A Report To Home Builders (1945)
1945 · Ephemeral film · 20 min
- War
Synopsis
A Stran-Steel Division, Great Lakes Steel Corporation film presenting its steel framing as a home building material, stressing standardization and mass production to cut costs, and showing its fire resistance and quick assembly in several housing projects.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Released
- 1945-01-01
- Running time
- 20 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Mmmmm.. Pudding.. · Spuzz · 2004-04-27
Pretty interesting film about the wonders of steel framing for housing, something of which was introduced in 1933 and STILL is somewhat debated of whether it is a good idea or not. From what was shown here, the framing was almost Mecchano style, with homebuilders able to construct "with nly screwdriver"/ I don't know about you, but such quick homebuilding and snap together fundamentals makes me sorta nervous. All of this homebuilding was done for Mr and Mrs G.I. (check out the cane, a bizarre sight for all of the G.I.-coming-home films ever produced). The main focus of this film is "actual…
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