Is A Career In The Hotel Or Motel Business For You?
Ralph Lopatin Prods. for Counselor Films / sponsored by US Defense Dept.
Features very funny 1970s dress & hair fashions, cheesy music & editing.
Musical opening sequence w/ travel & tourism montage - airport, trains, airplanes, buses - vars hotels & motels; crowds & travelers. VO re growing job opportunities in hospitality industry. Titles.
19:27:03 Hotel check in scenes: Black couple; young woman; businessman. Porters carry luggage,chambermaids prepare rooms. Split screen montages show four main areas of business - ‘Housekeeping’ - ‘Guest Services’ - ‘Front Office’ - ‘Managers’. Black chefs - waiters - barmen - maintenance men - female secretaries, bookkeepers, telephone operator etc. “Recreational” job roles shown: pianist in hotel bar - swimming pool lifeguard - ski instructor - camp counselor. Barber - beautician - valet - florist.
19:29:16 Salaries in hotel business sequence w/ optical montage w/ US dollar backdrop - waiter, carpenter & receptionist - ‘Fringe Benefits’ chart. Cloakroom girl - VO “For lower-level jobs, little education is needed”. Black chambermaid training White woman in hotel room. EXT Philadelphia Technical Institute - VO re training & promotion - graphics.
19:30:02 Housekeeping scenes - chambermaid w/ cart, Black housekeeper supervising. White executive housekeeper at desk - vars maids replacing towels etc.. Porter & houseman. Uniformed doorman sees guest into yellow cab. Bell captain & bellmen - running errands for guests.
19:32:35 White & Black front desk clerks; reservation clerk on telephone - management meeting. Executive housekeeper checks hotel decor. Food manager talks to chef in kitchen. Personnel manager interviewing woman. Maintenance manager checking boiler. Sales manager. Vars hotel exteriors.
19:35:46 Split screen montage showing areas of USA: New Mexico & Cape Cod where “chances are there will be hotels, motels or resorts nearby”. Schoolboy doing part-time job at motel. Summer resort. Ski resort. Golf course. Dude ranch. Aerial view luxury beachfront resort. CU Black desk clerk. Split-screen montage other career options - VO suggests viewer sees other films in series - projector. Black girl in careers library - speaks to school counselor, parents & Employment Officer. White boy selecting books at library - names of careers superimposed.
19:38:28 End titles w/ very cheesy song - “What will you do when the time comes and you have to earn your pay?”
Employment. Teenagers. African Americans. Racial Equality. Propaganda; Public Relations; Tacky; Kitsch; 1970s Americana;
NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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Is A Career In The Hotel Or Motel Business For You? Ralph Lopatin Prods. for Counselor Films / sponsored by US Defense Dept. Features very funny 1970s dress & hair fashions, cheesy music & editing. Musical opening sequence w/ travel & tourism montage - airport, trains, airplanes, buses - vars hotels & motels; crowds & travelers. VO re growing job opportunities in hospitality industry. Titles. 19:27:03 Hotel check in scenes: Black couple; young woman; businessman. Porters carry luggage,chambermaids prepare rooms. Split screen montages show four main areas of business - ‘Housekeeping’ - ‘Guest Services’ - ‘Front Office’ - ‘Managers’. Black chefs - waiters - barmen - maintenance men - female secretaries, bookkeepers, telephone operator etc. “Recreational” job roles shown: pianist in hotel bar - swimming pool lifeguard - ski instructor - camp counselor. Barber - beautician - valet - florist. 19:29:16 Salaries in hotel business sequence w/ optical montage w/ US dollar backdrop - waiter, carpenter & receptionist - ‘Fringe Benefits’ chart. Cloakroom girl - VO “For lower-level jobs, little education is needed”. Black chambermaid training White woman in hotel room. EXT Philadelphia Technical Institute - VO re training & promotion - graphics. 19:30:02 Housekeeping scenes - chambermaid w/ cart, Black housekeeper supervising. White executive housekeeper at desk - vars maids replacing towels etc.. Porter & houseman. Uniformed doorman sees guest into yellow cab. Bell captain & bellmen - running errands for guests. 19:32:35 White & Black front desk clerks; reservation clerk on telephone - management meeting. Executive housekeeper checks hotel decor. Food manager talks to chef in kitchen. Personnel manager interviewing woman. Maintenance manager checking boiler. Sales manager. Vars hotel exteriors. 19:35:46 Split screen montage showing areas of USA: New Mexico & Cape Cod where “chances are there will be hotels, motels or resorts nearby”. Schoolboy doing part-time job at motel. Summer resort. Ski resort. Golf course. Dude ranch. Aerial view luxury beachfront resort. CU Black desk clerk. Split-screen montage other career options - VO suggests viewer sees other films in series - projector. Black girl in careers library - speaks to school counselor, parents & Employment Officer. White boy selecting books at library - names of careers superimposed. 19:38:28 End titles w/ very cheesy song - “What will you do when the time comes and you have to earn your pay?” Employment. Teenagers. African Americans. Racial Equality. Propaganda; Public Relations; Tacky; Kitsch; 1970s Americana; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.