This fascinating DVD is a collection of short animated advertising
films made in the 1940's and 1950's. The collection explores a wide
variety of areas of life at that time including how electricity
is generated and how it is a key to our essential freedoms, how
the average person can put the stock market to work for him to generate
additional money to buy the finer things in life and several cold
war films teaching the average American why capitalism and hard
work is better than communism. All in all an excellent collection
demonstrating the mood and thinking of the times. The product is
in color and runs approximately 1 hour 22 minutes.
The films included in this collection are:
- Freedom and Power 1952 - Animated film that shows how electricy
has helped grow America from its roots of independence to a great
powerhouse.
- Going Places 1948 - This film shows the glory of profit, working
hard, making lots of money and making America stronger by his
profit driven work ethic.
- It's Everybody's Business 1954 - This is a cartoon about American
consumption and how money works. It shows how money earned goes
to making purchases and paying taxes so the government can do
all the good things it does to make our life better.
- Make Mine Freedom 1948 - This is a film highlighting the dangers
of communism. It shows a salesperson going around selling bottles
of Ism to a variety of people promising them that they will have
all they desire once the swallow their Ism and give up their freedom
to the state as the parent.
- Meet King Joe 1949 - This animation shows America's industrial
might and how that might has translated into its citizen's ability
to buy all the good things in life.
- Why Play Leap Frog? 1949 - This animation shows how the economy
works from taking inexpensive raw materials and turning them into
more costly finished products.
Here are some sample clips from the DVD
 
 
 
 
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