- Title: VM-295
- Summary: SEARS IN AMERICA: YARDSTICKS FOR TOMORROW: SEARS MANAGERIAL EMPLOYEES TRAINING FILM IN WHICH THE EQUATION WAS PROPOSED THAT "SEARS = AMERICA". SEARS IS SHOWN TO BE A MICROCOSM OF AMERICA, BASED ON "FIVE FREEDOMS"
- Description:01:14:38 - REFINERY SITE. HUGE STEAM SHOVEL CRANE MOVING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DIRT FROM CANYON 01:15:36 - LOW ANGLE WORKMEN ON BEAMS USING JACKHAMMER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITES 01:15:43 - WELDER HEATING METAL OVER OPEN FLAME. GRABS WITH TONGS & PASSES TO WORKER WHO CATCHES IN FUNNEL 01:15:52 - CU DRILL BORING HEATED METAL PIECE INTO WALL 01:16:07 - MONTAGE STEAM-RUN MACHINERY HAMMERING BEAM 01:16:31 - INDUSTRIAL PLANT RAILROAD YARD. FREIGHT TRAIN BRINGING IN & DUMPING LOADS OF ROCK & DEBRIS 01:17:08 - MASSIVE CRANE LIFTING LOADS OF DEBRIS FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE 01:17:35 - POV STANDING ON BRIDGE WATCHING HEAVY TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY BELOW. URBAN COMMUTE 01:17:44 - POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC. AMBULANCE OR POLICE CAR SIREN 01:17:55 - MAN BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR WATCHING EMERGENCY CAR. RUBBER NECKER DRIVES AWAY 01:18:05 - CU FARMER OPERATING TRACTOR. CU HAND PULLING LEVER DOWN. 01:18:26 - REFINERY SITE. CRANE OPERATOR WEARING HARD HAT WHISTLES WITH FINGERS. CLIMBS STEPS UP DERRICK 01:19:08 - INDUSTRIAL PLANT FEMALE WORKERS. WOMEN OPERATING MACHINES 01:19:39 - DRIVER STICKING HEAD OUT OF TRAIN WINDOW, LOOKS BOTH WAYS. SIGNALS OK WITH HAND THEN BACKS UP. MOVING GOODS, MASSIVE SLABS OF NICKLE PLATE 01:20:03 - FEMALE OFFICE WORKER STAMPING PAPERS WITH INK STAMP. BUSY OFFICE WITH OTHER WHITE COLLAR WORKERS AT DESKS AROUND HER. PAPER PUSHER 01:20:22 - CU BLUE COLLAR WORKER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS. USING HAND SIGNALS TO HELP TRUCK BACK UP TO LOADING DOCK. HOLDING CLIPBOARD 01:20:59 - HS SUPER HIGHWA ROADS LEADING INTO NEW YORK CITY. TRAFFIC. SKYLINE IN BKGD 01:21:17 - PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON BUSY CITY STREET. PAN UP SKYSCRAPER. WINDOW WASHER 01:21:32 - POV INSIDE BUILDING WATCHING WINDOW CLEANER OUTSIDE USING SQUEEGEE ON WINDOWS 01:21:40 - BUSINESS MAN SITTING AT DESK TALKING ABOUT ECONOMY. ANIMATED GRAPHS ILLUSTRATING GOODS, EMPLOYMENT, OCCUPATIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL RESS, MATERIALS, WORKING WEEK 01:23:03 - HS CHICAGO ROADWAYS & BRIDGES 01:23:14 - WHITE CHILDREN PLAYING AROUND DEMOLISHED HOUSING PROJECT 01:23:27 - SECRETARIES, OFFICE WORKERS TYPING ON TYPEWRITERS. FILE CABINETS 01:23:37 - SALESWOMAN HELPING CUSTOMER MAKING PURCHASE 01:23:40 - LITTLE GIRL SMILING AT DOLL IN STORE. SHOPPING WITH MOTHER 01:23:46 - CONSUMERS AT APPLIANCE STORE: STOVES, REFRIGERATORS 01:23:52 - CU "COMMUNITY FUND" OFFICE DOOR. MAILMAN DELIVERING MAIL TO RECEPTIONIST. WOMAN OPENING LETTER, ENVELOPE, MAIL 01:24:03 - READING LETTER FROM SEARS. CU LETTER 01:24:10 - BUSINESSMAN BEHIND DESK TALKING TO CASUALLY-DRESSED YOUNG MAN 01:24:28 - ECONOMIST TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN ECONOMY 01:24:46 - SCIENTIST IN INDUSTRIAL PLANT RESEARCH CENTER TALKING WITH SUPERVISOR 01:25:10 - LARGE OFFICE. MAN WALKS TO DESK & DROPS PAPERS, PLANS DISCUSSES ASSEMBLY PLANS WITH SUPERVISOR. CU USING PEN POINTING ON PAPER 01:25:27 - BUSINESSMEN DISCUSSING BUDGET DISTRIBUTION. WANTS MORE MONEY FOR RESEARCH 01:25:49 - PLANT RESEARCH CENTER WITH SCIENTISTS, INVENTORS WORKING ON EXPERIMENTS. CU GAS FLAME 01:26:37 - ECONOMIST TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM OF SCIENCE & RESEARCH 01:27:01 - POV DRIVING ON ROAD LOOKING UP AT TREES. POV BEHIND DRIVER. DRIVING INTO GAS STATION 01:27:31 - POV LOOKING AT GAS STATION ATTENDANT THROUGH REAR VIEW MIRROR ON CAR. MAN ASKS FOR 10 REGULAR 01:27:53 - GAS STATION OWNER PUMPING GAS 01:28:00 - CU MAN PUTTING HAT ON DESK WITH COAT. BUSINESS INTERVIEW ABOUT RARE METALS WITH CIGARETTE-SMOKING FINANCIER, INVESTOR. 01:29:00 - TALKING HEAD 01:29:22 - BUSINESS MEN IN OFFICE DISCUSSING NEW EQUIPMENT. MAN TAKING OFF & PUTTING ON EYE GLASSES 01:30:04 - OFFICE MEETING ABOUT SALES PERFORMANCE 01:30:57 - TALKING HEAD 01:31:08 - BUSINESS MEETING USING CHARTS & GRAPHS. 01:31:43 - PLANT SUPERVISOR TALKING WITH WORKER 01:31:57 - CU BUSINESSMAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE. HANGS UP PHONE. BUSINESS MEETING 01:32:29 - TALKING HEAD 01:33:03 - INDUSTRIAL PLANT WORKER TALKING WITH SUPERVISOR. WORKER GESTURING "OK" WITH HAND 01:33:28 - BUSINESS MAN ENTERING BUSY OFFICE WITH LONG TABLE WORK STATIONS. FEMALE OFFICE WORKER EXITS THROUGH DOOR WITH SUPERVISOR 01:33:51 - OFFICE MEETING WITH SUPERVISOR ABOUT HER SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. RECEIVING AWARD 01:34:43 - TALKING HEAD 01:34:51 - MEN WINDOW SHOPPING AT HARDWARE STORE 01:34:56 - ELECTRIC SHOP STORE WINDOW DISPLAY 01:35:02 - SALESMAN SHOWING ELDERLY CUSTOMER JACKET 01:35:13 - WOMAN GIVING SALESMAN SHOES SHE WANTS TO TRY ON 01:35:17 - SALESMAN SHOWING WOMAN COFFEE PERCOLATOR 01:35:25 - CAR SALESMAN SHOWING CUSTOMERS CAR 01:35:29 - CU TOY CAR ON BUSINESS MAN'S DESK. MAN WORKING, SHOWN PLANS BY CO-WORKER 01:35:42 - RESEARCH LABORATORY IN PLANT. SCIENTIST WORKING ON PROJECT 01:35:48 - BUSINESSMEN WATCHING PRESENTATION USING FILM. SITTING IN DARKENED ROOM 01:36:27 - ROOM BRIGHTENS, PRESENTER LEADS DISCUSSION. BUSINESSMEN FROM SEARS 01:37:22 - VARIOUS ANGLES PARENT OFFICES OF SEARS & ROEBUCK 01:37:27 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWING SEARS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT AMERICA 01:37:28 - PAN SEARS WAREHOUSES 01:37:32 - MONTAGE EXTERIORS SEARS RETAIL STORES 01:38:37 - TESTING LAB TESTING WINDOW BLINDS. BLINDS GOING UP & DOWN 01:38:39 - BOY BEING FITTED IN PANTS. MEASURING BOY 01:38:43 - MONTAGE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS BEHIND THE SCENES: COMMODITY RESEARCH, MARKETING MEETING, OPERATING- WAREHOUSE, RECORD KEEPING 01:39:24 - BUSINESS MEETING: DISCUSSING COMPETITION 01:39:44 - SALESMAN HELPING HOUSEWIFE 01:39:56 - FORKLIFT PILING HUGE BOXES, CRATES IN MASSIVE WAREHOUSE 01:40:47 - CUSTOMERS ENTERING SEARS RETAIL DEPARTMENT STORE 01:42:05 - MONTAGE SEARS SALESMEN HELPING CUSTOMERS WITH PURCHASES 01:42:13 - CU PUTTING LETTER IN MAIL BOX. MAILING LETTER 01:42:17 - CU CAR TIRES ON ROAD 01:42:19 - MAIL ROOM: HUGE SACKS OF MAIL ORDERS, PILES OF LETTERS 01:42:24 - MANAGER OPENING STORES DOORS FOR BUSINESS. BIG CROWD OF COSTUMERS WAITING AT DOOR, GOING SHOPPING 01:42:30 - WOMAN AT COMPLAINT WINDOW 01:42:36 - RETAIL MERCHANDISER MAKING DISPLAY IN MEN'S DEPARTMENT. SALESMAN BRUSHING LINT FROM HAT 01:44:13 - MONTICELLO. CU PAN THOMAS JEFFERSON STATUE. CU DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 01:44:43 - OXEN PULLING COVERED WAGON ACROSS PLAINS. CONESTOGA. COUPLE DRESSED AS PIONEERS 01:44:54 - MONTAGE WASHINGTON DC BUILDING: WHITE HOUSE 01:46:00 - BUS DROPPING OFF PASSENGERS IN FRONT OF SHOPPING AREA 01:46:05 - WORKERS PUNCHING TIME CLOCK 01:46:10 - CU MACHINE PUNCHING HOLES IN FABRIC 01:46:12 - CU FEMALE CUSTOMER SMELLING BOTTLE OF PERFUME 01:46:14 - SALESMAN RINGING UP CUSTOMER'S PURCHASE 01:46:17 - AMERICANS VOTING IN VOTING BOOTHS 01:46:21 - CU PRINTING PRESS MAKING NEWSPAPERS 01:46:26 - NEWSBOY SELLING NEWSPAPERS ON STREET 01:46:28 - WHITE HOUSE 01:46:53 - BUSINESSMEN LEAVING WORK FOR THE DAY, WAVING GOODBYE 01:46:56 - BATTLE FOOTAGE: AIRPLANE DROPPING PARATROOPERS IN WAR ZONE. 01:47:07 - SHOPPERS IN ANYTOWN AMERICA WALKING DOWN MAIN STREET 01:47:12 - INDUSTRIAL SMOKE STACKS 01:47:14 - BUSINESSMAN PICKING UP TELEPHONE 01:47:15 - FEMALE WORKERS AT MACHINES MAKING PRICE TAGS 01:47:22 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR 01:47:24 - FEMALE EMPLOYEE WRAPPING PACKAGE, PURCHASE 01:47:28 - BUYER FOR STORE CHECKING OVER COOKING POTS 01:47:31 - SALESMAN SHOWING COUPLE REFRIGERATOR 01:47:33 - MONTAGE WORKERS WRITING 01:47:38 - SEARS HEADQUARTERS? 01:47:40 - PEDESTRIANS CROSSING URBAN STREET 01:47:45 - FAMILY LOOKING UP AT STATUE OF ABE LINCOLN 01:48:10 - FAMILY SPENDING TIME TOGETHER AT HOME 01:48:15 - GOVERNMENT SESSION: MEN RAISING HANDS, MAN COUNTING HAND VOTE 01:48:18 - HOUSEWIFE TALKING TO FEMALE DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESMAN 01:48:22 - PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS PEOPLE WALKING. MAN LOOKS UP TO SEE IF IT'S RAINING. CARRYING UMBRELLA
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-295