- Title: PA-19
- Summary: MOTHER TAKES A HOLIDAY PT 1: HANDY JAM ORGANIZATION / WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, GENDER ROLES, APPLIANCES, SALES, HOME ECONOMICS. LAUNDRY. INFO-MERCIAL WASHING MACHINES, DRYERS.
- Description:01:18:06 - MCU TEACHER AT DESK IN CLASSROOM, CONGRATULATES YOUNG TEEN-AGE GIRL ON COMPLETING ASSIGNMENT IN "ENGLISH II". 01:18:11 - THREE TEEN-AGE GIRLS AT KITCHEN TABLE, TWO ARE THERE TO HELP FRIEND MARILYN WITH HER ENGLISH II ASSIGNMENT, ONE SIPS SODA POP, ANOTHER DOWS HER NAILS, WHILE MARILYN TYPES. 01:18:31 - GIRL DOING NAILS READS READS ASSIGNMENT WHICH ASKS QUESTION, "WHAT DOES EMANCIPATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN MEAN TO YOU?" KITCHEN STOVE, WASHER AND DRYER CIRCA 1950S IN B/G AMID CABINETS AND COUNTER TOP. 01:19:04 - MARILYN CONTEMPLATES AT HER TYPEWRITER AS FRIEND SAYS WHY DON'T THEY DO ASSIGNMENT ON WOMAN'S RIGHT TO VOTE?" 01:19:28 - MARILYN STANDS UP SAYS WHAT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ON "FREEDOM IN OUR OWN HOME". SHE SUGGESTS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT FREEDOM FROM DRUDGERY". AS SHE SPEAKS SHE HEARS WASHING MACHINE SIGNAL IT IS DONE WASHING. 01:20:00 - MS MARILYN GOES TO WASHER, TAKES OUT CLOTHES, PLACES THEM IN DRYER. SAYS, "NO MORE CLOTHES LINE, NO MORE DARK BASEMENT", "NO MORE BLUE MONDAY". "BOY HERE'S REAL EMANCIPATION[...". "JUST SET DIAL, WALK AWAY". (WHICH SHE DOES). 01:20:35 - MARILYN SUGGESTS AS SUBJECT TO HER THEME, "A COMPLETE HOME LAUNDRY". TWO FRIENDS SAY "WHAT ABOUT US", THEY DON'T HAVE THE NEW LAUNDRY MACHINES MARILYN DOES. MARILYN COMES UP WITH IDEA TO TRICK THEIR FATHERS TO DO THE LAUNDRY AT HER HOUSE WHILE THE WOMEN GO TO LAKE ON VACATION. 01:22:00 - YOUNG GIRL SEATED IN SALESMAN OFFICE ASKS SALESMAN TO DELIVER TWO COMPLETE LAUNDRIES BY SATURDAY. 01:22:15 - TEEN-AGE GIRL IN SUNSUIT SITS ON LAWN WITH DOG AS DAD TRIMS BUSHES. TELLS DAD HE AND HIS FRIENDS CAN HAVE UNINTERRUPTED CARD GAME WHILE THEY, THE WOMEN, ARE ON VACATION FOR THE WEEK-END. HE AGREES, SHOWS ASTONISHMENT WHEN SHE ADDS, "OF COURSE YOU WILL HAVE TO DO MOTHER'S LAUNDRY WHEN WE ARE GONE". 01:22:27 - MS TEEN GIRL STOPS MOTHER FROM PLACING SHEET IN WASHER, TELS HER TO LET DADDY DO THE WASH WHILE THEY ARE GONE. MS GIRL PILES UP BASKETS OF LAUNDRY NEXT TO WASHER AND DRYER (FOR THE MEN TO DO). TWO FRIENDS COME IN WITH BASKETS FULL OF THEIR OWN. home economics. 01:22:58 - THREE GIRLS PACK VACATION ITEMS IN TRUNK OF CAR INCLUDING BEACH BALL, ALL THREE CROSS THEIR FINGERS TO GET THEIR DADS TO DO LAUNDRY WORKS. 01:23:13 - MS THREE MEN AT KITCHEN TABLE PLAYING CARDS DEALER ASKS, "YOU MAKE THE LEMONADE, JIM?". ONE PUFFS ON CIGAR, OTHER FANS AWAY THE SMOKE. THEY MAKE A TOAST TO THE ABSENT WOMEN. 01:23:53 - CARD PLAYER GETS UP FROM CHAIR TO GO PUT UP THE LAUNDRY AS HE PROMISED. IS ASTONISHED TO SEE HOW MUCH LAUNDRY THE WOMEN LEFT THEM TO DO. ALL THREE MEN PITCH IN TO DO THE LAUNDRY. gender roles, role reversal. 01:24:33 - TWO MEN CONVINCED THEY CAN NO LONGER PLAY CARDS BECAUSE OF WORK INVOLVED TO DO LAUNDRY, ARE STOPPED FROM GOING HOME BY THE THIRD WHO CONVINCES THEM THAT THE NEW LAUNDRY MACHINE WILL DO THE JOB WHILE THEY PLAY CARDS. 01:25:31 - MAN SHOWS THE OTHERS A "WHIRLPOOL" CATALOG . SHOWING HIM THE LAUNDRY MACHINE, 01:25:43 - CU VIEW LAUNDRY MACHINE. 01:26:49 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS ANTIQUE WASHING MACHINES WITH WRINGERS RANGING FROM CIRCA EARLY 1900S, TO 1952 WHIRLPOOL AUTOMATIC WASHER. MCU WHIRLPOOL AUTOMATIC WASHER, CIRCA 1952. 01:26:50 - CU VIEW AGITATOR IN WASHER STIRRING UP THE WATER, AS VOICE OVER TELLS HOW NEW MACHINE WAS MADE. AGITATOR STOPS AGITATING AND SPINS, VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. 01:27:04 - VOICE OVER TELLS HOW SAVING SUDS IN HOT WATER WAS A PROBLEM. CU SUDS IN HOT WATER. CU AGITATOR WORKING WITH SUDS AND HOT WATER. 01:27:20 - ABOVE VIEW HANDS OF HOUSEWIFE SEPARATING VARIETY OF CLOTHING FOR WASHER. CU HAND TURNS DIAL ON WASHER SHOWING VARIOUS CYCLES. 01:27:33 - CU AUTOMATIC WASHER IS ADDED IN SPACE NEXT TO DRYER. MS MEN WOMEN DESIGN ENGINEERS AT THEIR DESKS IN OFFICE. 01:28:05 - CU DESIGN ENGINEERS" DRAWINGS OF MACHINE PARTS. 01:28:18 - CU TWO ENGINEERS COMPARE VARIETY OF AGITATOR DESIGNS, CU AGITATOR AT WORK IN MACHINE FULL OF SUDS. CU WASHING MACHINE DIAL. 01:29:23 - VARIOUS VIEWS HOW WASHER BECAME A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT FOLLOWING TRIAL AND ERROR PROBLEM SOLVING METHODS BY ENGINEERS.. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. 01:30:03 - ENGINEERS PLAY WITH BATON-LIKE STEEL ROD. WITH RUBBER BALL ON EACH END, USED TO ELIMINATE BOUNCE OF WASHING MACHINE. CU PERFECTLY BALANCED MACHINE IN SPIN CYCLE. 01:30:34 - MARILYN AT HER TYPEWRITER, LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH. 01:30:45 - END (CONTINUED IN PT 2)
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-19