- Title: SC-64
- Summary: THE OPEN DOOR: THE STORY OF FOREMAN JIM BAXTER, HIS FAMILY AND HIS JOB. UNIONIZATION, UNION FOR FOREMAN, FACTORY WORKERS, LATE 1940s DOMESTIC SCENES, SUBURBIA. EMPLOYEE IS GIVEN A PROMOTION. FACTORY WORKER PROMOTED TO FOREMAN AND ENCOUNTERS THE MANY PROBLEMS HIS NEW POSITION BRINGS HIM.
- Description:01:09:49 - CU SHUTTERED WINDOW EXTERIOR CURTAINS BLOW IN WIND, WINDOW HALF OPEN 01:09:57 - MAN COMES HOME FROM WORK, LOOKING DEPRESSED, WALKS DOWN TREE-LINED SUBURBAN STREET, CATCH BALL WITH LEFT HAND THROWN TO HIM FROM OFF SCREEN MAN GIVES YOUNG CAPPED BOY A BALL 01:10:11 - CU YOUNG BOY IN CAP LOOKS PERPLEXED 01:10:19 - MAN WALKS INTO HOUSE LOOKING DEPRESSED, ENCOUNTERS CHILD PLAYING PIANO IN LIVING ROOM 01:10:26 - LATE 1940s WIFE IN KITCHEN, HUSBAND SAYS HELLO AND KISSES HER ON CHEEK WHILE SHE LOOKS OVER MEAL SHE IS PREPARING. REACTION SHOT, WOMAN LOOKS PERPLEXED 01:10:39 - CU PRACTICALLY EMPTY DINNER PLATE WITH FORK PLAYING WITH REMAINING FOOD, CHILD PLAYS WITH FOOD ON PLATE. CU MAN CUTTING MEAT ON HIS PLATE. EATING DINNER 01:10:52 - CU MAN LOOKS WORRIED. FAMILY EATING DINNER TOGETHER, WIFE LOOKS SAD BECAUSE HUSBAND IS NOT EATING. 01:11:06 - DAUGHTER WINKS AND ASKS TO BE EXCUSED FROM TABLE CUS OF MAN LOOKING WORRIED 01:11:16 - CU METRONOME ON PIANO TICKS AWAY WHILE YOUNG GIRL PRACTICES PIANO LESSON 01:11:24 - FAMILY RELAXING AFTER DINNER. BOY PLAYS WITH LEGO SET, ERECTOR SET, MAN SMOKES PIPE, DAUGHTER PLAYS PIANO IN LIVING ROOM. NICE FAMILY SCENE. DOORBELL RINGS GIRL JUMPS UP TO ANSWER. CU BOY PLAYING WITH LEGO SET. MS GIRL ANSWERS DOORBELL, OPENS FRONT DOOR 01:12:27 - TWO MEN DISCUSS PROBLEMS AT THE FACTORY. MOTHER SENDS CHILDREN TO BED. CHILDREN KISS PARENTS GOODNIGHT AND GO UPSTAIRS TO BED 01:13:15 - CU WOMAN SMILES THEN LOOKS SAD. MAN HAS TO MAKE UP HIS MIND ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE A WORK-RELATED PROBLEM AND IS ASKED TO TALK ABOUT IT TO HIS WIFE & BROTHER FLASHBACK TO THE FACTORY AND THE EVENTS IN QUESTION ARE UNFOLDED 01:13:57 - MAN CHANGES GEARS IN HEAVY MACHINERY MAN IS TOLD THAT THE BOSS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM 01:14:47 - EMPLOYEE IN BOSS'S OFFICE IS COMPLIMENTED ON HIS GREAT WORK AND GIVEN A PROMOTION TO FOREMAN. HE IS TOLD THAT THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE IS VERY IMPORTANT. CLIMBING UP THE CORPORATE, PROMOTION LADDER IN THE FACTORY IS DISCUSSED. THREE MEN IN OFFICE DISCUSS COMPANY POLICY 01:16:32 - MEN STUDY BLUEPRINTS 01:16:49 - MAN IS CONGRATULATED BY FELLOW WORKERS. HANDSHAKING MEN SHAKE HANDS, PAT ON BACK AND CONGRATULATE 01:17:01 - CU EXTERIOR WINDOW OF SUBURBAN HOUSE, HAPPY MAN, FATHER COMES HOME FROM WORK, WHISTLING, WALKS THRU SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. LEVITTOWN TYPE HOUSES. MAN GREETS CHILD AND ENTERS HOUSE FATHER COMES HOME AND KISSES DAUGHTER HELLO 01:17:02 - HAPPY MAN & WIFE ON PORCH OF HOUSE. WOMAN SAYS "I'M PROUD OF YOU" MAN LOOKS HAPPY, CONTENT, PROUD COUPLE HAS DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE 01:19:14 - FOREMAN IN FACTORY SUPERVISES WORKERS 01:20:36 - CU MAN EXPRESSING ANGER OR FRUSTRATION. POUNDS HANDS TOGETHER. FILM HAS NUMEROUS CUS OF MEN EXPRESSING MINOR ANGER, FRUSTRATION OR DISMAY 01:21:07 - MS MAN BUYS NEWSPAPER FROM DISPENSER ON STREET. PEOPLE WAITING FOR BUS 01:21:31 - MONTAGE ANGRY FACES WITH LIGHTS FLASHING BY. MAN WIPES HIS BROW. MS MAN BOARDS BUS, GREYHOUND 01:21:57 - MS PEOPLE SIT IN BUS. MEN CONVERSE IN BUS 01:22:30 - MAN DEEP IN THOUGHT EATS BREAKFAST IN KITCHEN. TOASTER ON TABLE. WIFE POURS CUP OF COFFEE. ASKS] MAN IF HE WANTS MORE COFFEE. HUSBAND AND WIFE EAT BREAKFAST. WIFE ASKS IF SOMETHING IS TROUBLING HER HUSBAND. DRINK COFFEE. CUT MAN DRINKS CUP OF COFFEE 01:23:47 - EXTREME CUS OF TALKING MAN, WORRIED SERIOUS LOOKS ON THEIR FACES. DISCUSS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE SYSTEM. DISCUSS THE NEED FOR UNION. UNIONIZING 01:25:11 - MAN KISSES WIFE AND LEAVES FOR WORK 01:25:17 - MOTHER HUGS CHILD IN PAJAMAS. A PERFECT MOM CU WORRIED MAN DEEP IN THOUGHT 01:26:00 - MS MAN READS IN BED 01:26:20 - HUSBAND & WIFE IN KITCHEN WASH DISHES TOGETHER. MAN DRIES, WOMAN WASHES 01:29:18 - WOMAN WITH LATE 1940s HAIR STYLE SITS ON COUCH & TALKS INTO CAMERA. CONVERSATION IN LIVING ROOM 01:30:29 - TWO MEN IN FACTORY HAVE CONVERSATION. WOMEN WORK ON ASSEMBLY LINE 01:32:03 - ANGRY ANXIOUS MAN RUSHES THRU FACTORY ENTERS BOSS'S OFFICE. TWO MEN HAVE ARGUMENT IN BOSS'S OFFICE. 3 MEN HAVE CONVERSATION IN OFFICE. MAN QUITS JOB. TALKS ABOUT INCREASING PRODUCTION 01:35:16 - MAN AND WIFE CONVERSE IN LIVING ROOM TWO MEN HAVE DISCUSSION. NOIR STYLE LIGHTING. MEN DISCUSS UNION. OPEN DOOR POLICY BETWEEN FOREMEN AND MANAGEMENT 01:38:59 - OFFICE DISCUSSION. CUS OF MEN TALKING "NO TWO PEOPLE ARE ALIKE" 01:44:59 - 3 WAY DISCUSSION LIVING ROOM 01:46:09 - BOARD ROOM CORPORATE MEETING. MEN DISCUSS STRATEGY OR PLAN 01:49:09 - 1940s KITCHEN WITH TWO MEN, ONE WOMAN TALKING AND EATING A SNACK. CROSS CUT TO BUSINESS MEETING IN OFFICE. HOW TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF FOREMAN BETTER JOBS & MORE SECURITY FOR EVERYONE ON THE PAYROLL. FOREMAN'S COMPENSATION 01:52:44 - THREE PEOPLE AROUND KITCHEN TABLE EAT & TALK, DRINK COFFEE 01:55:29 - HUSBAND & WIFE, MAN & WOMAN SMILE AT EACH OTHER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: SC-64