# When Work Is Done

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. 00:45:11:28 Pan down long line into building, man hands over his round I.D. pin with his photograph on it, CU covered with round I.D. pins for Jones Construction Co. 00:45:27:12…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1943
- By: U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0561_When_Work_Is_Done_12_51_43_00)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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