| The Value of Our Name (Harris Bank) | ||
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| Catalog #: | 459446 | |
| Clip Number: | 459446-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 1561 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Year Shot: | 1975 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUSINESS: Banks | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98383/1 04.00.00 0'.... opening montage: 4 level split screen of bankers and banking facilities on typical operating day.... brief history of the Harris Bank starting with the efforts of Norman W. Harris, b. 1846; numerous portraits, archival photos and etchings relative to story (lots of trains, roads, bridges, bonds, citiy life stills, ports, industrialization,etc). 100'..... continuation.... the boom of Harris Bank; lots of construction, newspaper clippings, street life, bonds, portraits; photos of the devastation caused in the wake of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906.... trolley cars, pedestrians, crowds, railyards. 200'..... 1911, the building of the new facility; portraits of Norman and his son A.W.; CU of profit sharing program plan (one of the first of its kind), pension plan, still photos of crowds circa 1930's, MS of Chicago Tribune paper bearing "Banker A.W. Harris Dies" on front page. 300'..... graph breakdown of Bank and its corporate holdings.... general orientation montage: MS's and CU's of new employees learning the ropes in both classroom and boardroom (self-promoting their pre-affirmitive action affirmitive action plan). 400'..... montage of banking procedures; tellers, brokers, early computers, financial advisors, administrators, executives, drive thru windows, daily operations, speakers, clients, gold bars, adding machine, money being hand counted, MS of heavyset man wearing a business suit and carrying a large stuffed lion plush doll..... wide travelling LS of a commercial plane landing.... low angle tight LS of a TWA plane's nose. 500'..... over the shoulder MS of an artist coloring an illustration at a drawing table..... brief Harris Bank TV spot (whimsical piece as clients show off their respective Harris Banker, the last one introduces his son-in-law who has not done an exceptional job as his advisor..... closing CU montage of Harris Bank employees grinning for the camera. | |
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