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Special
Edition - Over 5 hours!
7 DVD Culture-Women Box Set
Disc I of VII: Women and WWII 
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Women played such an important role in WWII,
as these great historic films show - including maintaining the economic
workload at home while most of the men were abroad fighting. Sexism abounds in
many of these old films. This is priceless aesthetic documentation of gender
roles in WWII. You can't find this DVD anywhere else! Running time 56 minutes.
Title #1:
The Army Nurse Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 17 minutes Brief Description:
This is a rundown of all the activities of an army nurse, including work both on
the battlefield and off-duty.
Title #2: Coast Guard SPARS Production Date:
1943 Running Time: 6 minutes Brief Description:
This recruitment film encourages women to join the coast guard, although the
duties they address are still of the domestic, sexist nature: office work,
cleaning and nursing.
Title #3: Freedom Comes High Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 13 minutes Brief Description:
This film shows an often forgotten side of the
human conflict during war: many wives have sacrificed their husbands in the
quest for "freedom." This dramatic movie is very well acted and well
photographed.
Title #4: Supervising Women Workers Production Date:
1944 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: A very sexist film by all accounts, Supervising Women Workers is
centered around a boss who must learn how to handle the women employees he
supervises. Wow - how things have changed! He says that women "scare him." What
a classic line! :)
Title #5: Training Women for War Production Production Date:
1940s Running Time:
9 minutes Brief Description:
Eleanor Roosevelt narrates this terrific rare movie about young women who were
doing jobs normally reserved for men during wartime in WWII.
Disc II of of VII: Historic Eleanor Roosevelt Films
     
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Historical footage of Eleanor Roosevelt from 1933 - 1957,
including several short speeches with some great quotes.
Title #1:Mrs.
FDR Tells One Production Date:
1943 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description:
Eleanor Speaks.
Title #2:
Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks From Washington D.C. Production Date:
1940 Running Time:
1 minutes
Brief Description:
Eleanor Speaks.
Title #3:
Mrs. Roosevelt Calls Upon Women Of The Land To Help In Relief Drives Production Date:
1933 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description: Eleanor
Speaks.
Title #4:
Training Women For War Production Production Date:
1940 Running Time: 8 minutes Brief Description:
Short propaganda film with an opening statement and narrated by Eleanor
Roosevelt.
Title #5: Mrs. Roosevelt Attends Library Dedication
Production Date:
1957 Running Time:
1 minute Brief Description: Eleanor at a dedication.
Title #6: Women In The News Production Date:
1944 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description: Eleanor at a dedication.
Title #7: End Of The Rainbow Production Date:
1946 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description:
Eleanor Speaks.
Discs III of VII:Vintage Lifeguard
Film
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Amazing short film about the lady lifeguards auxiliary core
trained at Manhattan Beach in New York in the 1930's and 1940's.
Title #1:
Lady Lifeguards Production Date:
1940s Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
A very fun and entertaining gender
piece about the training and test female lifeguards must pass to enter the
lifeguard core.
Disc IV and V of VII: Historic Women In The Workforce Films
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This (2) DVD compilation features films about women in
workforce during the 1940s and 1950s. Gender roles have evolved
substantially since these films were made but the old gender biases run rampant
through this collection. Women are portrayed as emotional, more
troublesome workers, and pretty much relegated to secretarial work.
Disc
I:
Title #1:
Supervising Women Workers Production Date:
1944 Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
The granddaddy of all them all, as this is the most sexist of the gender role
films. This films title even implies that women need special attention in
the workplace.
Title #2:
The Bright Young Newcomer Production Date:
1958 Running Time:
6 minutes Brief Description:
Two women feud in the office as the older female employee is threatened by the
new girl and her innovative ways.
Title #3: Office Etiquette Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
13 minutes Brief Description:
Classic etiquette film that explains how women should act in the workplace.
Title #4: Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public Production Date:
1952 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Vintage etiquette film in which a secretary must
learn how to be more pleasant and subservient to customers.
Title #5:
Front Line, The Production Date:
1965 Running Time:
14 minutes Brief Description: Vividly shot supermarket clerk
vocational training film filled with courtesy lessons.
Disc
II:
Title #6:
You Can Tell by the
Production Date:
1945 Running Time:
18 minutes Brief Description: Teller Vintage cashier vocational
film filled with sexism and gender bias.
Title #7: I Want to Be a Secretary Production Date:
1941 Running Time:
16 minutes Brief Description:This film follows a girl as
she explores office careers fro women, which is limited to clerical.
Title #8: Secretary's Day, The
Production Date:
1947 Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
Classic secretary vocational film that focuses on typing.
Title #9: Women Working In A Factory
Production Date:
1940s Running Time:
5 minutes Brief Description:
Silent footage of women assembling unknown
products in a factory.
Disc VI of VII: Classic
Home Economics Films - Rare & historic film transferred to DVD format and preserved for posterity - DVD menus and search capabilities
- 45 Minutes Running Time
  
  
  
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Home economics may seem like a dated
subject, but this is not true. Although many of the depictions and insinuations
of female homemakers of the past were very sexist, the principles of home
economics are extremely valuable to our society and teach good living lessons to
both sexes. In this modern age, where families have so little time to care for
their home life and living situation, the practices of home economics need to be
disseminated like never before! This is a DVD compilation of three digitized
16mm films on the subject of home economics and making good decisions around the
house.
Title #1:
The Home Economics Story Production Date:
1951 Running Time: 24 minutes Brief Description:
This film is all about the decision one family makes as to whether or not their
daughter should attend college or not. In the ends, they decide that their
daughter will be preparing for a great future if she studies home economics!
Title #2:
Buying Food Production Date:
1950 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
This is an interesting film with lessons that are more valuable today than they
were back when the film was made. Learn to shop wisely for food in the grocery
store and make economical selections. This film deals with every grocery issue
from serving sizes to food quality to food budgeting to shelf shopping.
Title #3:
Why Study Home Economics? Production Date:
1955 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description: Two college girls argue over the merits of enrolling in home economics courses.
After a visit with the home economics professor, they learn that the “home ec” courses available to them are
invaluable and they will be to apply what they learn in home economics class to
a variety of subjects and learning experiences.
Disc VII of VII: Classic
Ironing Machine Film
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This brilliant Ironrite advertisement brings back the 1940s
in all its glory. Rich color schemes and enthusiastic narration are used to
promote the new ironing system, Ironrite, as a life saver for homemakers in this
dynamic classic.
Title #1: Making
a New Day Out of Tuesday Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 28 minutes Brief Description: This vivid promotional film demonstrates the ease and joy of ironing clothes
with the Ironrite home ironing system. Ironing clothes never looked like so
much fun!
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