- Title: F-A4608
- Summary: THE MAGIC BUTTON: WHAT IF THERE WERE NO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS. FACTORY WORKER "JOE SMITH", WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASK WHILE WELDING. SPARKS FLYING. CALLED TO MEETING. (UNION MEETING) WORKERS IN FACTORY GO INTO MEETING ROOM. HANDED PAMPHLET AS THEY WALK IN AND SIT DOWN. MAN UNHAPPY, DOESN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH CHARITY. UNITED APPEAL. WISHES THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST. RUBS BUTTON AND HIS WISH COMES TRUE. EVERYBODY DISAPPEARS. DISEMBODIED VOICE TALKS TO HIM. HE WISHES HE WAS HOME. AT HOME. FAMILY COMES RUNNING OUT OF SUBURBAN HOME. WIFE AND KIDS. DAD HOME FROM WORK. BLUE COLLAR WORKER. HUGE MOB OF SMALL CHILDREN COME RUNNING AROUND THE CORNER AFTER HIM AND KNOCK HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND. ATTACKED BY KIDS, GOOD CITIZEN. SOUND BYTE, "DO AN HONEST DAY'S WORK". THREE MEN IN OVERALLS TAKE OFF THEIR CAPS AT THE SAME TIME. IN UNISON. PAYROLL DEDUCTION CARD. ASKING FOR MONEY. MAN THINKING. LOOKS AROUND CONFUSED. PAPERS ON FLOOR. DESERTED ROOM. BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA. FAMILY WAVES. SALVATION ARMY MAN SHOWS PEOPLE AROUND. GETS HIT IN THE FACE WITH BASKETBALL. BOYS PLAY BALL IN LIVING ROOM. HAT MAGICALLY APPEARS. VNA - VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION. RETARDED AND BLIND CHILDREN DOING WORK, CRAFTS IN MAN'S KITCHEN. BOY HANDS MAN SOMETHING. WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR STARES AT FOOD. CAN'T FEED HERSELF. OLD PEOPLE IN BEDROOM. CU MAN CUTS FOOD. TRIES TO FEED LADY. SHE WON'T EAT AT FIRST. DABS MOUTH WITH NAPKIN. OPENS MOUTH AS IF HE WERE FEEDING A BABY. LOOK OF SURPRISE. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. CRIPPLED BABY CRYING. MAN PICKS UP BABY. SITS IN ROCKING CHAIR. SURGEONS WITH FACE MASK COME OUT OF THE DARKNESS TOWARD HIM. BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, YMCA. EVERYONE CROWDS AROUND MAN. THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. NO ONE CAN HELP. MAN LOOKS UP IN PANIC. MAN BACK AT MEETING LAST ONE TO SIGN UP. LEAVES MEETING ROOM. MAN PUTS ON WELDING MASK GLOVES. PROTECTIVE GEAR. GETS BACK TO WORK IN FACTORY. INDUSTRY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A4608