| 00:18:56 0.4 |
OPENING STATEMENT ABOUT FILM'S PURPOSE SAVING LIVES
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| 00:19:07 11.4 |
MAILMAN DELIVERS A LETTER TO A BLACK ASSISTANT
PORTER IN A BARBERSHOP. LETTER FROM THE DRAFT BOARD. NOSEY PATRONS AT THE BARBERSHOP ENQUIRE ABOUT THE LETTER. |
| 00:19:28 32.4 |
BLACK RACIAL STEREOTYPE, A YOUNG BLACK MAN READS
ALOUD A LETTER FROM THE MILITARY DRAFT BOARD. BLACK MAN READS SLOWLY, DIFFICULTY READING. YOUNG BLACK MAN CALLED TO THE DRAFT. |
| 00:20:04 68.4 |
A MAN WALKS INTO A BARBERSHOP AND IS HELPED WITH
HIS COAT BY THE SHOPS BLACK ASSISTANT "SAM". |
| 00:20:10 74.4 |
BARBER COMMENTS ON HIS ASSISTANTS CALL TO GO TO
WAR. BLACK RACIAL STEREOTYPE. BLACK ASSISTANT COMMENTS ON SHOOTING UP THE ENEMY. BARBERSHOP PORTER SPEAKS WITH A MUMBLED DRAWL. |
| 00:20:21 86.4 |
BARBERSHOP GOSSIP, PATRONS TALK WAR AND POLITICS IN
A BARBERSHOP. |
| 00:21:17 141.4 |
A STORE OWNER WALKS INTO A BARBERSHOP AND ASKS FOR
CHANGE FROM A TWENTY DOLLAR BILL. |
| 00:21:28 153.4 |
BARBERSHOP GOSSIP, PATRONS TALK WAR AND POLITICS IN
A BARBERSHOP. PATRONS DISCUSS COMPANIES WITH WAR ORDERS. AMERICA BEHIND IN DELIVERING DEFENSE ORDERS. |
| 00:22:48 233.4 |
A BLACK MAN SPEAKS INTO A PAY PHONE.
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| 00:22:56 241.4 |
BARBERSHOP GOSSIP, PATRONS TALK WAR AND POLITICS IN
A BARBERSHOP. PATRONS DISCUSS COMPANIES WITH WAR ORDERS. AMERICA BEHIND IN DELIVERING DEFENSE ORDERS. CIVILIANS EXPLAIN THE GOVERNMENTS PROCEDURE TO DIRECT COMPANIES WITH DEFENSE ORDERS. |
| 00:24:29 333.4 |
A BLACK MAN SPEAKS INTO A PAYPHONE. MAN CANCELS A
DATE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. BLACK MAN CALLED TO THE DRAFT SAYS THAT HE HAS "A DATE WITH UNCLE SAM". BLACK RACIAL STEREOTYPE. |
| 00:24:44 348.4 |
BARBERSHOP GOSSIP, PATRONS TALK WAR AND POLITICS IN
A BARBERSHOP. PATRONS DISCUSS COMPANIES WITH WAR ORDERS. CIVILIANS EXPLAIN THE GOVERNMENTS PROCEDURE TO DIRECT COMPANIES WITH DEFENSE ORDERS. MEN TALK POLILTICS. |
| 00:26:01 425.4 |
A MAN SITS IN A BARBERSHOP CHAIR IN PREPARATION FOR
A SHAVE. BARBERSHOP PATRON DISCUSSES HIS COMPANIES TRANSFORMATION TO ACCEPT WAR MANUFACTURING ORDERS. BARBER USES ELECTRIC CLIPPERS TO SHAVE A MANS NECK. |
| 00:27:48 532.4 |
MAN IN A BARBERSHOP TALK WAR AND POLITICS. MEN TALK
ABOUT "UNCLE SAM". BARBERSHOP PATRON NOTES A PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH MENTIONING GOVERNMENT WAR SPENDING AT 100 MILLION A DAY. WAR PRODUCTION IS ROLLING. |
| 00:28:57 601.4 |
A BLACK BARBERSHOP PORTER BRUSHES A MANS HAT. BLACK
RACIAL STEREOTYPE, MUMBLING BLACK MANS. |
| 00:29:12 616.4 |
BLACK BARBERSHOP PORTER ANSWERS A RINGING PAYPHONE.
RACIAL STEREOTYPE. MAN PROUDLY SALUTES AS HE TALKS ON THE PHONE. |
| 00:29:35 639.4 |
END OF PROGRAM.
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Year: 1942
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s INDUSTRIALS
Specialty CollectionGenre: 1940s INDUSTRIALS
Description: A FILM ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE DURING WAR TIME AFRO-AMERICAN LABOR, 1940S AFRO-AMERICAN RACIAL STEREOTYPES. FILM SPONSORED BY GENERAL MOTORS. ATTEMPTS TO SHOW THE POSITIVE NEED FOR GOOD LABOR / MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN AMERICAS WAR ARMS INDUSTRY. MEN TALK POLITICS. BARBERSHOP TALK.
