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Camera passes by suburban tract houses, kids play in yards, Woman dances in futuristic kitchen, View of more suburban tract houses, Chart labeled Residential Building Construction shows rate of construction in the 1930s, Still pictures (advertising photos) of: man looking at architectural plans, married couple gazing into crystal ball at image of new home, married couple trying to make sense of assembly plans, men sitting in a conference discussing blueprint, Hand points at drawing of three pie charts showing financial information, Cover of handbook titled Suggested Land Subdivision Regulations, Footage of suburban development, kids on bikes, men riding horses, all from the film "This Is Tomorrow.", Cover of magazine showing a large V with a drawing of a house behind it, Overhead view of cars on a freeway, Titles of an industrial film: The Asbestos-Cement Products Association Presents "According To Plan.", Man in suit and hat shows other man a sign advertising a lot for sale, Industrial film titles: "Better Housing News Flashes.", Text on screen: Housing Act Peps Building, Animated chart shows the decrease of new home construction in the 1930s, An array of newspaper clippings about new housing, Men work on a residential construction site, Construction workers lay brick and mortar in place at residential construction site, Men hammer nails into house, Men on ladder paint side of house, Construction workers sit in front of construction site and eat sandwiches, drink coffee, Cover of pamphlet: Amortized Mortgage - Government Insured, Emblem of The FHA reads: Better Housing Program, (The following footage can also be seen in "This Is Tomorrow"), Plane in flight, POV plane: View of land tracts below, Kid on roller skates rolls along paved pathway in front of suburban house, View of attractive houses, Row of suburban houses along neighborhood street, Men ride on horseback in country setting, Children run happily out of modern school building, Boys on bikes ride toward camera, with suburban houses in background, Boys on bikes ride under bridge, Newspaper delivery boy tosses paper onto stoop of modern building, Inside library woman places book on bookshelf, Housewife tends to laundry in washing machine then steps onto patio to join her girlfriends, Boys play in front of store, Woman shopper looks at cans in grocery aisle, Woman selects a head of lettuce, hands it to clerk who places it on scale, Young boy lifts grocery bag, Boys with wagons wait outside grocery store, Boys and girls walk into modern school building, Young woman paints a picture of the building in front of her, Boys ride bikes along paved paths in suburban development, Boy scoots along in his wagon, tosses newspapers to neighboring houses, Chapter III: FHA. HOME FOR VETERANS (1946), An explosion lights up the night sky, Soldier wearing steel helmet looks up from his foxhole and begins gazing at picture of a house, Soldier ducks for another explosion, reaches for his picture, Man and woman walk along road, man pushes baby carriage, Views of government buildings and the Capitol Building, Text on screen: National Housing Agency, Text on screen super imposed over images of people in offices and city settings:, Veterans Housing Project Is Launched To Help Solve Housing Emergency In Hundreds Of Cities, The Target: 2,700,000 Homes and Apartments by the end of 1947!, View of valley dotted by houses, graphic images of signs labeled 1945, 1946 and 1947 appear over the scene, Man brings a meeting to order, discusses a plan for housing, Man's finger points to drawings of houses, Men shake hands while visiting plots of land, View of residential area under construction, Man empties wheel barrow filled with bricks at construction site, Men lay fiberglass insulation in wood panels, Men use riveting guns to assemble parts of house, Men assemble walls of a prefabricated house, Man and woman walk toward newly erected house, Camera pans up apartment house under construction, Man in sailor uniform and wife examine an architectural model of a house, View of houses covering a landscape, Man in army uniform pushing baby carriage and wife walk wearily along road, CU man's face as he says "I've Got To Have A Home", Man and woman walk past the camera, then turn around and smile, Hand opens album-style book, first page reads REPORT TO HOME BUILDERS (1946), THE FOLLOWING IS COLOR FOOTAGE, Pages showing drawings of steel rods and modern structures are turned, Hand paints an illustration on page from book, Man signs a document with fountain pen, Wounded man in army uniform steps out of cab and walks toward house with cane, Wife runs out of the house and embraces him, they kiss, Page from pamphlet reads "Things People Plan To Buy First When Peace Comes", Hand holding pencil circles the percentage for Houses And Property, Array of magazines: American Builder, Engineering News, etc, Finger points to printed text in magazine, highlighted in red, Woman's hands open an issue of House Beautiful magazine, a picture of a living room is visible, Woman puts her feet on sofa and reads magazine, POV window looking down on street at cars on road below, Car pulls up to curb and parks, View of newly constructed homes, Array of steel girders. Nice suburban developments, Opening titles of industrial film: The Asbestos-Cement Products Association Husband and wife sit in living room looking at blueprints and architectural model of new house, Couple putting together a model of their dream house, Man moves the walls around, creating a new layout, Husband and wife look at large book of houses, Wife tells how things will be designed to we can see the children playing in the yard. Husband: "not more than six I hope", CU pages of binder showing illustrations of different kinds of houses, hand flips the pages, CU exterior wall of house, Row of suburban houses, Car pulls into garage of suburban house, SUBURAN DEVELOPMENTS IN WOODBURY GARDENS IN LONG ISLAND, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MISSLE HILLS, GLASCO IN MISSOURI, EL DORADO RANCHO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA all seen, in nice shots, Camera pans across new suburban development with identical houses, Men inspect the outside of house, point at roof, Illustrated map of America, Sign: Levittown. (GREAT!!!!!), View of Levittown village-style development, Norman Denny, Levitt employee speaks about the building materials, Boy dives off diving board of built-in swimming pool, Man stands by new house, writes notes on clipboard, he speaks to camera about Levittown, View of Levittown houses, Hand stretches to man and wife on sofa with a piece of building material, The husband takes the material, looks at it, hands it to his wife, Wife looks at it, smiles approvingly and places it on the model of the house, View of suburban house, Man in suit stands (ROY WEBB) in front of suburban house, speaks to camera about building quality housing developments, Husband and wife sit in builder's office, the husband discusses plan with builder and the wife reads a magazine, The husband and wife bicker over details of the house, Little boy stands over architectural model, plays with miniature plane, wife scolds the boy, Little boy wears toy guns, Blonde wife only interested in aesthetics, husband interested in practicalities "I don't know anything about pipes or wires" INCREADIBLY DATED, STEREOTYPED, Builder sits in between the husband and wife, tries to get them to compromise, View of New York Harbor with skyline in background, POV car driving on highway, View of suburban neighborhood (most likely Long Island), Bulldozers prepare lot for construction, View of Levittown development area. (more great developments between Philadelphia and New York), View of newly constructed houses on lots where lawn has not yet been put in, A Levittown Church on the corner of neighborhood, A Levittown playground, Sign: Levittown Shopping Center "America's Finest", View of empty lot of land. (SIMPLY GREAT), Bulldozers dig up land, View of suburban neighborhood with many houses in the background, View of house under construction, Fast-motion photography illustrates the construction of a house by laborers piece by piece all done in one day, Upon completion of the house, the footage returns to regular speed and the workers pose in front of the finished house, Man in tuxedo turns to camera and speaks to the camera, Man in tuxedo conducts a choir behind him as piano player accompanies and a bouncing ball appears over lyrics on screen, Song is sung to tune of Caissons Go Rolling Along. - "Youngstown Kitchens are keeping the lead" (a song about selling kitchen components!), Man in tuxedo and top hat dances with woman in gown and apron in a modern kitchen, CU hand pushes a disc through a slot in cabinet, Woman presses a button on a cabinet, Electric mixer beaters are lowered from cabinet and spin in a mixing bowl as woman looks on, Woman pushes a button, prompting a curved, glass-walled refrigerator to rotate, Woman places a cake pan under a glass dome and skips out of the kitchen, Woman changes into a variety of recreational outfits (stop-action photography): tennis outfit, golfing outfit, swimsuit, Woman returns to kitchen, finds a completely frosted cake under the glass dome, she closes her eyes and makes a wish, Man in his den (African masks on walls, bookcase, globe, etc.) removes press release from wire service machine and reads it aloud, faces camera, View of suburban houses. (seems to look like more Levitt type homes), Man sits at his desk and speaks to camera about FHA, View of newly constructed houses, identical, in new development, Man looks at architectural model, discusses his plans with the builder, Builder shows his projections to clients, CU chart of mortgage rates, Two men inspect a house under construction, they walk around the building site, Man discusses plan with three committee members (two men and a woman), they hold a conference, Still pictures: Brick wall, view of house with trees in front of it, various styles of houses ranging from colonial to ranch, Cars in a traffic jam in small town, Cars in a traffic jam on highway, Man looks annoyed in driver's seat, Couple quarrel in front seat of car stuck in traffic jam, Reflection in side mirror of woman applying lipstick, Montage of faces of men and women in driver's seats stuck in traffic, Aerial view of highway with several on and off ramps, POV driver on highway. (early Road Rage), CU car wheel driving on highway, Aerial view of cars on highway moving freely, Several angles of cars moving freely on highway, Cars drive on a highway overpass. (seems like LOS ANGELES), POV driver in car driving into a tunnel, In the darkness of the tunnel, text appears on screen: Don't Honk Your Horn, Raise Your Voice, Ask For Better Highways, And More Parking Space, It's Your Country, To Get The Green Light, Write Your State Capitol, Write Washington D.C, Write Your Hometown Officials, Postcard Your Newspaper Editors, Call Your Radio and TV Commentators, Support Your Highway Officials, And When You Vote, Vote For Your Right Of Way, Don't Honk Your Horn, The car emerges from the tunnel into the daylight, Aerial view of city, Housewife talks on telephone, smiles, hangs up phone, Housewife in kitchen talks to camera, walks toward sink, turns to face camera, Speaks about the happiness that is a second car (Ford Victoria, Ranch Wagon), Husband in suit gets into car in driveway, drives off, Camera pans to second car in a driveway, a station wagon, Housewife talks to camera in kitchen, Car drives on road, Housewife gets into station wagon, drives off, Ford emblem appears on screen, Camera pans across landscape of pasture and hills, Cars drive along small town street, Camera pans across country landscape, View of trees on mountainside, Aerial view of city, Family walks to their car in crowded parking lot of shopping center, Bulldozer at a construction site, Men lift side of wall at construction site, Partially constructed homes, Illustration of a city and its residential areas around it, Still photo of soldiers walking off ship, Still photo of confetti filling the air during a parade, Still photo of a new ranch-style house, Still photo of many identical houses in a planned suburban community, Aerial view of a suburban housing development, Camera pans up from a traditional farmhouse to a sprawling suburban community, Still photo of an attractively laid out house with complementary landscaping, Still photo of overhead view of hundreds of little box-type houses lined up in grids, Still photo of Crucible Factory, Illustration of housing development plan, POV car passing by several suburban houses in neighborhood, Housewife sings to herself as she enters kitchen, opens refrigerator door, closes it, then looks annoyed when it doesn't stay closed, Housewife runs tap water into a pan, then looks annoyed when the faucet drips after it's been turned off, Housewife turns gas stove dial, it doesn't light, she lights a match to the burner, Man in robe smiles from the roof, sprinkles magic dust on the house, Snow-like dust falls over the housewife, Old sink turns into new, different one, Refrigerator changes from old to new model, Housewife floats over to the refrigerator and touches it admiringly, Old fashioned stove is transformed into a range top and an oven built into the wall, A wall telephone appears on empty wall space, Housewife sings into the telephone. Singing about the wonders of all the new appliances and kitchen phone, CU golden doorknob turns, opens, Camera pans across silhouette of objects: Coffee pot, iron, spatula, vase, bowl, Ceiling lamp fixture is turned on, showing its bright blue color, Camera turns to show side view and top of modern table, Woman in party dress lifts a bowl of fruit from console to table in modernly furnished living room, Camera pulls back to show sleek, modern sideboard with vase on top, A Mies Van Der Rohe chair. Nice views of ultra modern late 1950s home, Camera pans across various modern furniture pieces in living room: chair and ottoman, chair, lighting fixtures, sideboard, dining set, drapes, Camera pans across ultra-modern kitchen with built-in appliances, Housewife in party dress gets up from desk and walks over to range, tilts range top down from its stow-away position, Mother in capri pants attends to baby in play pen while father puts a log in modern fireplace, Mother stands up and walk over to sit in front of modern wall unit containing television and various art objects, Toddler smiles from play pen, Car pulls away from night club entrance as doorman stands by, Camera pans across objects on patio, Silhouette of arrangement of small modern home objects, CU lamp, A stereo speaker shaped like a television set, A modern coffee maker drips coffee into cup below spout, Camera pans across modern office designs, Architectural model of office building, Exterior of star shaped house, Illustration of plane in flight, Modern prototype car drives down road, Man and women emerge from modern prototype car (futuristic) and walk toward modern office building, Sun sets over a domed house. (house of tomorrow circa 1958)