Moving Image:Our Town Today

Our Town Today is a short film from 1940s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

World War II - era film on wartime constraints and crowding in Los Angeles.

Roy M. Edwards, chairman of Citizen's Manpower Committee of Los Angeles County, speaks.

Panoramic shot over western LA neighborhood VS industrial plants with many workers walking in and out Pedestrians, downtown Los Angeles "No Vacancy" and "No Vacancies" signs crowded stores very crowded street outside plant and crowds waiting to get into streetcar VS day care center for war workers' children VS nighttime shopping, exterior and interior VS people in committee meeting around large table MS chair of committee seen from back, people around table raising hands to vote yes

title: "Stay On The Job And Finish the Job"

Our Town Today
Produced by	Unknown
Production company	Unknown
Distributed by	Unknown
Release date	1940s
Language	English

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