" THE AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE 20th CENTURY " PART 2 (1964)
1964 · Short film · 21 min
- War
- Documentary
Synopsis
From the 1900s to the 1960s, this 1964 documentary, produced by the great David Wolper, explores changes in American women's economic, political, and social statuses. (Notably, persons / experiences covered are almost exclusively white.) The film offers 1960s social critiquesabout women’s “progress,” especially re: motherhood, marriage, war, careers.Couples kiss, families bid farewell to WWII soldiers. Women march behind male soldier. Women in uniform. Women begin physical training in woods (1:06). Women shoot rifles in the snow (1:23). Women load trucks, board ship, receive camp equipment, dig tents. A female soldier applies makeup and smiles at the camera (1:54). Carol Landis and Anne Sheraton dance for troops (1:57). Lana Turner, Betty Grable (2:24), Rita Hayworth are shown with soldiers. Women dance with gun / plane props (war musical), mention of Rosie the Riveter. Women drill at factory during WWII (2:53), work construction sites, production lines, use tools, make weapons. Women bring children to nursery schools, where they nap, play, eat, wash. Women exist Office of Price Administration (OPA) center (3:49). Ration signs and ration paperwork. Woman shops with stamps. Crowds gather outside city nylon store, women rush in to buy stockings on sale, show them off, wave them around (4:13). Young men (soldiers / sailors) and women dance and hang out (4:37). A woman empties drying rack in yard in wooded suburbia (4:53). A large suburban house in snow (5:16). A woman washes…
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Details
- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Virginia Steele
- David Wolper
- Anne Sheraton
- Betty Grable
- Rita Hayworth
- Price Administration
- Marilyn Monroe
- Mary Mc
- War Correspondent Margaret Bourke White
- Jean Kerr
