- Title: PA-19
- Summary: MOTHER TAKES A HOLIDAY, PT 2: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION / JAM HANDY ORGANIZATION, GENDER ROLES, APPLIANCE, SALES, HOME ECONOMICS. WASHING MACHINE IN PRODUCTION
- Description:01:30:50 - TEEN-AGE GIRL AT TYPEWRITER IN SIDE HOUSE SPEAKS TO ANOTHER TEEN GIRL LEANING IN WINDOW FROM OUTSIDE, BEACH BALL IN HAND. 01:30:55 - THREE MIDDLE-AGED MEN IN KITCHEN, TWO CHATTING WHILE THE OTHER PUTS CLOTHING INTO WASHER. AFTER PUTTING CLOTHES IN MACHINE, MAN ASKS OTHER, "WHAT DO I DO NEXT, JIM?" JIM TELLS HIM TO SET TIMER FOR 12 MINUTES. gender roles, role reversal. 01:31:14 - MS THREE MEN SPEAKS OF HOW THE WASHER IS MADE AND ENGINEERED, ONE PUFFS ON CIGAR. MEN WALK AWAY, PAN TO WASHER. VOICE OVER ASKS QUESTION, "HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT STYLING AN AUTOMATIC WASHER?" 01:31:57 - MS ANIMATED DRAWINGS OF VARIOUS STYLING IDEAS FOR WASHERS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS, SHOWS VARIETY OF GOOD DESIGNS, TELS WHY EACH WAS REJECTED, UNTIL IT LEADS TO ONE CLEAM STYLING DESIGN (SHOWN). CU WHIRLPOOL SIDE BY SIDE WASHER AND DRYER, CIRCA 1952 01:33:07 - CU TWO MEN SEATED AT TABLE, ONE LIGHTS CIGAR, BLOWS SMOKE IN OTHERS FACE WHO COUGHS, ZOOM AWAY THIRD MAN AT TABLE SHUFFLES CARDS, MAN ASKS CIGAR SMOKER, "DON'T YOU EVER INHALE?" ASHE WAVES AWAY SMOKE. 01:33:31 - MS TWO MEN STAND UP AS THEY HEAR BUZZER ON WASHER, ONE GOES TO MACHINE AS THE OTHER TALK ABOUT THE WASHER AND SERVICING IT, 01:34:26 - WOMAN WALKS INTO STORE WITH SIGN ABOVE DOOR, "TOM MULLIGAN, HOME APPLIANCES" 01:34:35 - LS PAN WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION PLANT IN ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN. HUGE TRAILER TRUCK WITH LARGE "WHIRLPOOL" AND "WASHERS, DRYERS, IRONERS" ON SIDE, BACKS INTO PLANT LOADING PLATFORM. MS DRIVER OF FORKLIFT UNLOADS PARTS OFF TRUCK. 01:35:09 - TECHNICIAN IN LAB WITH TEST TUBES DOING QUALITY CONTROL EXPERIMENT. 01:35:14 - MLS WORKERS PLACE SHEET OF METAL IN PRESSING MACHINE. TWO WORKERS PLACE METAL SHEET IN "TANGENT BENDER" WHICH FORMS AUTOMATIC WASHER CABINET FROM ONE SHEET OF STEEL. 01:35:43 - MS AUTOMATIC WELDING MACHINE CALLED "STITCH WELDER" COMPLETES THE ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION OF CABINET. 01:36:03 - AUTOMATIC PAINT SPRAYERS SPRAY CABINETS AS THEY ROLL BY ON CONVEYOR. WORKER INSPECTOR CHECKS PAINT JOB ON CABINET HANGING ON HOOK. MORE THAN 10% OF WORKERS ARE QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORS. 01:36:34 - CU WORKER TIGHTENS SUPPORTING STUDS ON MACHINE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALIGNED, MS QUALITY CONTROL WORKER DOES SOUND TEST ON GEAR CASE ASSEMBLY. ANOTHER CHECKS THE TWO WAY VALVE FOR LEAKS WITH GAUGES, ANOTHER MAKES FINAL CHECK OF MACHINE BEFORE TAGGING IT "SATISFACTORY". 01:37:30 - WORKERS PULL "ACCEPTED" MACHINE OFF THE LINE FOR RANDOM CHECKING. PAN TO SIGN ON DOOR "ENGINEERING TEST ROOM", "KEEP OUT". 01:37:42 - ENGINEER PACKS HEAVY SHEETS INTO WASHER FOR TESTING, JUST TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN. role reversal. 01:37:58 - MS WASHER PARTS MOVING ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. CU SAME. MS FINISHED WASHERS MOVING ALONG ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. 01:38:18 - CU OFFICE MANAGER CHECKS QUALITY CONTROL LISTS. WHO HAS THE POWER TO STOP THE ASSEMBLY LINE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. CU FINGER OF MANAGER SWITCH TO ORDER ASSEMBLY LINE TO STOP. CU FINGER OF WORKER PRESSES SWITCH STOPPING LINE IN PLANT. CU PARTS ON HANGING CONVEYOR STOPPING AS WELL AS ALL OTHER ASSEMBLY MACHINES. quality control 01:38:58 - MS SPARKS FLY AS WORKER WEARING GOGGLES, GRINDS LARGE PART. WORKER WITH HELMET, GOGGLES, SPOT WELDS PART ON AUTOMATIC WELDER. MS MEN ON ASSEMBLY LINE ASSEMBLING PARTS. SECTIONS OF WASHERS MOVING ALONG ON CONVEYORS, MS CABINET GETTING CHEMICAL BATH, 01:39:56 - MONTAGE WORKERS DROP "GUTS" INTO CABINET VIA BLOCK AND TACKLE, OTHERS ASSEMBLE THE ELECTRONICS TO CABINET. MS TUB IS PLACED IN CABINET AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS COMPLETING THE ASSEMBLY 01:41:15 - MS WORKERS PULL FINISHED MACHINE OFF CONVEYOR, TAG IT. WORKERS PACK WASHERS INTO CARDBOARD CARTONS LARGE CARTONS MARKED "WHIRLPOOL AUTOMATIC WASHER" MOVE ON CONVEYOR, TOWARDS CAMERA. STOPS IN FRONT OF CAMERA TO SPOT MARKED "MOST WANTED BY MOST WOMEN". 01:41:39 - MAN ON SPECIAL FORKLIFT PULLS CARTONS OFF STACK OF WASHERS PILED HIGH AND WALL TO WALL IN WAREHOUSE. 01:41:56 - TEEN-AGE GIRLS IN SWIMWEAR TOWEL OF AFTER BATHING IN LAKE IN B/G, WORRY OUT LOUD ABOUT HOW THEIR FATHERS ARE DOING THE WASH.. 01:42:06 - MIDDLE-AGE MAN SITS AT AUTOMATIC IRONER PRESSING CLOTHES AS TWO OTHERS FOLD. THEY BRAG OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. role reversal. gender roles. 01:42:31 - MIDDLE-AGED MAN WEARING WIFE'S APRON, HANGING CLOTHING ON OUTSIDE CLOTHES LINE, GIVES SECOND LOOK AT PANTIES HE IS ABOUT TO HANG,. MS MIDDLE-AGED MAN, CIGAR IN MOUTH, EXITS HOUSE INTO YARD WITH BASKET FULL OF LAUNDRY, REALIZES HE FORGOT SOMETHING, TURNS, BUMPS INTO LOCKED DOOR 01:43:10 - MEN DECIDE TO BUY THE SAME COMPLETE LAUNDRIES FOR THEIR WIVES, JUST AS THEIR DAUGHTER PLANNED THEY WOULD DO. 01:43:17 - PLAN FROM WALL CLOCK 6:10 PM TO APPLIANCE SALESMAN ON THE PHONE. THREE TEEN-AGE GIRLS IN PHONE BOOTH SPEAKING TO HIM, URGING HIM NOT TO CLOSE YET. MIDDLE-AGED MAN GETS BUSY SIGNAL AS HE TRIES TO CALL SALESMAN TO TELL HIM OTHERS ARE ON THE WAY TO BUY WASHERS, GIRLS. 01:44:36 - AUTO CIRCA 1950 SPEEDING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL SECTION ON WAY TO APPLIANCE STORE. 01:45:01 - CAR PULLS INTO APPLIANCE STORE PARKING LOT, TOWARDS CAMERA, JUST AS SALESMAN IS ABOUT TO CLOSE. MEN RUSH OUT. SALESMAN HAPPILY GETS HIS SALES RECEIPT BOOK READY, ROLLS UP SLEEVES. 01:45:30 - TEEN GIRL IN KITCHEN WITH MOTHER SEATED AT TABLE.. GIRL SHOWS MOTHER THEME OF ON HER SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT BOOK. CU "MOTHER TAKES A HOLIDAY". 01:46:00 - 3ND . .
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-19