Day Of Thanksgiving
Centron Production Young America Films
Family in living room w/ father reading newspaper in armchair, mother knitting & older son reading on sofa & younger children playing on floor. Father turns down radio, SOF to camera: “I’m Bill Johnson, around here I’ve been trying to read but can’t....we Johnsons had a good Thanksgiving, the best we’ve ever had...a real feeling of thankfulness...” images: boys reading in chairs, baby on floor; daughter setting table & picks up newspaper. Kids say what they’ll have for dinner as mother into room: “Well you know children we’ve had a lot of expenses this month &...the truth of the matter is there just won’t be any turkey this year.”
12:02:44 Father arrives, “mom says we’re not going to have any Thanksgiving.” “A fat lot we’re going to be thankful for.” “Everybody else on the block is going to have turkey this year.” Father sits, they talk.
12:03:48 “Well sure...we’re still a lot better off than the Pilgrims.” “Turkey or no turkey, we’ve still got all the freedoms & privileges the Pilgrims gave us...things the Pilgrims never even dreamed of.” “You’ve got to feel it down deep, before you can be thankful about anything.” “Do you know that there are some places in the world today where you have to get along without just about everything else?”
12:05:05 Father from beginning chair: “Well, that’s how it got started; the Johnsons didn’t have any turkey...
Dick building model airplane; Susan cutting out paper dolls? Mother feeding baby; dad reading newspaper.
12:05:49 Family sitting at dinner table, bow heads for prayer. Tom tells what he’s thankful for w/ images of boy drinking milk, reading book. Kids w/ bowed heads. Susan gives thanks. Image of mother fitting her for dress; in church; mother & dad cleaning up table. Dick gives thanks. Studying at desk “...where school books are studied instead of burned.” Batting ball on sandlot “I’m glad its fun growing up in America.” Baby in bath being washed; sitting on mom’s lap w/ doll on sofa.
12:08:49 Mother w/ bowed head. “As for mother, seems she’s always working....daylight to dark, what does she have to be thankful for?” “I’m thankful that my children...” Kids playing in living room together; wipes brow as she puts clothes thru wringer, gets water from tap, on telephone, dad into car in residential neighborhood. “I’m thankful for all the things free people, working together, can produce.” Neighbor comes to borrow flour: “I’m thankful that we’ve got the right to talk about anything we want to...” “I’m truly thankful for the peace of mind that Dad’s job brings...I’m glad that Dad doesn’t work slave hours...”
12:10:24 Dad gives thanks; ext. house, int. family in living room eating popcorn. “Knowing the knock on our door means nothing to fear...its not going to be some political gangster coming to drag one of us off to jail...” Reading newspaper; voting booth. Family at table. The End.
Americana; Propaganda; Holiday; Cold War Philosophy; Freedom; Anti-Communism; Sexism; Economics; Educational Film; Patriotism; 1951; 1950s;
NOTE: one continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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Day Of Thanksgiving Centron Production Young America Films Family in living room w/ father reading newspaper in armchair, mother knitting & older son reading on sofa & younger children playing on floor. Father turns down radio, SOF to camera: “I’m Bill Johnson, around here I’ve been trying to read but can’t....we Johnsons had a good Thanksgiving, the best we’ve ever had...a real feeling of thankfulness...” images: boys reading in chairs, baby on floor; daughter setting table & picks up newspaper. Kids say what they’ll have for dinner as mother into room: “Well you know children we’ve had a lot of expenses this month &...the truth of the matter is there just won’t be any turkey this year.” 12:02:44 Father arrives, “mom says we’re not going to have any Thanksgiving.” “A fat lot we’re going to be thankful for.” “Everybody else on the block is going to have turkey this year.” Father sits, they talk. 12:03:48 “Well sure...we’re still a lot better off than the Pilgrims.” “Turkey or no turkey, we’ve still got all the freedoms & privileges the Pilgrims gave us...things the Pilgrims never even dreamed of.” “You’ve got to feel it down deep, before you can be thankful about anything.” “Do you know that there are some places in the world today where you have to get along without just about everything else?” 12:05:05 Father from beginning chair: “Well, that’s how it got started; the Johnsons didn’t have any turkey... Dick building model airplane; Susan cutting out paper dolls? Mother feeding baby; dad reading newspaper. 12:05:49 Family sitting at dinner table, bow heads for prayer. Tom tells what he’s thankful for w/ images of boy drinking milk, reading book. Kids w/ bowed heads. Susan gives thanks. Image of mother fitting her for dress; in church; mother & dad cleaning up table. Dick gives thanks. Studying at desk “...where school books are studied instead of burned.” Batting ball on sandlot “I’m glad its fun growing up in America.” Baby in bath being washed; sitting on mom’s lap w/ doll on sofa. 12:08:49 Mother w/ bowed head. “As for mother, seems she’s always working....daylight to dark, what does she have to be thankful for?” “I’m thankful that my children...” Kids playing in living room together; wipes brow as she puts clothes thru wringer, gets water from tap, on telephone, dad into car in residential neighborhood. “I’m thankful for all the things free people, working together, can produce.” Neighbor comes to borrow flour: “I’m thankful that we’ve got the right to talk about anything we want to...” “I’m truly thankful for the peace of mind that Dad’s job brings...I’m glad that Dad doesn’t work slave hours...” 12:10:24 Dad gives thanks; ext. house, int. family in living room eating popcorn. “Knowing the knock on our door means nothing to fear...its not going to be some political gangster coming to drag one of us off to jail...” Reading newspaper; voting booth. Family at table. The End. Americana; Propaganda; Holiday; Cold War Philosophy; Freedom; Anti-Communism; Sexism; Economics; Educational Film; Patriotism; 1951; 1950s; NOTE: one continuous minute sold at per reel rate.