Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum


Motion Picture MP72-75.

Money at Work.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Date: Unknown.
Formats: 16mm.
Sound: Yes.
Color: No.
Running Time: 15 min. 58 min.
Footage: 550 feet.
Produced by: The New York Stock Exchange and The March of Time.
Copyright Restrictions: The March of Time.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
0:00 Scenes of New York City and the New York Stock Exchange, exterior and interior.
1:38 View of floor of exchange during trading. Narration on how brokers exchange stocks for people all over the country. Close-up on brokers.
3:05 Views of various industries and narration on how the exchange has played an important part in building the railroad system, steel, oil refining, automotive, wartime production.Narration on the idea of mass production; possible because common American people are partners in industry through stocks.
6:37 Diagram on how investment works along with accompanying narration; shows how New York Stock Exchange works in this relationship. More scenes of floor of exchange and various jobs people perform there.
11:13 Shows how people select companies to invest in including the brokers.
12:05 Board of Governors of New York Stock Exchange and their function.
12:41 Scenes of 1929 Stock Market Crash and how Board of Governors are trying to avoid such things again through strict requirements and regulations. Warns that the final safeguard must be supplied by investor’s own judgment and discretion. Shows scenes of people making investments, stock page of newspapers, certificates.

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The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

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