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WWII - 1943, USA Government Documentary: Community At War, A R1 of 3

Reel Number: 220623-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1943,1940s

Country: USA

Location: Dayton, Ohio

TC Begins: 23:30:23

TC Ends: 23:39:14

Duration: 00:08:51

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1943, USA Government Documentary re labor shortage R1 of 3 Titles. 23:30:44 Montage: large factory buildings, smokestacks, steel mill, factories & workers, feeding furnaces, drop hammers, assembly lines, CU hiring sign, newspaper want ads, POV thru deserted factory interiors due to labor shortage, signs & graphics for help wanted, USA map w/ factories located w/ labor shortages & move in on Dayton, Ohio on map. 23:32:25 Aerial view over Dayton including homes & factories. 23.33.05 High Angle / HA street scenes & buildings. 23:33:11 07Apr43 Meeting of business leaders re war production & lack of manpower. SOF MS & CUs Stanley Allen, President of National Cash Register company talks of war production goals & shortage of workers in Dayton. “...must be accomplished by local leadership & local action. It is our responsibility.” 23:34:42 Emergency committee of labor, CIO, AFL, government, representatives of War Manpower Commision, retailers, mayor of Dayton, commanding generals of Wright Field & Patterson Field sit at long table. 23:35:31 SOF MCU of ?? speaking to committee on how to solve the labor problem. 23:36:36 Travel montage: Four lanes of cars leaving factory toward camera, men walking along concrete highway. Two men hitchhiking on highway beside sign, 47 mils to Dayton. Train runby, map, CU car wheels, city crowds on streets w/ lines / queues everywhere; No Vacancy signs; people pushing to board buses. 23:37:20 CU sign on door of War Manpower Commission, Office of Area Director. Men meeting around table. Various office shots gathering information from trade, military & industry. 23:38:50 Typewriter - young woman typing commission report. CU. WW2; 1940s; Cooperation; USA Homefront; Business Leaders; Note: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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