- Title: PA-48
- Summary: WHEN WORK IS DONE: OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, BUREAU OF MOTION PICTURES; WAR PLANT WORKERS FLOOD TOWN OF SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA. TOWN CONSTRUCTS FACILITIES TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME. LIFE IN WWII MILITARY TOWN.
- Description:01:26:57 - MLS TWO-WAY CIRCA 1940"S AUTO TRAFFIC IN SMALL TOWN WITH PARALLEL CURB PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF WIDE STREET. PEDESTRIANS, BOY ON BIKE, TOWARDS CAMERA. TILT DOWN SCAFFOLDING AROUND SHIP (?) BEING BUILT AT LOCAL SHIPYARD TO HARD HAT WORKERS GATHERED IN FRONT. MS HARD HAR WORKER CLIMBING UP STEEP LADDER AT SITE, CRANE IN B/G. HARD HAT WORKERS ON BOW OF SHIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH SIGN "HULL 108" "THEY FIGHT AND DIE, THEY EXPECT YOU TO TRY". GROUP OF HARD HAT WORKERS VIGOROUSLY POUNDING STEEL ROD WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS. WELDERS WELDING STEEL COMPARTMENTS IN BULKHEAD OF SHIP BEING BUILT. TOGETHER. WELDER STOPS WELDING, TAKES OFF MASK, IT'S A FEMALE WORKER WIPING HER BROW. MS YOUNG FEMALE WELDER BEING CARRIED OFF IN STRETCHER AFTER PASSING OUT FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION. 01:27:52 - ABOVE VIEW HUNDREDS WORKERS EXITING PLANT AT DAY'S END. PAN TO LARGE CHART, "YOU CAN'T SPELL VICTORY WITH AN ABSENT "T". MLS SMALL TOWN STREET ARE FULL OF WORKERS TOWN STREETS ARE FILLED WITH WORKERS. MS LONG LINE OF WORKERS AT POST OFFICE PICKING UPP THEIR MAIL AND SENDING MONEY HOME TO THE CITIES THEY COME FROM. LS WORKERS LINE UP AT LAUNDRY WITH BUNDLES OF CLOTHING WHICH MAY TAKE WEEKS TO GET BACK. WAITRESSES AND CHEF BEHIND COUNTER SERVE CROWD OF WORKERS AT COUNTER. SOME ARE TURNED AWAY. 01:28:25 - CROWD OF WORKERS AND CHILDREN IN PUBLIC POOL SWIM ON SCHEDULE. MS LIFE GUARD BLOWS WHISTLE TO CLEAR POOL FOR THE NEXT SHIFT. PEOPLE WORK IN SHIFTS, SWIM IN SHIFTS. 01:28:40 - VARIOUS VIEWS BARRACKS TYPE HOUSES FOR WORKERS AND FAMILIES. WOMAN SITS ON BED READING STORY TO LITTLE GIRL AS DAD READS NEWSPAPER NEARBY IN SMALL ROOM. TWO MEN IDLY SIT AND CHAT OUTSIDE HOUSE, MAN SITS OUTSIDE HOUSE READS NEWSPAPER . MAN SITS ON BED SMOKES, SWATS FLIES WITH FLY WATER AS ANOTHER LIES DOWN ON COT READING BOOK. 01:29:04 - MS WOMAN LIES ON BED WITH MAGAZINES, DEPRESSED LOOK ON FACE. 01:29:17 - PAN LONG LINE AT MOVIE THEATER EXTENDING INTO THE STREET. COUPLES DANCING ON FLOOR OF JUKE JOINT. 01:29:26 - LS GROUP OF MEN PLAYING POOL IN POOL ROOM AS ANOTHER SHIFT OF MEN AWAIT THEIR TURN TO PLAY. MEN TURNING THEIR WORK BADGES IN FRUSTRATION, DECIDE TO TRY ANOTHER TOWN. 01:29:47 - STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PULLS INTO TOWN STATION WITH SIGN "SYLACAUGA". " A TOWN WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT". ABOVE VIEW PARALLEL PARKED CARS (CIRCA 1940S). CU SIGN "ALABAMA ORDINANCE WORKS, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING". ANOTHER SIGN, "NO SMOKING - MATCHES, NO LIGHTERS PERMITTED IN THEIS PLANT". VARIOUS SHOTS GROUPS OF TOWNS PEOPLE, LEADERS, HAVING MEETINGS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE NEWCOMERS. WOMEN GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO SPEAK TO HOME OWNERS. NEWCOMERS BEING WELCOMED IN HOMES. SIGN OUTSIDE LOCAL CHURCH, "REMEMBER THE STRANGER WITHIN THY GATES. MINISTER ON PULPIT SPEAKS TO FLOCK. LOCAL POLICE GIVING INSTRUCTION TO NEWCOMERS. WOMEN'S CLUB MEET OUTDOORS. 01:31:18 - MS YOUNG BOYS CLEANING UP THE TOWN POOL. MOM WATCHING GROUP OF KIDS SWIMMING IN TOWN POOL. TWO ATHLETIC YOUNG GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS DO HANDSTAND AND FLIP INTO POOL. LITTLE GIRL FACING CAMERA, SLIDES BACKWARDS INTO SWIMMING POOL FROM SLIDING POND. GROUP ADULTS PLAYING TENNIS. sports 01:31:41 - WOMEN IN NURSE OUTFITS GATHER AROUND MEETING TABLE FILLING OUT FORMS. 01:31:48 - CU SIGN "STREET DANCE" - "FRIDAY NIGHT 8:30", "ON BROADWAY BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD STREET, LOUIS SIMPKINS ORCHESTRA". ABOVE VIEW CROWD COUPLES DANCING IN STREET, UNDER STREET LIGHTS. 01:32:06 - LONG LINE OR WORKMEN CARRYING LADDERS, PAINT CANS EXIT FEDERAL RECREATION BUILDING. VARIOUS VIEWS MEN HANING SIGNS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, "FEDERAL RECREATION BUILDING - (POINTING FINGER) ONE BLOCK". PEOPLE MEETING, GETTING TOGETHER, PLAYING GAMES AND DANCING IN RECREATION HALL. CU BOYS PLAYING CHECKERS. CHILD ON DAD'S LAP PLAYING PIANO. COUPLE READS SIGN TITLED: "EVENTS OF THE WEEK". MEN, WOMEN LINED UP ON STAGE, LEARNING DANCE STEPS; WOMEN LYING ON FLOOR MATS DOING LEG LIFTS. CU SAME. LITTLE GIRL GRABS MOM DOING LEG LIFT, LOWERS THEM TO GROUND. 01:33:08 - WOMEN GATHER AROUND FEMALE NUTRITIONIST, TAKE NOTES. SHE HOLD UP SIGN WITH DEVIL'S FACE "EAT, BEAT THE DEVIL". 01:33:19 - YOUNG WOMAN READS STORIES TO CHILDREN. KIDS PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS. 01:33:34 - VARIOUS VIEWS "NEGRO BOYS AND GIRLS BAND". VOICE OVER, "THEY HIT IT ON THE BEAT, AND TAKE IT ON DOWN". MS THREE YOUNG BLACK GIRLS SEATED PLAYING CLARINETS. CU TUBA PLAYER. CU YOUNG TRUMPET PLAYER. 01:33:44 - MLS CROWD IN HALL WATCH CHILDREN DANCE, YOUNG MAGICIAN PERFORMS, TWO LITTLE GIRLS, ONE SITTING ON PIANO THE OTHER STANDING, SING TO MUSIC OF PIANO PLAYER; YOUNG TEEN-AGE BOY PLAYS VIOLIN AS MOTHERS AND FATHERS LOOK ON. 01:34:28 - ABOVE VIEW LINES YOUNG KIDS PARADE TOWARDS CAMERA TO BARN DANCE. ADULT BAND WITH VIOLINIST, BANJO, BASE. ADULT GROUP DOING BARN DANCE. CALLER WITH CAT IN ARMS, CALLS THE DANCE ROUTINES. VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE DOING BARN DANCING. SMILING WOMAN SITS, WIPES HER BROW. folk dance, square dancing, americana. 01:35:14 - LS CROWD HARD HAT WORKERS AT SHIPYARD. CU FACE SHOTS SMILING MEN, WOMEN HARD HAT WORKERS. 01:35:27 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-48