Moving Image:These Are the People

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These Are the People is a short film from 1944 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

World War II production at Kimberly-Clark.

00:16:24:08 LS Kimberly-Clark mill; Niagara Falls mill; Atlas mill; Kimlark paper mill; men leaving the Lakeview mill; pan over Niagara Wisconsin mill; Badger Globe mill.

00:17:15:23 Two young women dressed matching outfits riding on a tandem bicycle; two girls in matching outfits enter a car pulled over on the side of a suburban street.

00:17:21:05 Two women wearing coats riding bicycles past bike rack; workers putting bikes in bike racks.

00:17:43:00 Workers walking along sidewalk of Kimberly-Clark Lakeview mill past a sign posting the names of the Lakeview Mill Honor Roll, on top of sign is a cutout of army and marine man in front of an American flag between text “United We Stand.” VS workers filing in the mill; VS crane lifting bundles of timber off of an enormous pile; workers move logs onto a conveyor; timber on conveyor entering the mill, washed and stripped of its bark; VS men and women working inside paper mill.

00:19:16:22 MS woman working in paper mill sorting giant sheets of paper, CU of document being sign by Robert S. MacNamera superimposed over shot; forklifts moving huge piles of paper in warehouse; woman operating giant paper trimmer cutting large stacks of paper, female workers wearing hats that say “Safety Factory”; VS gigantic spools of paper and female mill workers; VS male and female workers in paper mill.

00:22:29:07 CU disembodied arms of man stretching Kimsul material.

00:22:42:08 Pan over interior of mill producing giant rolls of Kimsul insulation material for Quonset huts.

00:23:28:10 Workers wearing hats that reads “Safety Factory” moving wood crates marked with U.S. Navy stencil.

00:23:32:01 VS CU female mill workers wearing “Safety Factory” hats.

00:23:46:28 huge silo-like container of pulp; CU disembodied hand unfolds roll of Kimpak insulation material; men lifting huge rolls of Kimpak insulation; VS female mill workers working with various size rolls of Kimpak insulation.

00:25:23:07 Great shot two women working in paper mill, one woman passes huge roll of paper to another; VS inside paper mill.

00:25:43:19 MS man wearing a suit holds up a sample of Kimsul Insulation material; VS workers in paper mill.

00:26:01:12 CU disembodied hand hold square of Kimpreg plastic surfacing material.

00:27:06 woman wearing apron carries glass flask through laboratory filled with hundreds of flasks and test tubes, man wearing suits watches as woman pours contents of flask into test tube.

00:28:08:02 MS man stands in front of map of the United States; CU man sticks pins in map, high concentration of pins in Midwest, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois; VS workers working in factories superimposed over shot of map in diamond shape frame.

00:29:32:09 Great shot woman in 1940s, Rosie the Riveter type, using large drill; VS woman working in factories.

00:30:04:14 Anti-aircraft guns swiveling on their mounts in factory; man in factory test mobility of anti-aircraft gun; cut to army soldiers firing anti-aircraft gun in battle.

00:30:19:00 CU invitation to Army-Navy E Award; VS Army Navy E award ceremony, big band playing, representative from Army and Navy on stage, audience filled with Kimberly-Clarke workers.

00:30:57:28 Low-angle two flags flying on flag pole, American flag and Army Navy E flag.

00:31:15:13 MS businessman writing on paper at his desk, lit cigarette hanging from his mouth.

00:31:20:14 Bus pulls out of Kimberly-Clark paper mill, parking lot filled with 1940s cars; workers leaving Kimberly-Clarke mill

These Are the People
Produced by	Handy (Jam) Organization
Production company	Handy (Jam) Organization
Distributed by	Handy (Jam) Organization
Release date	1944
Running time	15:24
Language	English

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