Challenge of Change - PT2 : Presented by the US Dept. of Labor, about the history of the Dept of Labor, 1913-1933.
WWI Era Montage: Various shots of large field and rail cannons firing. LS mast of ship sinking (not the Lusitania), newspaper spinning at cam w/ headline, LUSITANIA SUNK BY SUB. MS President WOODROW WILSON working at desk, newspaper copy spinning at cam w/ headline: UNITED STATES DECLARES WAR! TLS American troops marching in Washington DC w/ Capitol Dome in BG, newspaper spinning at cam w/ headline: YANKS ARE COMING! Quick MS Gen. JOHN J. PERSHING riding horse. LSs (American? British?) troops advancing over glen; MS small field cannon firing; LSs explosions on battlefield; LS several fighters in air; MSs tanks in combat (battle). (Recreation): Men working inside office of War Labor Administration.
Labor Montage (1914-1918): MS young white women w/ bobbed hair working in textile mills. LS women marching w/ flags & banners. MSs young women working in textile mills. LS worker shoveling coal into an industrial furnace. TLS parade drumming up support for organized labor.
WWI Armistice Montage: TLS pan celebration in New York, massive crowds waving flags. MS crowd celebrating as ticker tape falls. High angle view of NYC celebration, American flags hung on building facades, ticker tape falling, massive crowd gathered in street. MCU men & women w/ arms linked dancing. MS celebration in the street w/ people waving American flags & effigy of the Kaiser. GV people celebrating in the street. Low angle GV looking up at ship loaded w/ waving American soldiers / doughboys returning home. Elevated GV large crowd of soldiers smiling & waving for camera. GV soldiers exiting ship. GV soldiers marching through crowd. Elevated LS soldiers quayside w/ their bags. (Recreation): MSs interview between returning doughboy and labor dept. representative.
Labor Montage (1914-1918): Quick MS black man and woman working side by side in cotton field (picking cotton). MS white women working in textile mill. MS black men working in foundry.