Synopsis
Title: "We Can Beet Hitler Like This" Poster with comic sketch of Hitler is pelted with pink paint or biomas. Title: "But We Can Do More to Defeat Hitler and the Axis by Using Beets as Food." Hands stack cardboard boxes marked: "V2s, Libby McNeill & Libby, Chicago ILL, Packed" Hands rotate box to display printed ends stating: "6/10 Cans Cut Beets..." Male worker places boxes on rolling belt. One man (on the right) takes a can of beets and pours the contents onto the enamel tray in front of him.. Then empties the second tray. Using two spoons, he lifts individual beet slices off the two trays and onto the third tray. Then labels them with a sign "Low Grade". Grocery store interior with customers making purchased across a n old-fashioned checkerboard counter. Woman enters store and is greeted by male stock clerk. Woman peruses pyramid of cans of beets. Stock clerk helps woman by selecting can after can of vegetables. Title " There ARe Two Ways of Doing any Kind of Work." 1. The Hard Way. "2. The Easiest Way." "The Proper Method Is the Easiest Way" "Strangely, the Usual Way of Doing a Job Is Often the Hard Way" Woman worker trims beets. Title: "Note the Left Hand Does Much Traveling While th eRight Hand Is Idle" Woman worker moves arms over a diagram showing motion-saving gesture of beet-trimming. Diagram is triangle with three points labeled, respectively: "Grasp," "Away," and "Trim." Woman worker trims beets using the new system. Title: "The Proper and Easiest Method Divides…
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- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives