What a Wonderful World It Would Be (1965)
1965 · Ephemeral film · 22 min
Synopsis
Bill, a worker at a Chevrolet plant, has a day of malfunctioning appliances and slacks off on the job. When his son Danny is badly hurt at a demolition site and saved by workers and doctors who were "just doing their job," Bill learns to take his own work seriously.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 22 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Interesting · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2014-10-28
I am curious as to how this was distributed. At 22 minutes it is too short to be a TV program (which would be 25 minutes in those days), and I cannot imagine this being shown in a cinema. Can anyone provide me with some info on how it was shown? As for the film itself, well....it is useful as stock footage if not much else. To me, Jam Handy's best efforts were during the 1930s/1940s, while the 1960s ones lacked the charm of the earlier ones. It is kinda entertaining though. Some interesting dialogue at times, but quite sappy as well.
★★★★ · Don't know much about history.. · Spuzz · 2015-12-29
Interesting movie about a plant worker having the crummiest day imaginable, and can't stop blaming everyone else for his shortcomings. When his son has a serious accident though, he rethinks his position on, well, life, and thinks he'll be a wee bit humbler from now on. Plenty of stuff to think about. Reccomended!