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Every Minute Counts (1944)

1944 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

This film was produced to heighten productivity in civilian homefront industries during World War II. Aimed at employers and workers alike, it shows problems faced by some workers (especially working women) in balancing home and family duties against the necessity to report to work on time and work regular hours.

Synopsis from TMDb

Details

Studio
Kerkow (Herbert) Inc.
Released
1944-01-01
Running time
10 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0589_Every_Minute_Counts_05_37_38_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · "Hal Findlay! Hal Findlay!" · Spuzz · 2017-01-03

A very curious and well, subversive movie that details Hal Findlay (believe me, you won't forget his name) and his problems he is having with his workers. He even has these rather wild noir dreams about them. Soon however, a supervisor shows up and starts needling him about how to solve all of these problems. They're rather NAIVE solutions if you ask me. (When an employee has problems with banking hours.. At least, I THINK that's what her problem was (if you know exactly let me know, because it's never made clear), his supervisor suggests talking to the bank to make them have longer hours).…