Man of Action
Man of Action is a short film from 1955 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to "redevelop" American city centers.
02:25:10 VO: "This is the story of an average sort of fellow who lives in a nice average home, in a nice average town. Every night he comes home to his nice average house and in due time he goes to sleep." Cartoon of man walking down an average street 02:25:07 Cartoon of man sleeping with construction noises outside VO: "One morning...." 02:25:30 Man wakes up, looks out window and runs out of house in a panic to find that he now lives in a slum area. 02:27:44 Cartoon of slum area 02:27:49 Slum building exterior 02:28:03 More slum exteriors 02:28:29 More slum exteriors 02:31:54 More slum streets
Weird tale blaming the devil for slums| Man of Action | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Transfilm Productions |
Production company | Transfilm Productions |
| Distributed by | Transfilm Productions |
Release date | 1955 |
Running time | 13:21 |
| Language | English |
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