Road to Better Living, The
Road to Better Living, The is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
14:01:32:28 Man tears telegram from printer in office of cultured man with globe, swords and shield on wall, silver candlestick, covered carriage model, African mask mounted on wall, oil lamp on bookshelf filled with antique uniform volumes. Man reads telegram Survey shows Americans people today are better housed than any people in history. When I first read that on the release I thought to myself they call that news. Everyone knows that, even using the word in the broadest sense.
14:01:49:26 Pan over 1960s large suburban homes.
14:04:08:25 CU Deed document signed.
14:04:23:01 CU Bank Charter document signed.
14:04:57:23 Old-fashioned nineteenth-century steam engine rides past camera at angle leaving behind large black cloud of smoke.
14:05:06:11 VS oil drilling rigs and oil wells being pumped.
14:05:31:02 Old man with white hair leads meeting boardroom, man approaches blackboard with chart pinned on to it; CU chart with disembodied hand of man tracing line labeled Health Insurance which skyrockets into the year 1960.
14:06:19:13 Pan over large area of 1960s suburban tract housing project.
14:12:30:00 CU of architect s model of 1960s modern home, man picks up one of the architects model and carries it to the architect or builder and with wide smile says Phil, this is the kind of home we re looking for.| Road to Better Living, The | |
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| Produced by | Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions in association with Film Counselors, Inc. |
Production companies | Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions in association with Film Counselors, Inc. |
| Distributed by | Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions in association with Film Counselors, Inc. |
Release date | 1959 |
Running time | 23:27 |
| Language | English |
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