USA - THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE [Main Title]

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  • Title: USA - THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: CUS 228
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  • Summary: "A brief impression of some parts of the country and of the kinds of people who live there."
  • Description: Commentary heavily spiced with statistics accompanies film, first conveying the size, geography, industrial strength of the USA; then looking at 'the people', their various ethnic backgrounds and unity as Americans; symbols of national unity (Washington government, flag). The next section briefly sketches the geography, economy and character of the 4 broad regions, East, South, Mid-West and West; then attempts a rough breakdown of the ways in which Americans earn their living (noting high proportion of farmers and their broad spectrum from poor to rich, small to large scale). A woman commentator looks at the lives of Americans at home, and at their leisure activities. The film then return to the serious side of life: American interest in education, reform, public spiritedness. Closing montage indicates the pride, activity and ambitions of America, now mobilised for war. American servicemen "can tell you more about it, and what they plan to make of it when they get home again".
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: CUS 228
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Paul Rotha Productions (Production company) Rotha, Paul19071984British documantary film maker (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: administration, United States - civilian (object name) economics, United States national - employment (object name) society, United States - domestic (object name) society, United States - ethnic (object name) society, United States - friendship (object name) United States of America (geography) propaganda (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1765 ft; Running time: 20 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    CUS 228

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