My Dad's Company
My Dad's Company is a short film from 1946 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
"DEPICTS UTILITY AS GOOD CITIZEN, AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCER & A GOOD NEIGHBOR. IT AVOIDS TALKING DOWN OR BLATANT PREACHING BY PUTTING MESSAGE THROUGH THE MOUTH OF AN EMPLOYEE & HIS SON." -- Producer's description
23:30:36:00 My Dad s Company 07971
23:32:39:00 med shot of boy, profile of dad sitting in bedroom boy - Everybody knows that electricity lights the house, makes the toast, shaves your face, curls your hair... (23:32:46:00) 23:32:47:00 CU of clock reading 7 o clock boy - ...wakes you up... 23:32:49:00 MCU of electric blanket with scary looking black controls (23:32:50) boy - ...keeps you warm... 23:32:51:00 MCU of water heater boy - ...heats the water... 23:32:52:00 med shot of stove boy - ...cooks the food... 23:32:54:00 CU of radio 23:32:56:00 CU of radio (?) unidentified appliance 23:32:58:00 med shot of refrigerator 23:33:00:00 MCU of early washing machine (?) 23:33:02:00 MCU of vacuum cleaner 23:33:03:00 MCU of television 23:33:05:00 med shot of sewing machine on table 23:33:07:00 MCU of electric fan 23:33:09:00 MCU of toaster - bread pops up 23:33:11:00 MCU of fire alarm ringing in dark Teen boy and Dad discuss how inexpensive electricity is 23:34:38:00 wide shot of huge crane removing coal from ship (23:34:43:00) 23:34:44:00 cross fade to wide shot of train with cars heaped with coal pulling up next to huge dark plant (23:34:51:00) 23:34:52:00 cross fade to wide shot of interior of power plant (23:34:56:00) 23:35:05:00 MCU of window into coal burning furnace (23:35:07:00) 23:35:08:00 med wide shot of plant with row of smokestacks, mountain of coal in front (23:35:12:00) 23:35:13:00 wide aerial shots of huge steam turbine generators (23:35:38:00) 23:35:54:00 med wide pan of transformers, overhead lines (23:35:59:00) 23:36:00:00 cross fade to another pan of transformers, power equipment (23:36:04:00) 23:36:05:00 cross fade to another pan of electrical equipment and traveling shot up over overhead lines (23:36:15:00) 23:36:23:00 med wide shot of power substation (23:36:28:00) 23:36:58:00 aerial wide pan of Detroit downtown (23:37:06:00) 23:38:48:00 MCU of Dad sitting with son (in profile) Dad - The thing that makes the company, any company, the thing that gives it, well, its character, is the people in it. (23:38:57:00) scenes of workers in power plant 23:39:26:00 wide aerial shot of bulldozer atop huge pile of coal (23:39:35:00) 23:39:37:00 med wide shot of worker starting fire- standing inside huge interior of furnace (23:39:48:00) 23:39:49:00 med shot of worker looking at dials on wall of huge boiler 23:39:52:00 MCU of worker at controls - lots of dials, counters, etc. (23:40:00:00) 23:40:01:00 med shot of worker at controls (23:40:04:00) 23:40:05:00 wide aerial pan of huge turbines (23:40:13:00) 23:40:14:00 med shot of man walking toward huge control area full of dials, switches (23:40:33:00) 23:40:34:00 med wide shot of huge mysterious wall diagram - man walks up to it, flips switches - camera pans around to reveal control room area (23:40:39:00) 23:40:50:00 MCU of wall diagram - camera pulls back slowly (23:41:00:00) 23:41:01:00 med shot of two men at control room desks in front of wall diagram of electrical grid - camera pulls back slowly to reveal a third man at a desk in front of grid diagram (23:41:22:00) 23:41:23:00 crossfade to CU of man s hand throwing big switch 23:41:26:00 MCU of machine wheels turning 23:41:27:00 cross fade to med shot of housewife at stove (23:41:31:00) 23:41:32:00 med shot of another housewife turning on oven (23:41:40:00) 23:41:42:00 another med shot of control room - camera zooms in on one worker s desk (23:41:50:00) 23:42:37:00 med shot of executives around table, one guy giving presentation VO - Take the department heads, the managers, the men who actually manage the company. Apart from the skills it takes to run the company for the investors, the people like me and the other stockholders... (23:42:50:00) 23:42:51:00 med shot of executives - some seated, some standing VO - ...the managers have to decide on company policies, hire and train the right kind of people, people with personality as well as ability... (23:42:58:00) 23:42:59:00 cross fade to med wide shot of executives around a table 23:42:01:00 VO - ...They have to plan ahead for the future, be sure that the company s finances,... 23:43:07:00 med shot of one executive pointing to power plant plan on wall of office VO - ...equipment, and facilities are big enough to handle all of the power needs in the forseable future. (23:43:11:00) 23:43:12:00 med shot of several executives around table in different office - camera pans slightly around table VO - I guess that takes experience as well as skill. (23:43:20:00) 23:43:21:00 sequence of pans of architects, engineers, designing at desks
23:44:02:00 med shot of man in room full of electric meters (23:44:04:00) 23:44:05:00 MCU of man reading meter ((23:44:08:00) 23:44:09:00 CU of electric meter (23:44:15:00) 23:44:16:00 MCU of man reading meter - camera pulls back slowly (23:44:25:00) 23:44:27:00 med wide shot of men working on electric lines behind tree 23:44:35:000 med shot of men cutting tree branches near power lines (23:44:42:00) 23:45:04:00 med wide shot of two workers up on power lines (23:45:09:00) 23:45:10:00 med shot of two workers up on power lines (23:45:31:00) 23:45:32:00 another med shot of two workers on power lines (23:45:46:00) 23:45:47:00 med wide shot of power line workers (23:46:01:00) 23:47:47:00 med wide pan of iron repair room - rows of irons on center shelf (23:47:49:00) 23:47:54:00 med wide shot of woman in kitchen on stage - heads in audience visible (23:47:59:00) 23:48:00:00 MCU of woman in stage kitchen (23:48:04:00) 23:48:05:00 med shot of two women in model kitchen, one demonstrating cooking techniques to the other 23:48:14:00 slightly-closer-in medium shot of two women (23:48:19:00) 23:48:21:00 MCU traveling shot over row of women working phones (23:48:31:00) 23:48:32:00 med wide shot of phone bank, women operators (23:48:37:00) 23:48:38:00 MCU over the shoulder of woman phone worker (23:48:48:00) 23:48:49:00 crossfade to CU of hand filling out service request form (23:48:51:00) 23:48:52:00 MCU over shoulder of woman working at phone switchboard (23:48:53:00) 23:49:17:00 MCU of broadcaster at radio station (23:49:33:00) 23:49:55:00 med shots of crew working at night - putting up new pole for power lines (23:50:48:00) 23:51:47:00 MCU of Dad and son Dad - In other words, both the company and a man, should always be... 23:51:52:00 CU of Son Dad - ...judged, as I see it, by just how well they stack up as a good citizen. See what I mean, son? (fade out 23:52:01:00)
3:51:23:26- 3:51:51:12Nice image of boy walking by generators and wires (outside of brick building). He's not in the center of the frame the machinery around him is emphasized. The camera pans across the silver generator. There's a fade to a vertical pan up wiring/generator and to the electrical company's main brick building with smoke stacks at the top of it. Next the camera pans across power lines. Nice, smooth motions.
| My Dad's Company | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | 1946 |
Running time | 21:33 |
| Language | English |
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