Synopsis
A day of municipal services in 1950s St. Louis: the water works, traffic signals and street painting, elevator repair, garbage collection and incineration, the health department's laboratory and rat control, children's programs and community sports, night street sweeping, and firefighters answering a second alarm.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 23 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0744_Big_City_The_05_35_38_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Bright Lights · Spuzz · 2016-01-18
Quite outstanding little documentary about the Day In The Life of a big city, in this case, St. Louis. All sorts of jobs and occupations are shown here, from the city sweepers, to elevator repairmen, to garbage collectors. All sorts of jobs done, and people going here and there. It all has a very early 60's vibe to it that is really quite appealing. Very nicely done. This is a MUST SEE on this site!
★★★★★ · Worth Watching · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-07-11
A preserved version without splices is available elsewhere on this site. This is a well-shot, staged documentary about a day in the life of St. Louis. The excellent score has also been well assembled from a Capitol record of the local symphony. In something that sounds like a conflict in terms, tons of chemicals are needed to make pure water. The uncredited narrator sounds like Ralph Bellamy.