriage waving goodbye to crowds of Americans - modern train moving through futuristic industrial / modern landscape – dollars pour out of train and into factories / banks etc
10:07:50 great illustration of high street / consumerism with bright neon lights and teeming with people rushing in and out of shops
10:08:06 woman looks in shop window – salesman attempts to sell her a fridge – salesmen compete for her attention
10:08:34 inside factory manager paces the floor – he looks at ‘sales’ graph which plummets and drips red paint / blood into a bucket - alarm rings – workers from all departments rush to manager’s office
10:09:10 workers rush into ‘ Research Department ‘ – man behind screen labelled ‘ Experimental Models ‘ being passed tools by a woman dressed in a French maid’ s outfit – inside fridge factory - great depiction of futuristic production line
10:10:04 commuters on train reading newspaper – family watching TV – advert for fridge – woman on high street sold fridge by salesman with strange English accent – she hands over a pile of cash
10:10:56 plummeting sales graph seen to rise – workers being paid – dollars pouring out of train
10:12:10 high street scene - scene from the ‘ olden days ‘ man doing back breaking work – returns home with wages – children also bring home wages – tired family eat meagre meal round table
10:13:10 inside factory – worker operates machine with whirring cogs – worker is paid – then drives home to wife who is cooking in the kitchen
10:13:40 kids in sitting room watching TV and talking on the telephone – lovely depiction of family round dinner table – family meal – they pray before eating
10:14:10 brilliant illustration of the threat of war – rough sea turns from blue to red and the letters WAR appear under the water
10:14:40 illustration of the way in which the economy was constrained during WWII with price fixing etc – shot of high street with products vanishing from shelves
10:16:10 school , fire service , police and old people’s home – welfare state – old man in fireman’s helmet chasing after fire engine in wheelchair – funny
10:16:30 scientists in ‘ experimental room ‘ perform experiments on plant – a plant grows so huge it breaks out of a greenhouse like ‘ Jack and the beanstalk ‘
10:16:40 lovely depiction of family in wildlife park taking a picture of a family of bears who smile and pose for the camera like people – leisure time – military weapons roll out of factory labelled ‘ defense programme ‘
10:17:10 citizens protesting outside of federal reserve with posters labelled ‘ we want more ‘ – political dissent / protest
10:19:00 parade of citizens holding the American flag – patriotism
10:19:24 young man in cap and gown stands holding a certificate – graduation - TYPE:
- DATE:1950s
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- Colour:Colour
- Keywords:AMERICA, USA, CARTOON, HISTORY OF AMERICA, CAPITALISM, PILGRIM FATHERS, HISTORY OF MONEY, ECONOMIC HISTORY, SMALL BUSINESS
- Master Title:CF665
- Segment:1
- Sound:Sound
