Synopsis
Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a storehouse of value and a convenient medium of exchange.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Released
- 1947-01-01
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- WhatIsMo1947
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Economics
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Good film · The Sound Hound · 2003-10-23
Though it is a little hokey and some of the practices in it are out of date, this film is very informative on how money works since the definitions of money it gives are still valid today. This could be shown in an economics class without hesitation.
★★★★★ · A fascinating public announcement with cold war undertones. · n4thanl · 2010-03-08
It's very interesting and entertaining to see this particular video play out the basic principles of paper money, and subtly extol the virtues of capitalism.
★★★ · Hilarious · jazzfan · 2010-07-27
It’s always fun to look back. Nowadays paper money has traces of drugs. Wouldn’t they be shocked back then if they encountered a drug-sniffing dog going for your pants. Also check out that five in the movie. It looks so dark. At first I thought it was a film about counterfeiting. It’s worth five dollars because the government says so. It’s back by gold and silver reserves. Of course that’s before Nixon came along. That five is now backed by debt, an IOU. Gotta pay for that war somehow.
