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Film, Video What makes us tick

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Title

  • What makes us tick

Summary

  • John Q. Public learns about investing in common stock and the process of listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) through the story of an oil drum company's expansion to meet the increasing production demands of its customers. The owner of the Oil Drum Mfg. Co. gets a corporation charter and permit to sell shares, works with an investment banker to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and eventually sees the corporation obtain NYSE listing. The film both emphasizes how common stock investments have helped the United States become prosperous and powerful and reminds John Q. Public to get the facts prior to investing because of the risk involved.

Names

  • Sutherland, John, 1910-2001, film producer
  • Urbano, Carl, 1910-2003, animator, film director
  • Hiestand, John, narrator
  • Vigran, Herb, voice actor
  • Gordon, George, 1906-1986, film producer
  • Nevius, Gerald, 1914-1997, art director
  • Starr, Ed, 1908-1971, art director
  • Poddany, Eugene, 1919-1984, composer
  • Gillespie, Arnold, 1915-1982, animator
  • Hawkins, Emery, animator
  • Higgins, Bill, 1911-1991, animator
  • New York Stock Exchange, sponsor, copyright claimant
  • John Sutherland Productions, production company
  • Modern Talking Picture Service, film distributor
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc., 1952.

Headings

  • -  New York Stock Exchange
  • -  United States.--Securities and Exchange Commission
  • -  Stocks--United States
  • -  Investments--United States

Genre

  • Educational films
  • Sponsored films
  • Animated films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  MP2292 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: The New York Stock Exchange; 1May52; MP2292.
  • -  Narrator: John Hiestand.
  • -  Voice: Herb Vigran.
  • -  Associate producer, George Gordon ; art direction, Gerald Nevius, Edgar Starr ; music score, Eugene Poddany ; animation, Arnold Gillespie, Emery Hawkins, Bill Higgins.
  • -  Parts of summary from "Developing the student-citizen of finance: sponsored film at the New York Stock Exchange, 1947-1973."
  • -  "Last December [1951], the New York Stock Exchange opened a new exhibit room and theatre adjoining the gallery overlooking the trading floor. Visitors who come to the Exchange (it is one of the sights of New York) view the seemingly hectic procedings on the floor, look at exhibits and models of the operations of the Exchange and usually visit the theatre for a showing of a film which goes on every half hour. Beginning this month [December 1952], the Exchange will replace an older film, Money At Work [1947], that had been fairly satisfactory but did not exactly 'tick' as it should have, with a new picture, What Makes Us Tick, that is completely different"--Business screen, 1952, v. 13, no. 3, p. 43, viewed online January 17, 2024 via the Internet Archive.
  • -  "The Stock Exchange stepped up its educational program tremendously. Its color cartoon movie called 'What Makes Us Tick' was a hit. More people were conducted through the visitors gallery above the trading floor than ever before in its history"--Ottawa citizen, January 1, 1953, p. 21, viewed January 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  • -  Sources used: MI Film and Television catalog card; NAVCC Acquisition file (Copyright, 1952) Copyright selection list; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1950-1959, p. 377, viewed January 17, 2024 via the Internet Archive; Business screen, 1967, v. 28, no. 4, p. 387, viewed online January 17, 2024 via the Media History Digital Library; Business screen, 1952, v. 13, no. 3, p. 43, viewed online January 17, 2024 via the Media History Digital Library; Ottawa citizen, January 1, 1953, p. 21, viewed January 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed January 17, 2024; Hughes, K. "Developing the student-citizen of finance: sponsored film at the New York Stock Exchange, 1947-1973." Historical journal of film, radio and television, v. 40, no. 2 (2020), pp. 325-348, viewed online January 17, 2024 via Taylor & Francis.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (10 min.) : sd., col.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024603020

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Sutherland, John, Film Producer, Carl Urbano, John Hiestand, Herb Vigran, George Gordon, Gerald Nevius, Ed Starr, et al. What Makes US Tick. composeds by Poddany, Eugene, , produceds by John Sutherland Productionsuction Company United States: Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc, 1952. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024603020/.

APA citation style:

Sutherland, J., Urbano, C., Hiestand, J., Vigran, H., Gordon, G., Nevius, G. [...] Copyright Collection. (1952) What Makes US Tick. Poddany, E., comp, , John Sutherland Productionsuction Company, prod United States: Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024603020/.

MLA citation style:

Sutherland, John, Film Producer, et al. What Makes US Tick. comp by Poddany, Eugene, , prod by John Sutherland Productionsuction Company United States: Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc, 1952. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024603020/>.