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When Wages Stop R1 of 4

Reel Number: 221017-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1923

Country: USA

Location: California

TC Begins: 11:09:12

TC Ends: 11:19:05

Duration: 00:09:53

R1 of 4 Dramatization re safety at work intertitles throughout. Chief Safety Engineer at a Western Oil company Mr Swift w/ wife & daughter outside house. His son Bill pulls up in car and lights cigarette at service station, attendant points to ‘No Smoking’ sign. 11:11:34 Bill’s girlfriend Jean, daughter of Chief Superintendent of oil company, waters plants and sprays boyfriend when he arrives in car. Family wait for Bill, father cross / unhappy, points to pocket watch; Bill pulls up. Son & father in car, Bill driving dangerously, overtakes truck; dad takes over the steering wheel. Park car near oil rig. Father visits field warehouse: operator shows precision of heavy machinery using an egg. Activity in yard outside warehouse. 11:17:20 Bill pulls up at G&M Oil Company: derelict exterior. “Men Wanted’ sign. Son talks with foreman; puts on filthy hat and picks up overall. Road Safety; Oil Industry; Workplace Health & Safety; 1920s Fashions; gasoline; petroleum; love; couples; dating;

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