INDUSTRIAL, LABOR UNIONS, TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE; 1959
00:01:00,Cars and pedestrians on busy city street, Man at desk in bank, gives information to woman at typewriter, Woman types up report, Man starts to sign paper, stops, looks at hands, Shot of hands (POV), Clothes hang on line in tenement backyard, Woman throws water out window of tenement, Woman picks in trash can, Street vendors on Lower East Side tenement block, Men work at sewing machines in garment shop, Sweatshop activity, Men argue with cruel boss. Philosophical, Boss fires tailor in sewing shop, Woman hangs clothes in tenement, Husband comes home with sewing machine, Man talks with wife about losing job, Man and wife in apartment, quarrel about the union, Crowds come out of factory (real, newsreel), Strikers with signs picket factory (immigrants on march), Workers line up to put jewelry into collection basket, Jewelry in basket, Man pokes finger through hole in shoe, Man offers pretzel to striker. Strikers argue, Strikers with signs picket in front of shop, Repossession man takes table from woman in apartment, Shots of empty garment shop, machines, Wheel on sewing machine starts up, Men work in garment factory. Sew, iron, Sick worker coughs at sewing machine, Father at home with girl, she models new shoes, Father gives licorice sticks to daughter, Sick man coughs in union meeting, Man gives tough speech in union meeting, Women workers in garment factory, Mean boss scolds woman for leaving machine, Boss bolts door on women workers in shop, Sign on door for Triangle Shirt Waist Company, Women work, sewing in sweatshop, Women laugh over sewing, Woman spots smoke coming in under door, Women scream, panic to escape fire in sweatshop, Women pound on door to escape fire, Woman falls trampled, Dress runs through sewing machine by itsself, Flames (great recreation of Triangle fire), Shadows of people walk past row of caskets, Mourners file past caskets, Curtains blow in window of tenement, Man in tenement, Wife comes in, brings soup to sick husband, Man eats soup, compliments wife, Wife and husband quarrel about man's health, Italian man talks to wife about Triangle fire. Philosophical, Shot of hospital entrance, Doctor concludes examination, Man talks to doctor about friend's condition, Taylor works in garment shop, measures, Woman poses with new dress, Man in soldier uniform (acutal newsreel footage from 1920s), Soldiers march in parade, people with flags, Women model the latest fashions, Men work in garment factory at machines, Depression headline montage, Poor woman looks in store window, weeping, Hand holds out three pennies, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) 1932 inaugural speech, Sign for NRA, FDR gives speech about worker-management relations, Man talks to friend at desk in office. Men talk about union, Montage of people ringing doorbells, Truck passes with signs for ILGWU, Crowd of women enter building, Women sign up for garment workers union, Crowds enter building. Hands exchanging, Man at home, looks at paper, sits down, Man burns hand on hot cup, Wife comes home, talks union with husband, Man drinks from saucer, Wife tells husband to get feet off sofa, Man and wife quarrel over money. Union dues, Man on couch holds feet in air, Men look over garment in shop, Men haggle over price of garment in shop (MOS), Bosses on phones at desk. Quarrel (MOS), Men haggle over price of garment (MOS), Arbitrators in office arbitrate case (MOS), Workers with signs picket in front of shop, Woman poses in art class, women draw and sculpt in art classes, Man leads union class. People at desks in class, Shot of Unity House, people on campus, Man with wife in rowboat, fishing, Man fishes in boat, Man argues with wife in boat, Shots of scenic lake, ILGWU Health Center Building, Man gets information at reception desk, Man gets blood pressure taken, Man gets chest x-ray (man gets physical), Man gets various tests in clinic. Various machines, reflexes, Man talks to doctor about age in office. Doctor tells him to slow down, Doctor writes, gives man prescription, Man leaves doctor's office, Man comes home, wife quarrels, Man relaxes on couch, talks with wife, Crowds cross city street. Traffic (1950), Garment workers work in shops. Modern 1950, Mother and child model clothes, Mannequins model clothes, Garment worker hands at work, Man in office looks at hands, Man signs paper in bank, Man thanks woman at desk, leaves, Man talks to woman joining union. Talks philosophically, Man walks out of building