HISTORY: An old (very old) journalism video

[reposting from an item on the Dean of Students Blog, March 23, 2008]

WARNING: You'll find this old film alternatively fascinating, exciting, sad, sexist and more. See what was suggested for women at 5:18.

It's from "Your Life Work" an early 1940s series by Arthur P. Twogood, associate professor, vocational education, Iowa State College.

See updated info from the J-school's own resident journalism historian, Prof. Andie Tucher:

The film is available at the Library of Congress in the Prelinger collection — a bizarre and wonderful resource for years’ worth of industrials, educational films, public-service announcements, and other “ephemeral” moving images — that was privately held in NY for years (and beloved by documentary makers) before it was donated to the Library. This film was made in 1940 as part of an educational series on vocations and professions.

A description and collection of the films for various professions are available on this page at Archive.org, with this description: "...a set of educational shorts from the early 1940’s meant to inspire young post-depression workers into specific new careers." You can watch 2,000 films from the Prelinger collection here: http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger