When Work Is Done

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How the town of Sylacauga, Alabama extended a welcome to war plant workers.

Community building between towns and workers from out of town in 1940s. Footage of segregation in recreational activities for workers and worker’s families.

00:42:36:14 Great shot pan down downtown street in classic 1940s small American town packed with cars.

00:42:55:05 Low-angle hull of ship with sign “Hull 108 They Fight and Die They Expect You To Try Deliver June 18th.”

00:41:59:20 VS construction workers in hard hats building ship.

00:43:05:15 African American workers hammering large sheet of metal.

00:43:11:13 VS women welding; woman with Doris written on protective welding mask lifts up mask and wipes face; pan over women welding in shipyard; woman carried out of shipyard on stretcher.

00:43:31:28 Enormous crowd of hundreds of workers entering shipyard, camera pans to large sign “You can’t spell Victory with an Absent T, 2022 were out Monday.”

00:43:46:27 Long line of workers waiting to enter small post office shack.

00:44:01:14 CU young couple try to enter diner, women through window shakes her head no.

00:44:06:16 VS people swimming public pool; CU low-angle of lifeguard blowing whistle and waving arms, little kids admitted into pool through gate.

00:44:58:12 Couples dancing in 1940s juke joint; 1940s pool hall.

Archive

Internet Archive, in Prelinger Archives

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Credit

U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures

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