- Title: VM-466
- Summary: POVERTY: THE GREAT OBSTACLE: POVERTY IN URBAN AMERICA CIRCA 1970s. INTEGRATING SCHOOLS IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK. BUSSING BLACK CHILDREN INTO WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.
- Description:00:00:17 - CU WOMAN'S CHILDREN AS SHE TALKS ABOUT STRUGGLES OF BEING POOR & RAISING CHILDREN 00:00:23 - CAMERA FOLLOWS WOMAN WALKING ON CITY STREET, GARBAGE PILED HIGH ON CURBS. BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, 1970s FASHIONS 00:00:33 - CU WOMAN TALKS ABOUT HER LIFE & STRUGGLES SHE FACES BEING POOR BLACK SINGLE-MOTHER IN AMERICA 00:00:44 - CAMERA FOLLOWS WOMAN WALKING THROUGH RUNDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CITY SLUMS. PAINT PEELING OFF NEGLECTED BUILDING 00:01:06 - URBAN DICHOTOMY. AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD OF MODERN HIGH-RISES 00:01:08 - 1970s COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 00:01:12 - HOMELESS BUM SEARCHING THROUGH PILES OF GARBAGE. 00:01:15 - CITY SLUMS WITH BROKEN-OUT WINDOWS. PILES OF BRICKS FROM TORN DOWN BUILDING LITTER EMPTY LOT WHERE BUILDING ONCE STOOD. GHETTOS. FIRE IN GARBAGE CAN IN FRONT OF ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE. TENEMENTS. 00:01:33 - AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD, EXTERIOR TUDOR HOME 00:01:34 - RUNDOWN TENEMENTS SLUMS, GHETTOS CIRCA 1970s 00:01:36 - AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL PRISTINE PLAYGROUND 00:01:39 - URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOL YARD. HOLE CUT IN FENCE TO GET IN & OUT 00:01:42 - POV IN POLICE CAR DURING CHASE. 00:01:44 - POLICEMAN ARRESTS SUSPECT. PUTS HIM IN BACK OF SQUAD CAR 00:01:47 - RIOTS, VIOLENCE. POLICE ARRESTING RIOTERS. CIVIL UNREST AS POLICEMAN AIMS HIS GUN AT CROWD. BURNING BUILDINGS 00:01:55 - WHITE SHOPKEEPER LOCKS SECURITY GATES IN FRONT OF HIS SHOP PROTECTING HIS STORE. 00:02:00 - MONTAGE GATES AND BARS ON WINDOWS. SECURITY GATES 00:02:04 - POV DRIVING IN SUBURBS. SUBURBAN MONTAGE: OFFICE, SCHOOL, SHOPPING CENTER. GROCERY CLERK LOADS GROCERIES INTO WOMAN'S CAR. 1970s SUBURBIA 00:02:13 - 1970s TRAFFIC JAM. 1970s CARS IN PARKING LOT. 00:02:21 - BULLDOZER CLEARS LAND, CONSTRUCTION SITE 00:02:25 - 1970s CARS & TRUCKS ON SUBURBAN ROADWAY 00:02:28 - OLD WOMAN WALKS DOWN EMPTY CITY STREET WITH SECURITY GATES PROTECTING BUSINESSES. 00:02:31 - DEPRESSED CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, SLUMS. GARBAGE PILED UP IN EMPTY LOT. GRAFFITI. BULLDOZER CLEARS URBAN LOT 00:02:36 - NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY PATH TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. PASSENGERS BOARD TRAIN LEAVING NYC. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 00:02:42 - 1970s CITY STREET, PEDESTRIANS, BUSINESS SUITS 00:02:44 - CLOSED DOWN URBAN FACTORY 00:02:47 - BLACK STUDENTS CIRCA 1970s 00:02:49 - POLICE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING BLACK WOMAN. BUILDING ENGULFED IN FLAMES. 1970s URBAN RIOT. RACIAL CONFLICT. 00:02:57 - CU POLICEMAN REFILLS HIS BANDOLEER. REPLACING BULLETS 00:02:59 - POLICE RESTRAIN BLACK TEEN 00:03:01 - FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE BLAZE. BURNING BUILDING. 00:03:22 - ELI WALLACH, NARRATOR 00:04:02 - CU BOOK "HOW TO SAVE URBAN AMERICA" 00:04:09 - CROWD OF BLACK PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO SOCIAL SECURITY WELFARE OFFICE. MAN WARNS CROWD NOT TO PUSH 00:04:24 - ELI WALLACH COMPARES WEALTH IN AMERICA BETWEEN THE HAVES & THE HAVE-NOTS 00:04:55 - NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENE: CARS, PEDESTRIANS. PEOPLE LOOK THROUGH ITEMS FOR SALE BY STREET MERCHANT. NEW MODERN BUILDINGS. OLD RUN-DOWN GHETTO. URBAN DICHOTOMY 00:05:16 - WOMAN PLAYS WITH HER GLASSES AS SHE IS INTERVIEWED. 00:05:26 - KIDS CLIMB FENCE INTO SCHOOLYARD. HIGH FENCE DOESN'T KEEP THEM OUT. BLACK KIDS PLAY IN STREETS. PUSHING BOY IN TOY CAR. 00:05:39 - SOUND BYTE "THAT KIDS DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY DOESN'T CARE" 00:05:48 - WHITE MOTHER ON WELFARE TALKS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ON WELFARE ARE TREATED. SOUND BYTE "WE'RE TREATED LIKE ANIMALS" 00:05:59 - WOMAN TALKS ABOUT WELFARE CYCLE: "I CAN'T SEE MY KIDS GETTING OUT OF THE POVERTY THEY'RE IN 00:06:04 - SOUND BYTE: "NOT ONLY WAS I WAS BORN POOR AND I WAS BORN BLACK THAT MAKES IT DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR ME" 00:06:10 - SOUND BYTE: "NOT ONLY ARE THERE BLACK PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, THERE ARE WHITE PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR". WHITE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BEING POOR 00:06:22 - SOUND BYTE: "YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU GET, NOBODY GIVES YOU ANYTHING" 00:06:26 - 1970s BLACK GUY WITH AN AFRO & DASHIKI. 1970s FASHION TREND REFLECTING BACK TO AFRICAN ROOTS. 00:06:40 - MAN WITH BIG EYEBROWS TALKS ABOUT POVERTY, DR. ALEXANDER J. PLANTE 00:07:11 - GRAPHICS SHOW FORU WAYS TO HELP POVERTY IN AMERICA: IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORTING INCOME, REFORMING TAXES. 00:07:31 - NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. BLACK KIDS PLAY BASKETBALL. GRAFFITI ON SCHOOL BUILDING. MINORITIES. 00:07:43 - PEOPLE AT WORK. BLACK FEMALE FACTORY WORKER. BLACK TYPIST HANDS TYPING. 00:07:56 - ELI WALLACH ON OTHER SIDE OF FENCE AT NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL. 00:08:03 - BLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN CLASSROOM SINGING SONG WITH CHILDREN. RACIALLY MIXED SCHOOL. BLACK & WHITE KIDS TOGETHER, INTEGRATED EDUCATION. TEACHERS SIT AT DESKS WITH STUDENTS. 00:08:38 - DR. ALEXANDER J. PLANTE TALKS ABOUT EDUCATION 00:08:41 - SCHOOL BUS IN THE SUBURBS. BUSSING. 00:08:53 - PEOPLE PROTEST BUSSING. POLICEMEN CARRY PROTESTERS AWAY 00:08:57 - POV DRIVING THROUGH NICE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK. BLACK KIDS ON SCHOOL BUS 00:09:13 - INTEGRATED CLASSROOM: GIRL HOLDS HER HANDS UP, PAINT ON HER HANDS. KIDS MAKE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN ART CLASS PAINTING. 00:10:06 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WEARING HEADPHONES IN LIBRARY CORRALS. 00:10:32 - INTEGRATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ART CLASS, KIDS MAKING THINGS. CREATING. MAKING TILES. 00:10:43 - EDUCATORS, PARENTS, CHILDREN DISCUSS PROS & CONS OF BUSSING. 00:11:29 - SCHOOL BUS ARRIVES AT SCHOOL. CITCO SIGN IN BKGD. 00:11:36 - PEOPLE DISCUSS PROS & CONS OF SCHOOL BUSSING 00:12:01 - WHITE PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL. SOME BUSSED OUT. TAKING BUS HOME FROM SCHOOL. OTHERS WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL 00:12:18 - BLACK FEMALE TEACHER AT FRONT OF CLASSROOM TEACHING INTEGRATED CLASS. KIDS RAISE THEIR HANDS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 00:12:35 - WHITE FAMILY TALKS ABOUT PROS OF INTEGRATED EDUCATION 00:12:59 - KIDS LET OUT OF SCHOOL FOR RECESS. RUNNING OUT OF BUILDING TO PLAYGROUND. PLAYING ON SWINGS, JUMPING ROPE 00:13:23 - TEACHER & PARENTS TALK ABOUT INTEGRATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 00:13:42 - SCHOOL BUS IN RUN-DOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. WOMAN STANDS AT BROKEN DOWN CAR WITH HOOD OPEN. 00:13:49 - WHITE LIBERAL FAMILY TALKS ABOUT PROS OF INTEGRATION 00:13:56 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "SHOULD PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECOME MORE INTEGRATED? IF SO HOW?" 00:14:20 - ELI WALLACH IN FRONT OF URBAN SCHOOL PLAYGROUND 00:14:36 - TEACHER TEACHING HISPANIC CHILDREN IN SPANISH. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, ESL. IMMIGRANTS. YOUNG KIDS PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SING IN SPAINISH 00:16:13 - EDUCATORS & PARENTS DISCUSS INTEGRATION AND EDUCATION 00:17:54 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WEARING HEADPHONES, EARPHONES IN CLASSSROOM. 1970s AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT 00:18:51 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT TO EDUCATE CHILDREN WHOSE READING & MATH SCORES LAG SERIOUSLY BEHIND NATIONAL NORMS?" 00:19:11 - 1970s CAR ARRIVES TO DROP OFF CHILDREN AT DAY CARE CENTER. SNOW ON GROUND. URBAN WINTER. MOTHER WITH BIG HAIR. BLACK PARENTS EACH CARRY A CHILD, TODDLER. 00:19:44 - 1970s DAY CARE FOR BLACK CHILDREN 00:20:27 - BLACK WOMAN WITH BIG HAIR WALKS INTO WHITE PLAINS PLAZA GOING TO WORK. CU TYPING. 1970s BLACK CAREER WOMAN. 00:20:57 - CHILDREN IN PRE-SCHOOL DAY CARE WITH WHITE TEACHER. 00:21:29 - BLACK MOTHER HOLDING INFANT BEING INTERVIEWED. GAP- TOOTH. FUR-TRIMMED 1970s COAT 00:21:54 - DR. GEORGE WILEY, 1970s BLACK PROFESSOR WITH AFRO AND DASHIKI AFRICAN SHIRT. 00:23:16 - CHILDREN AT HEAD START IN CLASSROOM. BUILDING BLOCKS. NURSERY SCHOOL. 00:23:35 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "SHOULD PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION BE MORE WIDLY AVAILABLE AND ON A SLIDING SCALE? 00:23:51 - STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. PEOPLE ON LONG UNEMPLOYMENT LINES. PEOPLE ON WELFARE. 1970s RECESSION. 00:25:56 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "IN THE FALL OF 1972, INFLATION RATE WAS 3.6 % & THERE WERE 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED. SUPPOSE THAT A 2% HIGHER INFLATION RATE REDUCED UNEMPLOYMENT BY AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS INCREASED INFLATION OR NOT?" 00:26:35 - PEOPLE IN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE SIGNING UP FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 00:27:30 - 1970s UNEMPLOYED BLACK MEN INTERVIEWED. "RIGHT NOW I'D TAKE ANY KIND OF JOB" 00:27:52 - WELFARE CLINIC. MANY PEOPLE IN WAITING ROOM. MAN ON CRUTCHES. HANDICAP 00:28:23 - 1970s URBAN BLACK MEN HANG OUT ON STREET. UNEMPLOYED. 00:28:46 - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE VS PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS 00:29:05 - YOUNG BLACK MAN LEANS UP AGAINST LAMP POST. 00:29:09 - ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF DEPRESSION ERA: HS HORDES IN THE CITY. MEN GETTING ON DOBULE DECKER BUS BEING PUT TO WORK. CCC CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. DEPRESSION-ERA WORK SCHEMES. CONSTRUCTION SITE. PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS 00:29:38 - PAN NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPERS. 00:29:48 - NYC STREET SCENE CIRCA 1970s 00:29:59 - HISPANIC MAN INTERVIEWED. NO ONE WOULD HIRE HIM. BLACK PROFESSOR TALKS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1971 00:30:39 - BLACK KIDS RIDE BICYCLES THROUGH URBAN PARK WITH BROKEN PARK BENCHES. NEGLECTED CITY PARK. URBAN DECAY. DANGEROUS NAILS STICK OUT OF BENCH. 00:31:04 - LOW ANGLE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE. FDR DRIVE. BUILT DURING DEPRESSION WITH PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS. 1970s CARS. VW BEETLE. URBAN TRAFFIC 00:31:42 - 1970s UNEMPLOYMENT. IDLE BLACK MEN ON CITY STREETS. 00:31:49 - LARGE URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. LONG LINES OF PEOPLE 00:31:56 - PETER CRAWFORD, VICE PRESIDENT OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT TALKS ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT 00:32:10 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDE JOBS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED?" 00:32:26 - WORKERS PUSH LARGE CART THROUGH CITY STREET. MAN COVERS HIS FACE WITH HIS COAT, HIDDEN IDENTITY. HISPANIC WORKER INTERVIEWED. 00:33:04 - POOR MOTHER INTERVIEWED: "THERE SHOULDN'T BE SOME VERY RICH MAN OUT THERE MAKING BREAD OFF OF OUR LABOR & NOT GIVING US ANYTHING BACK FOR IT" 1970s SLANG 00:33:13 - BLACK PROFESSOR TALKS ABOUT POVERTY "BLACK, BROWN, YELLOW, RED PEOPLE" 00:33:46 - MINORITIES AT WORK, BLACK FACTORY WORKER 00:34:04 - URBAN TRAFFIC. WORKERS UNLOADING BOXES AT LOADING DOCK 00:34:17 - HISPANIC MAN WITH POCKMARKS INTERVIEWED: WORKS HARD, MAKES LITTLE MONEY. HARD LIFE FOR IMMIGRANT IN AMERICA 00:34:32 - WORKERS UNLOAD GOODS FROM TRUCKS. ROLLED UP RUGS. HERTZ RENT-A-TRUCK 00:34:50 - BLACK MAN WEARS 1970s PANTS & FRINGED WHITE T-SHIRT. 00:34:55 - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR WAGES. $1.80 AN HOUR. MOONLIGHTING TO MAKE ENDS MEET 00:35:27 - BLACK WOMAN WORKS IN DRY CLEANERS. BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS. BLACK SMALL BUSINESS OWNER INTERVIEWED. 00:35:57 - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT IN THE 1970s 00:36:35 - BLACK WOMEN WORKING IN DRY CLEANERS 00:36:51 - WHITE FACTORY WORKER AT MACHINE. BITS OF METAL FALL INTO PILE 00:37:13 - WHITE WOMAN WITH WEIRD HAIR INTERVIEWED. HELMET HEAD WITH LONG SIDES. 1970s HAIRSTYLES. NEW YORK ACCENT. BLUE EYE SHADOW. PLUCKED EYEBROWS 00:37:41 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "WHAT IF ANYTHING SHOULD BE DONE TO RAISE THE INCOME OF THE WORKING POOR?" 00:38:04 - OLD WOMEN SIT ON PARK BENCH. OLD PEOPLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY. OLD WOMAN WALKS WITH CANE. 00:38:19 - HELP FROM PRIVATE CHARITIES: THE GOOD COMPANIONS, A CENTER FOR THE AGED, LOWER EAST SIDE. SENIOR CITIZENS PLAY CARDS, LISTEN TO MUSIC. OLD WOMAN READS BOOK. GIVEN MEALS. OLD WOMAN CARRIES LUNCH ROOM TRAY. OLD WOMAN INTERVIEWED. 00:39:18 - CAMERA FOLLOWS BLACK WOMAN WALKING IN NEW YORK CITY. 1970s CARS PARKED. RUN-DOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. SLUMS. GARBAGE ON THE STREETS. WOMAN ON WELFARE IS INTERVIEWED. POVERTY CYCLE 00:40:18 - POOR JEWISH MAN INTERVIEWED, SAYS PRICES OF KOSHER FOODS ARE HIGH. 00:40:36 - WELFARE RECIPIENT TALKS ABOUT GROCERY MONEY. WEIRD HAIR STYLE. 00:41:04 - URBAN GROCERY STORE, FOODTOWN. WOMAN GRABS PAMPERS DISPOSABLE DIAPERS SHOPPING AT THE GROCERY STORE. CHECK OUT LINE. BUTCHER CHOPS MEAT. FOOD STAMPS. CU PILES OF MEAT IN BUTCHER'S SHOP. WRAPS MEAT IN BROWN PAPER. WOMAN TALKS ABOUT SURVIVING ON WELFARE. "YOU REALLY HAVE TO LIVE IT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IT" 00:42:40 - PEOPLE ON WELFARE INTERVIEWED: "IF YOU DON'T EARN IT YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO IT". ANTI-WELFARE SYSTEM. WELFARE FRAUD. 00:44:04 - FORDHAM INCOME MAINTAINCE CENTER. CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. 1970s PEOPLE ON WELFARE LINE 00:44:53 - YOUNG WHITE WELFARE MOTHER SAYS YOU CAN'T GET UNEMPLOYMENT OR MATERNITY LEAVE SO YOU HAVE TO GO ON WELFARE. "YOU COME DOWN HERE AND ARE TREATED INHUMANLY". WELFARE MOTHER 00:45:14 - PEOPLE PUSHING & SHOVING TO GET INTO WELFARE OFFICE. 00:46:02 - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WELFARE, 1970s WOMAN MAKES STATEMENT THAT WOMEN GET PREGNANT JUST SO THEY CAN GET WELFARE MISUSE OF THE SYSTEM 00:47:10 - WELFARE MOTHERS INTERVIEWED SAY THEY WANT TO WORK 00:47:52 - PEOPLE INTERVIEWED ON WELFARE. THERE SHOULD BE MINIMUM FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. 00:49:04 - CAMERA PANS DOWN WELFARE LINE 00:49:19 - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WELFARE. WALFARE REFORMS 00:49:47 - ELI WALLACH TALKS ABOUT WELFARE. GUARANTEED INCOME. 00:50:25 - POLICE & WORKERS FORM HUMAN SHIELD HUMAN BARRIER TO KEEP WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN LINE AT WELFARE OFFICE. 00:50:33 - ELI WALLACH TALKS TO THE CAMERA 00:51:24 - STACKS OF COINS ON TABLE REPRESENT INCOME 00:52:22 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE A MINIMUM INCOME FOR EVERYBODY IN NEED AND IF SO WHAT SHOULD IT BE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR?" 00:52:54 - APARTMENT BUILDING DOORMAN OPENS CAR DOOR FOR RESIDENT 00:53:11 - PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE WORKING POOR, PERSONAL INCOME TAX 00:54:57 - POV DRIVING: PASS A&P, ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY. LOWER CLASS, POOR NEIGHBORHOOD 00:55:16 - POV DRIVING IN UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD 00:55:38 - QUESTION ON SCREEN: "DO YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TAX POLICIES: MAKING PEOPLE WITH HIGHER INCOMES PAY MORE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, RELYING LESS ON SALES AND PROPERTY TAXES AND MORE ON INCOME TAX" 00:56:00 - ELI WALLACH STANDS ON GARBAGE-STREWN SLUM STREET. URBAN DECAY 00:56:56 - TILT UP TENEMENT BUILDING. FIRE ESCAPE, MAN LEANS OUT HIS WINDOW. 00:57:17 - HS OVER HIGHWAY, SUBURBS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1975
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-466