1957SOCIAL ISSUES
OUR CHANGING LIFE (1957) - FILM TELLS OF DRAMATIC CHANGES IN FAMILY LIFE BETWEEN THE 1880S AND MODERN TIMES.DIVISION OF LABOR WAS ESSENTIAL IN EARLY FARM LIFE WHERE 3 GENERATIONS OF FAMILY LIVED AND SHARED THE CHORES.
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LS 2 OLD STORY FARM HOUSE, PAN FARM LAND, BARN AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF 75 YEARS AGO.,
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"FAMILY LIFE IN AMERICA HAS BEEN CHARACTERISTIC SINCE EARLY COLONIAL TIMES". MS FARMER IN 1880 TEACHING HIS SON HOW TO PLOW THE LAND AS HIS SON WALKS ALONGSIDE.
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FARMER (FATHER) STOPS PLOWING, THEN GIVES THE REINS OF THE 2 HORSE DRAWN PLOW TO HIS SON AND HAS HIM DO IT, UNDER HIS (FARMERS) GUIDANCE . "FATHER WAS HEAD OF THE FAMILY IN THE FULLEST SENSE OF THE WORD".
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| 00:24:19 52.37 |
1880S FARM WIFE WALKS FROM THE BARN TO THE HOUSE WITH A PAN FULL OF CREAM, DEPOSITS IT IN A BUTTER CHURNER IN THE KITCHEN AS GRANDMA HELPS. "IN THOSE DAYS A FARM FAMILY WAS AN ECONOMIC UNIT, HELD TOGETHER BY A DIVISION OF LABOR....."......".
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MOTHER THEN GOES TO THE STOVE, CHECKS FOOD IN OVEN, AS GRANDMA CHURNS THE BUTTER. MS GRANDMA CHURNING BUTTER. AT THAT TIME GRANDMAS LIVED WITH THE FAMILY AND WAS PART OF THE WORK UNIT. MONTAGE MORE OF MOTHER'S ROLE IN FAMILY.
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| 00:25:25 118.37 |
MOTHER CALLS UPSTAIRS FOR HER DAUGHTER FROM BASE OF STAIRS. TEEN DAUGHTER RESPONDS, REASSURES MOM THET HER YOUNGER SISTER WAS UPSTAIRS WITH HER.
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| 00:25:48 141.37 |
OLDER DAUGHTER (ROSEMARY) ENTERS HER ROOM, FINDS HER YOUNGER SISTER AT HER SEWING MACHINE, SCOLDS HER. THEY ARGUE.
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OLDER SISTER SITS AT SEWING MACHINE, TELLS YOUNGER SISTER (EMMA) TO BEHAVE HERSELF OR SHE (OLDER) WILL NOT MAKE HER A NEW DRESS. (OLDER SISTER'S ROLE IN FAMILY WAS TO MAKE DRESSES FOR ALL).
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| 00:26:09 162.37 |
EMMA (WHO IS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A ROLE IN THE DIVISION OF LABOR IN FAMILY) STORMS OUT OF ROOM, RUNS DOWN STAIRS , GOES OUTSIDE SEES HER OLDER BROTHER EXITING BARN WITH BASKET FULL OF EGGS (HIS JOB IS CARE OF POULTRY)..
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YOUNG EMMA, IGNORED BY BROTHER, WALKS TO BARN WHERE GRANDFATHER WHO IS BRUSHING DOWN THE HORSE. (BEING HIS FAVORITE, HE ALWAYS LIKES TO SEE EMMA, THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.
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GRANDPA PICKS UP EMMA, PLACES HER ON THE HORSE. GRANDPA'S ROLE IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE LIVESTOCK ON THE FARM.
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| 00:27:13 226.37 |
GRAM COMES OUT ONTO PORCH, RINGS THE DINNER BELL. ALL 3 GENERATIONS OF FAMILY SIT AROUND THE DINNER TABLE. DAD SAYS GRACE. "THE AMERICAN FAMILY OF PAST, RELIGION PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE, HOLDING FAMILY TOGETHER AS AN INSTITUTION".
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| 00:27:43 256.37 |
FAMILY SITS AROUND IN LIVING ROOM ON SUNDAY, AS FATHER READS ALOUD FROM BIBLE. EMMA IS SCOLDED BY FATHER FOR INTERRUPTING THE READING OF THE SCRIPTURES.
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| 00:28:30 303.37 |
MS LATER THAT DAY (SUNDAY) DAD AND MOM DRESSED IN THEIR FINEST,RIDE TO VISIT FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS HOME. "IT WAS AN APPROVED KIND OF SABBATH RECREATION".
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| 00:29:00 333.37 |
FAMILY MEMBERS PLAYING TABLE GAMES IN KITCHEN (DURING THE WEEK) "NOT APPROVED ON SUNDAYS" PAN TO HELPING YOUNG EMMA WITH HER HOMEWORK.
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MOM GETS OFF ROCKING CHAIR. WALKS TO LIVING ROOM WHERE OLDER DAUGHTER (ROSEMARY) IS AT ORGAN ENTERTAINING BOY FRIEND. "IN 1880S ACTIVITIES AT THE CHURCH AND PRAYER MEETINGS, GAVE COURTING COUPLES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET".
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DAUGHTER GIVES HER SEAT AT THE ORGAN TO MOM. "THE ONLY REAL CHANCE FOR COUPLES TO BE ALONE WAS IN THE HOME OF THE GIRL, WHERE HER PARENTS COULD CHAPERONE.L.
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THE REST OF THE FAMILY ENTERED THE LIVING ROOM FROM THE KITCHEN.ALL JOINED IN SINGING HYMNS. "THIS THEN WAS THE AMERICAN FARM FAMILIES OF THE 1880S".
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CU FACTORY WHISTLE BLOWS Y FROM ROOF OF FACTORY COMPLEX."WITH THE GROWTH OF FACTORIES, THE FAMILY AS A DIVISION OF LABOR BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR.".
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| 00:32:07 520.37 |
MONTAGE LARGE GROUPS OF WORKERS, MANY WITH HARDHATS, GOING TO WORK. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION CHANGED THE FAMILY PATTERN OF LIFE."FACTORIES HIRE INDIVIDUALS, NOT FAMILIES".
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| 00:32:22 535.37 |
MS HEAVY AUTO, BUS TRAFFIC IN LARGE CITY. EXTERIOR LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. "FAMILIES LIVED IN APARTMENTS, NOT HOUSES". THIS WAY OF LIFE BROUGHT INDIVIDUALISM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF EXPRESSION".".
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| 00:32:39 552.37 |
PEOPLE WALKING ALONG SMALL BUSINESS SECTION OF TOWN. WOMAN EXITS SMALL STORE, WALKS TO ANOTHER, WINDOW SHOPS. "THE GREATEST CHANGE WAS IN THE STATUS OF WOMEN THEMSELVES".
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MONTAGE WOMEN SUFFRAGETTES EXIT BARBER SHOP AS THEY CAMPAIGN TO GET THE VOTES FOR WOMEN.,IT WASN'T UNTIL 1920 BE3FORE WOMEN IN ALL STATES COULD VOTE.
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MS WOMAN SITING AT DRAFTING TABLE AS WELL AS A MAN. MONTAGE - WOMEN WORKING AT DESKS, AND VARIOUS MANUFACTURING JOBS. "THE FACTOR OF GREATEST CHANGE WAS THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN OUTSIDE THE HOME".
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| 00:33:25 598.37 |
CROWD MEN AND WOMEN CUSTOMERS IN BUTCHER SHOP. CU BUTCHER CUTTING MEAT.
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WOMEN AT WORK AT VARIETY OF JOBS. CU WOMAN AT SWITCHBOARD. "TODAY, MOST WOMEN WORK, NOT AGAINST MASCULINE DOMINATION, BUT OF ECONOMIC NECESSITY".
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TRAIN PULLING INTO STATION. CONDUCTOR HELPS MAN AND WOMAN WITH THEIR 4 KIDS, BOARD TRAIN.
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| 00:34:01 634.37 |
CROWDS ON WALL STREET, CHAOS AT STOCK MARKET , LONG LINES OF WORKERS LOOKING FOR WORK AS 1929 USHERED IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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| 00:34:24 657.37 |
HUGE EXPLOSION ON WARSHIP AT PEARL HARBOR AS JAPAN ATTACKED U. S. TO BEGIN WW2. LS JAPANESE BOMBER IN SKY OVER PERL HARBOR.
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FAMILIES WAVE FAREWELL TO THEIR SONS ON TROOPSHIP ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR WAR. MS SOLDIERS WAVE BACK AS SHIP LEAVES PORT.
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MONTAGE GOOD SHOTS BOMBERS ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE. VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN WORKING IN THE BOMBERS (ROSIE THE RIVETER).
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| 00:34:56 690.37 |
VARIOUS SHOTS GISI HAPPILY RUNS DOWN GANGPLANK OFF SHIP, HUGGING AND KISSING LOVED ONES, AS WAR(WW2) ENDS.
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| 00:35:10 703.37 |
MAN AND WOMAN BEFORE JUDGE IN DIVORCE COURT. "TODAY WE HAVE THE SMALLEST FAMILY IN HISTORY, OUR DIVORCE RATE HAS GREATLY INCREASED".
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FARMER ON TRACTOR, PLOWING FIELD. "DESPITE WARS AND DEPRESSION, MANY THINGS HYAVE CHANGED. THE FARMER NOW PLOWS FIELD WITH TRACTOR
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ALTHOUGH THE FARM HOUSE HAS NOT CHANGED ON THE OUTSIDE, INSIDE FARMER'S WIFE WORKS IN MODERN KITCHEN. " MODERN CONVENIENCES HAVE GIVEN HER MORE LEISURE".
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GRANDMA SITS IN LIVING ROOM READING. "EVEN FARM GRANDMA DOESN'T HAVE TO WORK AS SHE DID". GRANDPA MAINTAINS THE TRACTOR. "HE IS NO LONGER IMPORTANT TO THE FARM ECONOMY AS HE ONCE WAS".
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FARM WIFE WALKS OUT TO PORCH, RUNGS HER DINNER BELL. TODAY ONLY THE FARMER AND WIFE, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA SIT AT DINNER TABLE. THE CHILDREN ARE OFF TO SCHOOL. "TODAY CHILDREN ARE LESS ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT ON THE FARM".
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| 00:37:19 832.37 |
MS DAD HAVING A BOWL OF SOUP AT KITCHEN TABLE,. "GRACE IS SELDOM SAID BEFORE MEALS, EXCEPT ON SUNDAY, BUT THE HARRINGTONS ARE CHURCH MEMBERS" AND ATTEND SERVICES". ...
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| 00:37:24 837.37 |
MS AS FARMER HARRINGTON WATCHES TV, HIS WIFE GOES TO SOCIAL GET-TOGETHER AT LADIES CLUB". EVEN RECREATION IS NO LONGER A FAMILY AFFAIR. THE FAMILY DOESN'T ENJOY ITSELF AS A UNIT"..
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| 00:38:02 875.37 |
AFTER GETTING PERMISSION TO BORROW THE FAMILY CAR,THE TEEN CHILDREN GET INTO FAMILY CAR, DRIVE OFF TO VISIT FRIENDS. GRANDPA ON ROCKER, WAVES TO THEM
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ELDERLY RETIRED WIDOWER SITS ON ROCKER ON PORCH, WATCHES 2 TEEN BOYS PLAY CATCH. HE GETS OUT OF ROCKER, JOINS THE BOYS IN PLAYING CATCH. "TODAY IS A YOUNG WORLD IN WHICH 60 IS OLD".
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| 00:38:51 924.37 |
YOUNG MOM COMES HOME FROM WORK, IS MET BY HER 2 KIDS AND BABY SITTER. "THE SMALL SIZE OF MODERN FAMILIES LEAVES WOMEN MORE TIME FOR LEISURE OR WORK"..
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MOM WORKING IN KITCHEN WITH BABY IN HIGH CHAIR AND LITTLE DAUGHTER WATCHING HER COOK/ DAD ENTERS FROM LIVING ROOM, PICKS UP BABY, ALL GO TO DINING ROOM TO EAT.
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AFTER DINNER,DAD VOLUNTEERS TO DO DISHES ". DAD TAKES KIDS UP TO BED, TELLS THEM HE WILL BE THEIR BABY SITTER WHILE MOM WILL HAVE TIME FOR "SELF EXPRESSION". "IN MODERN FAMILY,, MAN ASSUMES SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY ONCE PRESUMED AS STRICTLY FEMININE"
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NEIGHBORING COUPLE ARE GREETED AT DOOR BY DAD. MOM GOES OUT WITH NEIGHBOR'S WIFE . THE WOMEN LEAVE TO ATTEND ART CLASS, WHILE THE MEN STAY HOME TO PLAY BRIDGE AND BABY SIT.
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FOUR MEN AT TABLE PLAYING BRIDGE. ONE IS SINGLE, THE OTHERS ABOUT TO BE MARRIED. THE BACHELOR TELLS THE SOON TO BE MARRIED MANTHAT HE IS A FOOL FOR GIVING UP HIS FREEDOM.
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| 00:41:09 1062.37 |
BACHELOR GOES HME TO EMPTY HOUSE, HAS SECOND THOUGHTS. HE LOOKS AROUND AT EMPTY HOUSE AND AT 45 YEARS OLD, FEELS PRETTY LONESOME. DOG STROLLS OVER, HE PETS IT.
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WEDDING COUPLE EXIT CHURCH, ARE
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