Note
Notes: Citation, 2010, from page 101 of THE FIELD GUIDE TO SPONSORED FILMS, by Rick Prelinger. Published by National Film Preservation Foundation, San Francisco, California, 2006. (On-line PDF sponsored by the Mellon Foundation.)
441. WORKING TOGETHER: A CASE HISTORY OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION
(1951, sound, 22 min, b&w, 16mm)
SPONSOR: Twentieth Century Fund.
PRODUCTION CO.: Eddie Albert Productions.
RESOURCES: Copyright 15Apr51 MP1638; Ec Ed, 45; “Working Together for Productivity,” Bus Scrn 13, no. 3 (1952): 43; “East and West FindCommon Ground,” Mod Ind 23 (June 15, 1952): 128–30; Howard Thompson, “Newcomers to the 16mm Film
Field,” NYT, June 22, 1952, X5.
HOLDINGS: LC/Prelinger.
Labor relations case study sponsored by a foundation focusing at the time on productive
solutions to labor-management conflicts. The film reviews the labor tensions at the American
Lead Pencil Company plant in Hoboken, New Jersey, years earlier and shows how the problems were resolved through worker-management cooperation.
NOTE: Viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/WorkingT1951
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Citation, 2010, from Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust http://www.cine-holocaust.de/cgi-bin/gdq?efw00fbw002746.gd
ID FBW002746 Short documentary
Country / Year: USA, 1951
Original Title: WORKING TOGETHER
Other Title(s)
HAND IN HAND (German)
EFFORT COMMUN
Directed by Victor Vicas
Produced by Eddie Albert Productions, Los Angeles, CA; for Twentieth Century Fund, New York, NY / Mutual Security Agency (MSA) Film Section, Washington, DC / Paris
Staff: Producer: Eddie Albert; Associate producer: Ruth Helm; Script: Alden Stevens, Martin Stern; Camera: Gerald Hirschfeld; Editing: Jean Oser; Assistant editing: Julius Edelman
Length: 252,3 m / 23'
Format: 16mm/sw/1:1,37
Dates - 15 Apr 1951: Copyright MP1638
Remarks
1. Der Film wurde ursprünglich gesponsert von Twentieth Century Fund und produziert von Eddie Albert Productions, New York, NY. Eine neugeschnittene Version wurde herausgebracht von der Mutual Security Agency (MSA) Film Section, Washington, DC / Paris (Special Representative in Europe [SRE]) für Vorführungen im Rahmen des European Recovery Program, bekannt unter dem Namen Marshall Plan.
Abstract
Report on Pencil Strike, Hoboken, NJ. A factual account of the organizing of a CIO union in the American Lead Pencil Company and of how labor and management were able to make collective bargaining work. Based on the case study "Partners in Production" researched by the Twentieth Century Fund.
Subject Terms: 1950-1959; Hoboken, NJ
Holdings
- Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main: 252,3 m / 23'; 16mm; engl. Version
- Bundesarchiv - Filmarchiv, Berlin: 23'; 35mm; dt. Version
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive, London: 23'; 16mm; engl. Version
Bibliography
- in: The Saturday Review, 09.08.1942
- Krahn, Frederic A.: Educational Film Guide, Ed. 11, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1953
Credits
- 1. THE / TWENTIETH CENTURY / FUND / Presents
- 2. WORKING / TOGETHER / A Case History of Labor-Management Cooperation / COPYRIGHT MCMLI
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- 1. THE END
- 2. Produced / by / EDDIE ALBERT / PRODUCTIONS
- 3. Director – VICTOR VICAS / Associate-Producer – RUTH HELM / Writers - ALDEN STEVENS / MARTIN STERN / Cameraman – GERALD HIRSCHFELD / Editor – JEAN OSER / Assistant editor – JULIUS EDELMAN
Original-Vor/Nachspann, Abschrift lt.
Kopie: Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
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Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2007-06-26
