This absurdly pro-business film tells the story of a young man who learns a lesson about capitalism and how his town is dependent upon its factories for their way of life. Young Jerry happens upon a labor uprising outside one of the factories in his town and is seduced by the crowd and the fiery speaker. He is about to join in the mob violence when he is plucked from the melee by a policeman who knows his grandfather. The cop takes him home and his grandfather, who remembers the town back when it was "a vacant lot," tells Jerry the story of how the Manson company "built" their town.
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Your Town: A Story of America (1940)
Tribute to the strengths of the American system of free enterprise funded by a large manufacturers' association. Young Jerry who stops to observe a rowdy labor ...
Your Town A Story of America Pro Capitalism Propaganda 1940
Your Town A Story of America Pro Capitalism Propaganda 1940.
Your Town: A Story of America
A short film dedicated to the progress brought forth by America's suburban expansion.
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