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Motion Picture MP92-19

The 1950 Annual Meeting American Association of Advertising Agencies Welcomes the Honorable Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce, United States of America

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
450 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 40 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Color
Produced by
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

Overview of Commerce Department and its various agencies; Secretary of Commerce Sawyer sworn in, and with President Truman; footage of Secretary Sawyer speaking to the Association of American Manufacturers.

Date(s)
1950

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Titles.
0:35   Views of the Department of Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., and swearing in of Charles Sawyer as Secretary of Commerce, May 6, 1948.
0:45   Views of American workers, business, industry and production.
1:00   Views of import/export trade.
1:20   Views and explanation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the CAA (Civil Aviation Administration), Commerce Department, U.S. Patent Office, Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Public Roads, Weather Bureau, Bureau of the Census.
2:30   Secretary of Commerce, Charles Sawyer.
2:45   Footage of Secretary Sawyer with President Harry S. Truman.
3:05   Footage of Secretary Sawyer on vacation (Spanish soundtrack).
3:50   End of American Association of Advertising Agencies film.
4:10-4:15   Brief clip of Secretary Sawyer addressing the Association of American Manufacturers.
4:55   Footage identical to MP-92-18 (silent) [Five unidentified men with Sawyer behind table at meeting].
5:25   Secretary Sawyer seated at desk (sound).
5:30   END.