- Title: PA-48
- Summary: MILLIONS OF US: STORY OF HOMELESS UNEMPLOYED WORKER AND HIS DEPRESSING LIFE ON THE STREET. NEW YORK CITY, DEPRESSION, STRIKE, PICKET LINE, MANHATTAN ALLEY WAYS.
- Description:01:45:27 - MCU BEDRAGGLED WOMAN LOOKING FOR FOOD IN GARBAGE CANS IN NEW YORK CITY ALLEYWAY, PICKS UP AND READS NEWSPAPER STORY, "NUMBERLESS SKILLED WORKERS COUNTED AMONG UNEMPLOYED DECLARES REPUBLICAN CHIEF". SHE THEN PROCEEDS TO LOOK THROUGH GARBAGE FOR FOOD, THEN WALKS ON WITH SHOPPING BAG IN HAND. SHE PASSES MAN LYING ASLEEP ON GROUND IN ALLEYWAY, HESITATES THEN WALKS ON. bag lady 01:45:52 - CU FACE SHOT OF YOUNG MAN ASLEEP ON GROUND, DREAMING OF EGG BEING BROKEN IN FRYING PAN, CUP OF COFFEE BEING POURED, HUNDREDS OF DINNER ROLLS. MS HE SEES HIMSELF ALL DRESSED UP AT DINNER TABLE, FORK AND SPOON READY, (SCENES SUPER- IMPOSED ON HIM ASLEEP IN ALLEYWAY). HE AWAKENS TO REALITY. SEES MAN TAKING OUT CAN FULL OF GARBAGE AND PLACING IT IN ALLEY. HE ASKS MAN IF HER NEEDS HELP. MAN POINTS TO SIGN ON DOOR, "NO HELP WANTED". HE WALKS AWAY DEJECTEDLY. `01 47 10 UNEMPLOYED MAN PEERING THROUGH CAFE WINDOW AT FOOD COOKING ON GRILL POV INSIDE CAFE. OUTSIDE CAFE VIEW OF MAN PEERING THROUGH WINDOW AS DAPPER MAN EXITS, LIGHTS CIGARETTE. HE ASKS MAN FOR HANDOUT, MAN LOOKS HIM OVER, POINTS TO BUILDING WITH SIGN "UNEMPLOYED RELIEF HEADQUARTERS". HE HEADS THERE. ABOVE VIEW MAN APPROACHES CORNER, 1930S AUTO TRAFFIC, STOPS ON CORNER READS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ON PILER OF PAPERS ON GROUND, "CITY IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSIENT UNEMPLOYED". CU DISAPPOINTED LOOK ON MAN'S FACE. TURNS, WALKS AWAY. 01:48:10 - TIRED, DEJECTED, HUNGRY, MAN SLOWLY WALKS TO STEPS OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING, FLOPS DOWN. ELDERLY WOMAN IN APPROACHES HIM, SYMPATHETIC LOOK ON HER FACE, REACHES IN HANDBAG, HANDS HIM HER CAR, THEN WALKS AWAY. MAN READS CARD, "ALL YE DOWNTRODDEN ONES, CALL AT 354 ROCKWELL_S - "JESUS SAVES". HE WALKS PAST SEVERAL BILLBOARDS WITH RELIGIOUS SAYINGS AS HE TRIES TO FIND THE ADDRESS. HE ASKS ANOTHER TRANSIENT MAN SITTING ON GROUND IN ALLEY, WHO GIVES HIM DIRECTIONS, CU MAN CHUCKLES SHEEPISHLY AFTER GIVING DIRECTIONS. CU SIGN ON ENTRANCE "SISTER MARY'S MISSION". SIGN SAYS "GONE E FOR THE DAY". HE WALKS AWAY. HE HUNGRILY WATCHES SEVERAL WELL-OFF PEOPLE FEEDING THEIR PETS, WATCHES COP TAKE APPLE FROM OUTSIDE STAND AND EAT IT. 01:52:10 - CHAUFFEUR CARRYING BAG OF GROCERS TO LIMO DROPS APPLE WHICH ROLLS IN FRONT OF TRANSIENT. COP ALSO SEES IT, GRABS IT BEFORE HE DOES. RETURNS IT TO CHAUFFEUR, THEN TAKERS A BITE OF APPLE HE TOOK FROM STAND. 01:52:50 - TRANSIENT WALKS TO SITE WHERE MEN ARE ON STRIKE, SIGN LOOKING FOR SCABS "METAL WORKER WANTED" "STRIKE". HE TRIES TO WALK THROUGH PICKET LINE TO GET JOB, IS THROWN TO GROUND BY STRIKER. ONE OF LEADERS OF UNION ? BEFRIENDS HIM, TAKES HIM FOR MEAL AT OUTDOOR SITE WHERE STRIKERS ARE BEING FED. 01:55:57 - CU TRANSIENT IS GIVEN MEAL AND EATS IT WITH GUSTO. AS HE EATS THE UNION LEADER TELLS HIM ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF THE STRIKE. HE IS ENLISTED TO JOIN THE STRIKERS ON THE PICKET LINE. TRANSIENT HAS SIGN DRAPED OVER HIM "DON'T SCAB!" AS LEADER SMILES. WORKING MEN MARCH' SIGNS "UNITE". 02:00:33 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-48