o'merika - videos: Hopefully Not Prophetic: video series, "In Our Hands" 1950

Parts 3 & 4 are especially apropo in our time and circumstances.

From: lc  Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009

Prophetic?  Hmmmm.  Read what is written about this old short film. It was made in the 1950's.  You may have to click on the "play" button one or more time to get it to play, but it should play. 

Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. In Our Hands, Part 1: How We Got What We Have (1950) source: http://www.archive.org/details/InOurHan1950 How economic progress comes from the accumulation of privately owned tools of production; demonstrates the need for tools by showing a young couple with their infant child in a wilderness with nothing but natural resources and their hands.	Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. In Our Hands, Part 2: What We Have (1950) source: http://www.archive.org/details/InOurHan1950_2 Strengths of the American free enterprise system and how it meets the needs of its citizens. T
Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. In Our Hands, Part 3: How To Lose What We Have (1950) source: http://www.archive.org/details/InOurHan1950_3 Drama of an authoritarian (probably Communist-type) coup in the U.S., assisted by apathy, an indifference to federal intervention in community affairs, and lack of economic incentive.	Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. In Our Hands, Part 4: How to Keep What We Have (1950) source: http://www.archive.org/details/InOurHan1950_4 How a limited government and private control over labor, resources and tools can stave off a Communist takeover of the U.S.

This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
Producer: Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
Sponsor: American Economic Foundation, The (Inland Steel Co. & Borg-Warner Corp.)
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Cold War; Free enterprise; Anti-communism
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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