Friday, April 27, 2012

Social Class in the United States of America: Social Stratification and Divisions (1957)

Shows the differences in the life experience of three male babies from three different social classes. One young man succeeds his father as president of the family manufacturing company. Another, a middle-class white-collar worker at the same company, leaves the town of his birth and moves to New York City where he becomes a respected advertising art director, thus rising in social status. A third, born into the working class, trains as a mechanic and holds an influential job at a service station. The sociological tone of the film does not mask a sobering narrative of the limitations that social class divisions inflict on all Americans.

Friday, April 20, 2012

December 7th: The Pearl Harbor Story - WW2 Propaganda Film (1943 Movie)

December 7th (1943) is a propaganda film produced by the US Navy and directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II.

Friday, April 13, 2012

American Army Women Serving on All Fronts (1944)

Part 1, Women's Army Corps (WAC) mechanics service airplanes in Arizona. Part 2, the Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle celebrates the completion of its 5,000th Flying Fortress. Part 3, shows poses of military cameramen who will cover the invasion of Europe. Part 4, shows Air Force heroes in Washington, D.C., and one at his home in Piqua, Ohio. Part 5, allied planes bomb Italy. British troops advance toward Cassino and Americans toward Anzio. Shows German prisoners of war and aid to Italian citizens.

Friday, April 6, 2012

The Case of the Frightened Lady: Ronald Shiner, Felix Aylmer, Helen Haye, Marius Goring (1940 Movie)

The Case of the Frightened Lady is a 1940 British, black-and-white, crime, drama, mystery thriller, directed by George King and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Sergeant Tatty, Felix Aylmer, Helen Haye and Marius Goring.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Sunday, April 1, 2012