What Makes Us Tick

About

The animated film explores the life of a typical American family, focusing on John Q Public, who manages his finances through investments and savings. It details how John Q's investments in stocks and bonds contribute to the growth of American industry, using the example of an oil drum manufacturing corporation seeking to expand. The process of forming a corporation, raising capital through stock sales, and the importance of the New York Stock Exchange in facilitating these transactions are explained. The film emphasizes the role of investments in economic growth and the responsibilities that come with being a shareholder.

Keywords

American family, investment, stock market, oil drum manufacturing, New York Stock Exchange, corporate finance, economic growth, shareholder responsibilities, savings, financial health.

Archive

Internet Archive, in Prelinger Archives

Licence or status

Public domain (Creative Commons dedication), as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

Sutherland (John) Productions

Country

United States

Subtitles

Automatic captions

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed