| Title: |
Homefires / produced by the Mental Health Film Board, Inc. ; [presented by] U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Division of Adult and Vocational Research. |
| Variant Title: |
Home fires |
| Author(s)/Relationship(s): |
Andersen, Betty H. |
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Tomkins, Harvey J. |
| Publisher: |
[New York, NY] : The Division, [1963] |
| Related Names: |
Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.) |
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United States. Office of Education. Division of Adult and Vocational Research. |
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National Council for Homemaker Services. |
| Description: |
1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (28 min.) : sd., b&w ; 3/4 in. master. |
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1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (28 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. duplication copy. |
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1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (28 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. viewing copy. |
| Content Type: |
two-dimensional moving image |
| Media Type: |
video |
| Carrier Type: |
videocassette |
| Language: |
eng |
| Electronic Links: |
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9301056A |
| MeSH Subjects: |
Career Choice |
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Homemaker Services |
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Instructional Film and Video |
| Summary: |
This film profiles a Homemaker Service that provides assistance to families and individuals in their own homes. The camera follows one homemaker as she cares for the families assigned to her. She is shown as she shops, prepares meals, and does light housework for an elderly couple who would otherwise be unable to live on their own. The homemaker works under the supervision of a public health nurse. When a Puerto Rican mother of six is injured, the homemaker looks after the children and helps with the housework as the mother recuperates. Because the mother is unfamiliar with some American ways and is not well-educated, the homemaker teaches her how to use household equipment, how to budget household money, and how to plan nutritionally balanced meals. As the homemaker helps to care for a third, more affluent family, she becomes aware of the strain they are under because of the mother’s hospitalization for depression and the father’s negative attitude toward the mother. She calls for expert help in this situation. The homemaker is also shown attending an in-service training session. The film emphasizes that the women who staff the Homemaker Service are, for the most part, women who have raised families and taken care of homes of their own. |
| Notes: |
Live. |
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Title on label: Home fires. |
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"Produced ... with the cooperation of the Family Service Society of Bridgeport, Conn." |
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Produced pursuant to a grant with the U.S. Office of Education under the provision of Part A, Section 4 (c) of the Vocational Education act of 1963. |
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Date is production date. |
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Last inspected: 199210. Condition complete; rainy/scratched. |
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Written and directed by Irving Jacoby ; project director, Alberta Jacoby ; associate producer, Peter Hansen ; camerman Roger Barlow ; editor, Helen Levitt ; consultants, Betty H. Andersen, Harvey J. Tomkins and the National Council for Homemaker Services. |
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Also available online. |
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Videocassette (Betacam SP) Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, 2004. 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
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Videodisc (DVD) Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, 2017. 1 videodisc (28 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Copyright Status: |
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. |
| NLM Unique ID: |
9301056A |
| Other ID Numbers: |
(OCoLC)31650149 |
