Summary

Big Board, The

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Title: Big Board, The
File Number: PA-0730 Digibeta
Color: Color
Type: Educational Industrial
Year: 01/01/1958
Description: Big Board, The Presents a study of the working procedures of the New York Stock Exchange Includes scenes showing the activities of exchange brokers and bidders Ken Smith sez: This film, made for institutional investors, breaks down the functions of your market team on the exchange floor By clumsily mixing b w stock shots with color footage filmed on minimalist fifties sets, this film shows that the main function of people such as brokers, specialists, and governors is to keep the Market orderly You don't have to know much about the stock exchange to realize that the procedures shown in this film are pretty out-of-date
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