- Title: SC-87B
- Summary: QUALITY...WALKS ON TWO LEGS: .
- Description:01:30:18 - WORKERS LEAVE FACTORY. 01:30:28 - CU DRESS SHOES AND PANTS WALKING. 01:30:38 - CAR PARK WITH 1950s CARS. MAN TOSSING KEYS IN HIS HAND, CROSSES LOT TO HIS CAR.UNLOCKS PASSENGER DOOR. CHATS WITH MAN WHO DRIVES UP. GETS IN PASSENGER SIDE & SLIDES OVER BEHIND WHEEL. STARTS CAR, DRIVES OFF. 01:31:33 - CU BILOXI SUPERTWIN OUTBOARD MOTOR. GOLDEN MEDALLION. MAN'S HANDS ON MOTOR. BIZARRE SMILE GOES OVER TO SALESMAN AT DESK TO PURCHASE MOTOR. PULLS OUT WALLET TO PAY. 01:32:33 - CAR PULLS INTO DRIVEWAY, BOY RUNS OUT TO MEET HIM. KIDS FRIENDS PILE AROUND CAR. OPENS TRUNK, KIDS OOH & AAH OUTBOARD MOTOR. 1950s TYPICAL FAMILY. CORNY MOTHER. SAYS MOTOR IS PRETTY. COUPLE FROM NEXT DOOR COME OVER TO LOOK. HUSBAND DROOLS, WIFE NAGS. 01:33:56 - LITTLE GIRL WITH ARMS FULL OF DOLLS & CLOTHES NUDGES DOOR OPEN & GOES TO CAR. MOTHER TAKES CLOTHES TO PACK IN CAR. ANXIOUS FATHER YELLS. MOTHER BASICALLY TELLS HIM TO SHUT UP AND PACK. FATHER & SON DRIVE OFF. MOTHER & DAUGHTER WAVE THEM OFF. 01:34:47 - CU MOTOR IN WATER. TWOSOME IN BOAT ON LAKE. SON IN FRONT OF BOAT. 01:35:14 - GOOFY KID TURNS BACK & LOOKS AT GOOFY DAD. DAD LOOKS AT HIS WATCH AS IF TO SAY MAKING GOOD TIME. MAKES THE O.K. SIGN. SMILING. HAPPY AS LARRY. KID RETURNS O.K. SIGN. 01:35:31 - FATHER TRIES TO START MOTOR. WON'T START. KID COMES OVER, CONCERNED. 01:35:43 - FATHER TOUCHES MOTOR, BURNS HIS FINGERS. HOT. PULLS OUT TOOL BOX. 01:35:59 - BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF LAKE. BOAT PASSES. KID WITH HEAD IN HAND, FATHER ROWING. HARD WORK. CU OF BILOXI THE DEPENDABLE MOTOR. 01:36:26 - DAY TURNS TO NIGHT & FATHER STILL ROWING. 01:36:35 - SIGN AT NIGHT. MIKE'S BOAT LIVERY. FATHER YELLS FOR A HAND, MAN WITH LANTERN WALKS OUT TO THE DOCK TO HELP. 01:36:56 - CU ENGINE TAKEN APART. MECHANIC CLEANING HANDS. TELLS THEM WHOEVER PUT MOTOR TOGETHER FORGOT TO PUT PIN IN. FATHER IS MAD THAT ONE LOUSY PIN MADE HIM HAVE TO ROW 5 MILES. MECHANIC EXPLAINS ONE GUY CAN SCREW UP WHOLE OPERATION. MOTOR CAN'T BE FIXED FOR A WEEK. FATHER & SON GO HOME. 01:38:33 - CU JACKET CLAD HAND PUMPS GUN. BACK AT THE STORE MOTOR WAS BOUGHT. FATHER CUSSES OUT SALES MAN. SALESMAN BRINGS HIM INTO SALES DEPARTMENT ROOM SO AS NOT TO UPSET POTENTIAL BUYERS. 01:39:20 - PANS TO ANOTHER SALESMAN & CUSTOMER. LOSES SALE ON ANOTHER MOTOR. SALESMAN LOOKS AT ROOM WHERE FATHER IS. ANGRY. 01:39:38 - CU HAND OPENING CASH REGISTER. PULLS OUT DRAWER. OTHER MAN TAKING GUN APART TALKS ABOUT CARELESS PERSON WHO PUT MOTOR TOGETHER. LOST TWO CUSTOMERS THEY GO ON TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PROBLEMS THEY'VE HAD WITH BILOXI MOTORS DUE TO CARELESSNESS ON WORKERS PARTS. NOT GOING TO SELL THOSE MOTORS. 01:40:34 - CU MAN WASHING 1950,S CAR. HEADLIGHTS. MAN LEANS BACK ON CHAIN LINK FENCE. THEY DISCUSS QUALITY. OLDER MAN POINTS A LOT IN GESTURE. OTHER MAN USES SPONGE TO ILLUSTRATE POINT. 01:40:52 - WOMAN WITH WASH BASKET PUTS IT DOWN & GIVES HER TWO CENTS WORTH. MAN TELLS SADIE TO SHUT UP KEEPS ON TALKING. MAN THREATENS TO HANG ONE ON HER. SHE KEEPS ON TALKING. MAN WHO HAD BAD MOTOR SOLD THEM A BAD CAR. HE DEFENDS HIMSELF BY SAYING HE'S JUST FOREMAN. HER POINT IS LACK OF QUALITY. 01:41:30 - JOE GOES INTO REASONS WHY PEOPLE SCREW UP AT WORK 01:42:10 - CU OLD TELEPHONE. RINGS. JOE AT WORK. WORKER CALLS IN SICK. JOE TELLS HIM HE KNOWS RACE TRACK OPENED TODAY. HANGS UP. 01:42:26 - SHARES HIS FRUSTRATION WITH WORKER. GETS BOMBARDED WITH PROBLEMS. NEW HIRE. 01:42:58 - WORKER WORKING ON CAR PART. JOE PASSES, GUY ASKS HIM ABOUT PROMISED PROMOTION. JOE BLOWS HIM OFF. JOE IS AN ANGRY YOUNG MAN. 01:43:16 - CU CLOCK. 2 MIN'S. TO 10. 01:43:21 - FRUSTRATED SUPERVISOR HITS WORKERS ARM, YANKS TOOL OUT OF HIS HAND, DOES THE WORK, ANGRILY THROWS WRENCH BACK IN WORKERS HAND. WORKER LOOKS PISSED. 01:43:29 - OLDER WORKERS FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER. PHYSICAL. 01:43:37 - USUALLY CONSCIENTIOUS WORKER HAVING A BAD DAY. BREAKS A PIECE IN HALF & THROWS IN GARBAGE. 01:43:46 - CU CLOCK. 3 MIN'S PAST 2. 01:43:49 - MONTAGE OF WORKERS ANGRY, EDGY, FRUSTRATED. PARTS BEING THROWN IN TRASH DUE TO CARELESSNESS 01:44:07 - JOE BEING YELLED AT BY HIS BOSS. 01:44:24 - JOE PONDERS REASONS. REMEMBERS SALESMAN WHO SOLD HIM MOTOR, ROWING, MECHANIC SAYING ONE GUY WITH HIS MIND NOT ON WHAT HE'S DOING CAN SCREW UP THE WHOLE THING. NEIGHBORS COMVERSATION. IT ALL COMES BACK TO HIM. 01:45:18 - MONTAGE OF PEOPLE SAYING QUALITY. 01:45:26 - BACK TO JOE DEEP IN THOUGHT. 01:45:33 - COFFEE BREAK AT 1950s DINER. MEN SMOKE. MAN WITH JOE THINKS SOMETHING IS UP BECAUSE HE'S BEING NICE TO HIM. JOE OPENS UP TO HIM. ASKS HIM WHY THINGS ARE GOING WRONG. DESCRIBES FOREMAN'S JOB. MAC SHAKES HIS HEAD IN AGREEMENT. GIVES HIM ADVICE WHY ABSENTEEISM IS SO HIGH. ATTITUDES. JOE ASKS MAC HOW TO GET WORKERS TO DO QUALITY JOB. TREATMENT OF WORKERS. MAC GIVES HIS ADVICE TO JOE. NO ONE ANSWER. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. EVERY PROBLEM BEING FACED TODAY HAS BEEN FACED BEFORE. AND SOLVED. 01:49:16 - JOE SUGGESTS THAT ALL FOREMAN SHOULD GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS. COULD LEARN HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS FROM EACH OTHER. SWAP SHOP FOR IDEAS. WAITRESS BRINGS CHECK. JOE & MAC SHARE A LAUGH. 01:50:32 - SHOW ENDS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: SC-87B