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Poster for Unfinished Business (1948)

Unfinished Business (1948)

1948 · Ephemeral film · 20 min

  • War

Synopsis

Postwar adjustment is easy for a young World War II veteran who is welcomed back to his job at U.S. Steel with a position, training courses, and counseling.

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Details

Released
1948-01-01
Running time
20 minutes
Internet Archive item
Unfinish1948

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · an excellent film · cashel · 2004-02-13

I think that all relevant information is given in the archive notes appended below. I am submitting this film because the problems and possible solutions are so TIMELY and apply to todays world

★★★ · The Young and the Restless · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-12-03

George Hicks covered D-Day from an aircraft carrier for the ABC radio network. Many of his colleagues at other networks went into careers in television and even greater fame. George Hicks stayed in radio, doing a 15-minute unsponsored daytime newscast on NBC, then became a shill for U.S. Steel on ABC-TV in 1953. But he had connections with that company on radio and, as you can see here, in industrial films. In this film, he "interviews" a returned serviceman who works in a steel plant. It's all fake, of course. Hick's sleepy voice is heard over top of an actor portraying a role. The kitchen…

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