- Title: V-9909
- Summary: WORK OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE: SHOWS HOW LAND, LABOR, MANAGEMENT, AND MONEY WORK TOGETHER IN PRODUCING THE COMMODITIES WHICH ARE THE BASIS FOR THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF AMERICA. THE GROWTH OF A SMALL BUSINESS IS FOLLOWED FROM ITS START AS A PARTNERSHIP OF THREE MEN TO THE FORMATION OF A CORPORATION WHOSE SECURITIES ARE LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. THE OPERATIONS INVOLVED IN THE BUYING OF A SECURITY BY AN INVESTOR AND THE SALE OF THE SECURITY OF A LATER DATE THROUGH A BROKERAGE OFFICE ARE SHOWN. CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE. MASS PRODUCTION. OPERATING MACHINE. RAILROAD TRACKS OVERGROWTH. UPPERCLASS MAN READS NEWSPAPER AT BREAKFAST. BANK VAULTS BUSINESS MEETING. OLD MAN ON PARK BENCH. SIGNING CONTRACT. CONSTRUCTION OF FACTORY BRICKS. LOOKING AT PLANS. ASSEMBLY LINE. TRUCK AND CARS ON ROAD. CASH REGISTER. BOARD MEETING. INVESTMENT BANKER. CHECKS FINANCIAL RECORD. LOOK AT BLUEPRINTS. EXPANDING BUSINESS. HANDSHAKE SEALS THE DEALS. SELLING SHARES. BOND. STOCK CERTIFICATE. CHECK. AT BANK TELLER WINDOW. MAIN STREET STORES. PEOPLE ON SIDEWALK. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WOMAN AT TYPEWRITER. ACCOUNTANT. PRINTING STOCK CERTIFICATES. STEEL ENGRAVED. CALENDAR PAGES RIPPED OFF TO SHOW PASSAGE OF TIME. BAD ACTING. SECOND THE MOTION, ALL SAY AYE. SOUND BYTE. SIGNING DOCUMENT. CU. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MAN WORKS AT DESK. STOCK EXCHANGE FLOOR. TRADING. MAN & WOMAN LOOK AT BLUEPRINTS IN LIVING ROOM. BROKER SELLING HIS STOCK. INVESTORS. MAN LICKS HIS FINGER. MAN ON TELEPHONE. PAPER IS TIME STAMPED. MAN TYPES ONTO TICKER TAPE. STOCK CHANGED ON HUGE TALLY BOARD. CLERK. MAN SITS AND READS TAPE. SECRETARY TYPES. PUSHES CARRIAGE OVER. GREAT CALENDAR FLIPPING SHOT. CUBBY HOLE WALL. TYPES ON CARD PUNCHING MACHINE. PUNCH CARD. SORTING MACHINE. COMPUTER CARDS. AUTOMATIC TABULATION MACHINE. CLEARING-HOUSE. MAILMAN DELIVERS MAIL. MAN RECEIVES CHECK.
- Description:01:09:26 - MANUFACTURING MACHINERY AT WORK, POURING LIQUID STEEL? 01:09:38 - MAN'S ARM CONTROLLING LEVER OF COMPLEX MACHINERY, MANUFACTURING 01:09:46 - EMPTY RAILROAD TRACKS IN RURAL SETTING, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT LAND BEING IDLE 01:09:51 - MAN SITTING ON PARK BENCH READING PAPER, 1940S HAT 01:09:57 - MAN IN SUIT AT BREAKFAST TABLE, READING NEWSPAPER 01:10:10 - SHINY BANK CASH VAULT GATE, OPENED BY BANKER PUTTING CASH IN VAULT 01:10:20 - THREE MEN IN SUITS TALK AT BUSINESS DESK, SIGN PAPERS 01:10:35 - CU OF MAN SIGNING LEGAL DOCUMENT, NARRATOR DISCUSSES THREE MEN CREATING A PARTNERSHIP, BUILDING A FACTORY TO PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SOLD FOR A PROFIT 01:10:47 - MEN READING BLUEPRINTS AT CONSTRUCTION SITE, LABORERS TOSSING BRICKS, HUGE PILE OF BRICKS, SCAFFOLDING 01:10:56 - MS OF MEN READING BLUEPRINTS, MASON WORKING IN BACKGROUND 01:11:01 - OLDER MAN WEARING OVERALLS, WORKS IN FACTORY AT MOVABLE MACHINE, DIE PRESS? 01:11:14 - 1940S TRUCKS AND CARS PASS IN FRONT OF SUBURBAN FACTORY 01:11:27 - OLD NATIONAL CASH REGISTER, .80 RUNG UP, MAN RINGS UP $1.20 , .03, 01:11:34 - THREE MEN AT DESK DISCUSSING BUSINESS, STOCKS CERTIFICATES 01:11:46 - 7 MEN IN SUITS SIT AT BIGGER TABLE, MAN STANDS TO ADDRESS MEETING 01:12:06 - CU OF TYPED, 1940S BUSINESS REPORT, HANDS FLIPPING PAGES 01:12:18 - BANKER AND ENGINEER AT FACTORY, MANUFACTURING PLANT WITH REPORT, LOOKING OVER SHOULDER OF WORKER 01:12:28 - THREE MEN IN OFFICE OF FACTORY LOOKING AT PAPERS ON DESK 01:12:37 - TWO BUSINESS MAN SIT A DESK, RISE AND SHAKE HANDS AND BOW A BIT , CLOSE THE DEAL 01:12:46 - TWO MEN TALK AT DESK ABOUT INVESTING IN A BUSINESS, STILTED SPEECH, LISTING STOCKS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE, BUSINESS MAN OFFERS TO BUY 100 SHARES AT $10 PER. 01:13:16 - INVESTMENT BANKER AT ANOTHER DESK SOLICITING FUNDS 01:13:24 - CU OF STOCK CERTIFICATE, THE LINQUIST BUILDING, AMERICAN EAGLE ENGRAVING 01:13:35 - CU OF STOCK CERTIFICATE 01:13:42 - CU HAND TYPED CHECK FOR $75, CITY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST OF CHICAGO, NARRATOR TALKS OF INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS 01:13:52 - MAN AT ORNATE TELLERS COUNTER, COUNTING OUT BILLS 01:14:06 - BUSY 1940 SIDEWALK, STORES WITH AWNINGS, HILLMAN'S FOOD, CHOP SUEY 01:14:15 - BOARD MEETING, ASHTRAYS, CIGARS, NARRATOR DISCUSSES LISTING ON STOCK EXCHANGE 01:14:27 - WOMAN USING SPECIAL FINANCIAL TYPEWRITER, CIRCA 1940, LOOKING OVER SECRETARY'S SHOULDER 01:14:34 - CU OF FINANCIAL REPORT, PAGES TURNED 01:14:43 - WOMAN AT HUGE PRINTING MACHINE, PRINTING STOCK CERTIFICATES, BEING BLOTTED AND STACKS 01:15:02 - DAILY PAGES RIPPED FROM A CALENDAR, SEPT. TO OCT. 01:15:14 - MAN REVIEWS FINANCIAL REPORT, SERIOUS, AT WORK, MEN DISCUSS APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS TO LIST ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE, SERIOUS STILTED SPEECH, BAD ACTING 01:16:07 - WEALTHY BOARD ROOM, PANELED, BOARD PRESENTS MOTION, SECONDED, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, MOTION CARRIED 01:16:43 - LEATHER BOOK EMBOSSED WITH THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE, CONSTITUTION, RULES AND DIRECTORY 01:16:52 - CU OF CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE CONSTITUTION 01:17:06 - CU OF MAN SIGNING AGREEMENT, FOUNTAIN PEN 01:17:15 - CU OF HAND TYPED FINANCIAL STATEMENT 01:17:24 - BUSINESSMAN SITTING AT DESK WRITING 01:17:32 - BOARD MEETING, PANELED ROOM 01:17:47 - CU OF EXCHANGE ARTICLES, REGULATIONS, HIGH STANDARDS 01:17:54 - DUN AND BRADSTREET REFERENCE BOOK, C. 1940 01:18:03 - VARIOUS STOCK CERTIFICATES 01:18:15 - STOCK EXCHANGE FLOOR, C 1940, SHOUTING, WHITE JACKETS, RUSHING AROUND 01:18:39 - MAN AND WOMAN LOOK OVER BLUEPRINTS IN LIVING ROOM 01:18:51 - BROKER AT COUNTER WITH PHONES, 2 " WOODEN VENETIAN BLINDS, BUSINESS MAN WALKS UP AND THEY SHAKE HANDS. NARRATORS DESCRIBES A STOCK SALE 01:19:19 - MAN SIGNS PAPERS AT BROKER, HANDS TO CLERK 01:19:36 - CLERK TIME STAMPS AN ORDER SALE, AND TELEPHONES IT TO EXCHANGE FLOOR 01:19:45 - ORDER TAKERS ON EXCHANGE FLOOR, FLOOR CLERKS TAKING PHONE ORDERS, BOOTHS 01:20:20 - LS OF TRADING FLOOR 01:20:31 - MS OF TRADING POSTS ON STOCK MARKET FLOOR, YELLING, AUCTION-LIKE, RECORDER HANDS SLIP OF PAPER WITH ORDER TO MESSENGER 01:20:51 - TIME STAMPED, AND ENTERED ON STOCK TICKER TAPE MACHINE 01:21:09 - HUGE STOCK EXCHANGE BOARD, BIG BOARD C. 1940, BLACK BOARD, ROLLING LADDER, SHOUTING FROM FLOOR 01:21:25 - PHONE CLERK REPORTS ORDER 01:21:36 - SELLER SITS AND READS TICKER TAPE, BROKER SITS WITH HIM AND THEY DISCUSS SALE 01:22:11 - SECRETARIES TYPING C. 1940 01:22:25 - CU OF TYPING UP STOCK SALE RECEIPT 01:22:34 - FLOOR CLERK WRITING UP RECORD OF EXCHANGE, IN FRONT OF PANELED WALL WITH SMALL CUBBIES 01:22:42 - CU OF EXCHANGE RECORD 01:22:48 - CLERK DEPOSITS SLIP 01:23:01 - WOMAN TYPES ON CARD PUNCHING MACHINE, CARD FILING CABINET IN BACKGROUND 01:23:12 - CU OF PUNCH CARD, EARLY COMPUTER 01:23:19 - SORTING MACHINE FOR PUNCH CARDS, EARLY COMPUTER 01:23:28 - TABULATING MACHINE IN ACTION, UNMANNED MACHINE, C. 1940 01:23:39 - STATEMENT TO BALANCE ACCOUNTS, CLEARING HOUSE 01:23:53 - MAILMAN DELIVERS MAIL TO THE DOOR OF A SUBURBAN HOUSE, RINGS BELL 01:24:03 - MAN OPEN MAIL IN HIS LIVING ROOM, FIREPLACE AND LEATHER CHAIR 01:24:13 - CU OF CHECK FROM BROKER 01:24:21 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-9909