Motion Picture MP72-75

Money at Work

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
550 feet
Running Time
16 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
The New York Stock Exchange and The March of Time
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Film about the New York Stock Exchange and how the stock market works.

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

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.