Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-2631

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00:00:47 1.6	STREET IN CITY SLUM AREA LITTERED WITH OLD SOFA CHAIRS AND OTHER GARBAGE.
00:01:01 15.6	BLACK COUPLE WALK HAND IN HAND IN THE IR NEIGHBORHOOD STORE DISTRICT, PASS STORE FRONT OF "THE LEAGUE OF BRONX ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE RENEWAL"
00:01:06 20.6	CU CONSUMER ORGANIZER FLORANCE RICE GIVES REASONS WHY BLACK AND LATINO CONSUMERS DO NOT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN STORES WHERE THE PRICES ARE CHEAPER,
00:01:10 24.6	RICE, "THEY MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY FOLLOW YOU AROUND STORES LIKE YOU WERE A THIEF OR AN ANIMAL OR THIEF .......'.
00:01:28 42.6	VARIOUS SHOTS MANIKINS OF WHITE MODELS IN UP SCALE STORES. ZOOM IN FACE OF WHITE MALE MANIKIN.
00:02:07 81.6	CU MARQUEE OF THE "WEBB" FURNITURE STORE. (PAN FURNITURE IN STORE), IS A LOCAL STORE OFFERING CREDIT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. MOST FABRIC COLORS ARE TURQUOISE, CHARTREUSE AND TANGERINE. "HAPPY GAY COLORS FOR HAPPY GAY PEOPLE".
00:02:24 98.6	WHITE MANAGER OF WEBB FURNITURE, SAYS , "IN ORDER TO MAKE CERTAIN SALES, THE CUSTOMER HAS US OVER A BARREL, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE CONCESSIONS" "TO SHAVE THE PRICE A BIT".
00:02:45 119.6	CU PHILLIPS, GOES ON TO CONTRADICT THE ARGUMENT THAT HE AND OTHERS IN POOR COMMUNITIES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR PEOPLE.
00:03:52 186.6	STANDING ON STEPS OF CORONA UNIVERSITY. AUTHOR OF BOOK "THE POOR PAY MORE" DAVID KAPLOVICH (?) SAYS, "IN MANY RESPECTS THE POOR ARE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE". :THEY (THE POOR) TEND TO LIMIT THEIR ACTIVITIES TO THEIR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD".
00:04:16 210.6	KAPLOVICH "THEY (POOR) TEND TO BE INTIMIDATED BY THE DOWNTOWN STORE, ,SO IN PART THE SHOP IN THEIR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD". THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE POOR CREDIT RISKS THAT THEY CAN ONLY BUY WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD..
00:04:34 228.6	KAPLOVICH - "UNFORTUNATELY, THE MERCHANTS ARE EAGER TO PROVIDE THEM (POOR) WITH MERCHANDIZE AT EXORBITANT PRICES", AND THE MERCHANT IS USUALLY VERY SHABBY.".
00:04:48 242.6	VARIOUS SHOTS FURNITURE STORE IN GHETTO NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW YORK, CONCEALED FILM SHOWS PITCH MADE TO PERSPECTIVE FURNITURE CUSTOMERS..
00:05:03 257.6	SALESMAN TELLS CUSTOMER THAT HE (SALESMAN) WILL GIVE A FREE KITCHEN SET WITH THE PURCHASE OF OTHER FURNITURE.. KAPLOVICH, "WHAT THE SALESMAN DOESN'T TELL CUSTOMER IS THAT THE MARK-UP OF THE FURNITURE IS QUITE EXORBITANT, AND THE KITCHEN SET IS NOT WORTH MORE THAN $25. .
00:06:06 320.6	VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE SALES "COME-ON" SIGNS OUTSIDE GHETTO FURNITURE STORES. IE. "LOW - LOW PRICES, BARGAINS GALORE". INSIDE, THE SALESMAN DEMONSTRATES THE CLASSIC "FAKE AND SWITCH MANEUVER".
00:06:27 341.6	MS S HIDDEN CAMERA SHOWS SALESMAN TRYING TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF WITH THE CUSTOMER, SHOW CUSTOMER HE IS HIS FRIEND. OFFERS CUSTOMER CREDIT AT AN EXORBITANT 10%. FINANCE CHARGE (IT'S ACTUALLY DOUBLE THAT, AS EXPLAINED BY KAPLOVICH VOICE OVER)
00:08:14 448.6	GOOD SHOTS FURNITURE AND OTHER STOREs IN NEW YORK'S. GHETTO STORES
00:08:35 469.6	CU SALESMAN'S HANDS HOLDING SIGNED CONTRACT, WHICH IS THEN SOLD OR ASSIGNED TO A CREDIT CO. SPECIALIZING IN COLLECTION WORK..
00:08:46 480.6	CU SUMMON'S PAPERS WHICH IS SOMETIMES SERVED, FREQUENTLY IT IS NOT. THE LATTER IS CALLED "SEWER SERVICE" WHICH IS DEFINED BY THE OWNER OF SUFFOLK SUMMONS SERVICE VERNON CARPENTER.
00:09:05 499.6	MR. CARPENTER DEFINES 'SEWER SERVICE". IF THE PERSON IS NOT HOME,THE SERVER FILES AN AFFIDAVIT THAT HE INDEED SERVED THE SUMMONS, WHEN HE NEVER SERVED THE PAPERS AT ALL..
00:09:35 529.6	CARPENTER, "THE AVERAGE POOR PERSON DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO HIRE A LAWYER". A DEFAULT JUDGMENT IS ENTERED, NOW CITY MARSHAL TAKES OVER.RE-POSSESSION IS HIS BUSINESS.
00:09:41 535.6	VARIOUS LARGE SIGNS IN OFFICE WINDOW," LEO P. MARX,"CITY MARSHAL.
00:10:00 554.6	ATTORNEY RAY NORAL, A PRACTITIONER OF WHAT IS CALLED "A DYING ART" 9A FIGHTING ATTORNEY) SPEAKS TO YOUTH OF LOWER EAST SIDE.HIS AGENCY IS "MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH" TO WHICH HE HANDLES MOST OF THE CONSUMER FRAUD CASES.
00:10:22 576.6	GOOD SHOTS OLD, YOUNG PEOPLE AND KIDS IN STROLLERS IN LOWER EAST SIDE SHOPPING AT OUTSIDE STORE COUNTERS.CLOTHING HANGING ON OUTSIDE RACKS UNDER FIRE ESCAPES.
00:10:31 585.6	NORAL SPEAKS OF THE INDIFFERENT MERCHANT. {" THEY COME IN, THEY GET AS MUCH AS THEY CAN GET, AND LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD". "VERY FEW (MERCHANTS) DONATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD".
00:10:46 600.6	NORAL, ABOUT THE MERCHANT, "TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TAKE, AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TAKE IT"! "ONCE THEY SIGN THE CONTRACT, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED AT ALL"..
00:11:05 619.6	CU SAM WINNAKER, MANAGER OF "THE MODEL WAREHOUSE" RESPONDING TO NORAL'S CHARGES IS ASKED"HOW OFTEN HAS HE GARNISHEED (LEGAL PHRASE THAT OFTEN LEADS TO MAN LOSING HIS JOB) A CUSTOMER'S SALARY". HE SAYS "THERE'S NO CHOICE, WE HAVE TO".
00:13:13 747.6	CU NEWSPAPER AD :WAREHOUSE SALE! 3ROOMS NEW FURNITURE, $112. WINNAKER ADMITS FURNITURE COULD BE BETTER. CU TUCKED AWAY UP STAIR S IS SHOT OF THE $112 FURNITURE.. WINNAKER SAYS THE AVERAGE MARK-UP FOR THIS FURNITURE IS 80 TO 100%.
00:15:05 859.6	VARIOUS SIGNS, "LOCAL LOANS", SHOTS OF LOCAL FINANCE COMPANY STORE SIGNS. ':WHERE NEARLY ALL THE VICIOUS PRACTICES ARE PRACTICED BY THAT FINANCE COMPANY"
00:15:17 871.6	VOICE OVER NORAL, "THE NEXT QUESTION IS "WHAT KEEPS THE FINANCE COMPANY GOING. VARIOUS SHOTS BIG, BANKS ON WALL STREET , "THE RESPECTABLE BANKS ON WALL STREET FINANCES TO LOAN COMPANIES"
00:15:39 893.6	GOOD SHOTS GROUND LOOKING UP SKYSCRAPER BUILDINGS (BANKS) IN NEW YORK. "WE HAVE A PROGRESSION HERE EXTENDING FROM THE POOR SUCKER IN THE GHETTO, UP TO TO THE RESPECTABLE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ON WALL STREET".
00:16:12 926.6	DIRECTOR OF THE BAY AREA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN SAN FRANCISCO, , ART DANFORTH, GIVES LIST OF 5 THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION. "I WILL NOT SAY THE SITUATION IS HOPELESS, I'D SAY IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT....".
00:16:38 952.6	DANFORTH GOES ON TO MAKE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. MONTAGE - NUMBER OF POSTERS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, GHETTO PEOPLE CAN EASILY READ AND MAKE USE OF. ONE IS TO TRAIN PEOPLE FROM THESE AREAS..
00:17:35 1009.6	SPANISH SPEAKING MALE TEACHER AT BLACKBOARD IN SPANISH-AMERICAN ACADEMY IN NY, GIVES INSTRUCTION TO CLASSROOM FULL OF STUDENTS, ON HOW TO AVOID DECEPTION BY MERCHANTS.
00:17:48 1022.6	TEACHER POSTS MISLEADING NEWSPAPER AD. TEACHER, 1. "IGNORE ALL ADS THAT OFFERS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME AT A LOW PRICE, INCLUDING THE KITCHEN SINK"..2. ALWAYS TRY TO BUY ON CASH. 3. TAKE A BANK LOAN AT 6% RATHER THAN THE 10% OR MORE OFFERED BY MERCHANT.
00:18:14 1048.6	VOICE OVER, " ANOTHER SELF-HELP TECHNIQUE IS ORGANIZING A FOOD BUYING COOPERATIVE".
00:18:20 1054.6	LS LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER, DRIVEN BY ACTIVISTS, RIDES DOWN RAMP TO BRONX TERMINAL MARKET. THEY PURCHASE SUCH ITEMS AS RICE, FLOUR, POTATOES, FRUIT, ETC. AT WHOLESALE PRICES. VOLUNTEERS LOAD UP AND PAY FOR THE GOODS.
00:19:04 1098.6	AT THE CO-OPERATIVE GROCERY STORE, VOLUNTEER PACKS CARTON FOR HOUSEWIFE WHO PLACED HER ORDER THE DAY BEFORE. IN OPERATION JUST 6 MONTHS, THE CO-OPERATIVE IS A HUGE SUCCESS.
00:19:50 1144.6	2 HISPANIC KIDS WATCH GROCER PACK THEIR MOTHER'S GROCERIES. HISPANIC SIGN ABOVE DOOR OF GROCERY STORE.
00:20:09 1163.6	INSTRUCTOR FROM THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF MARKETS, INSTRUCTS NAACP TEST SHOPPERS, EACH TO BUY ONE ITEM IN THE STORE, THEN HAND IT TO INSPECTOR OUTSIDE STORE,, WHO WILL SEE IF SHOPPER WAS OVER CHARGED.
00:22:05 1279.6	INSPECTOR CONFRONTS THE MERCHANTS. ANGRY MERCHANT IS GIVEN A SUMMONS, DESPITE PROTEST.. INSPECTOR CITES THE CHARGES.
00:23:54 1388.6	PAN FISH LYING ON BED OF ICE IN MARKET'S VIN. INSPECTOR CITES MERCHANT FOR MISREPRESENTING SPECIES OF FISH AS COD, WHICH IT WASN'T.
00:24:11 1405.6	SIGN ON DOOR WINDOW, "CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF MARKETS". VOICE OVER, "...OF 11 STORES CHECKED, 7 HAD A TOTAL OF 14 VIOLATIONS".,
00:24:23 1417.6	LEGAL AIDE LAWYER SPEAKS OVER PHONE TO OPPOSITION LAWYER AS BLACK MOM, WHOSE HUSBAND'S SALARY HAD BEEN GARNISHEED FOR REFUSING TO MAKE PAYMENT ON A NEW FREEZER AFTER CLAIMING IT WAS REPAINTED, LOOKS ON.
00:24:57 1451.6	CU DOCUMENT FROM EXPERT SHOWS THAT THE FREZER WAS INDEED RE-PAINTED AND SECOND HAND, EVEN THOUGH THE CUSTOMER PAID FOR A NEW FREEZER.
00:27:10 1584.6	CU ATTORNEY RAY NORELL WALKING GHETTO STREET TOWARDS CAMERA, SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE GHETTO FEEL "THEIR CAUSE IS HOPELESS".,
00:27:38 1612.6	MONTAGE VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS STREETS OF NYC GHETTO INCLUDING MAN PULLING PUSHCART, OLD STOOPED DOWN MAN CARRYING PACKAGES, BLACK WOMAN SEATED AGAINST BRICK WALL, IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANT, STS.
00:28:22 1656.6	KIDS WITH SCHOOL BOOKS WALK AMIDST GARBAGE ANS DISCARDED FURNITURE ON CITY SIDEWALK.
00:28:27 1661.6	PAN SHELVES OF FOOD GOODS IN SUPERMARKET, WOMAN WITH CARTS,CHECKING PRICES OF FOOD IN FREEZER BINS,
00:28:46 1680.6	VOLUNTEERS FILL BAGS OF FOOF FOR POOR IN NEIGHBORHOOD COOPERATIVE.
00:28:57 1691.6	MONTAGE VARIOUS FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE STORE FRONTS WITH DISPLAY OF DECEPTIVE PRICES, AS VOICE OVER EXPLAINS WHAT MUST BE DONE.
00:30:50 1804.6	GOOD SHOT GHETTO GIRL DANCING TO MUSIC ON FIRE ESCAPE OF GHETTO APARTMENT HOUSE..