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13168_10675_measuring_tape_production

1955
B&W

New Jersey. Begins with scene from a tennis club in New York with white workers using measuring tape to mark spots in a lawn that is to become a tennis court. Segues into how measuring tape is made in a factory. Young African-American woman working in the assembly line and pouring enamel on the measuring tape. Various white and African-American women workers checking the finished measuring tape for mistakes or flaws. Ends with a tennis game on a tennis court with four white male tennis players. Male VO again talks about how we must end government regulation as this will raise the standard of living (very right-wing ideology).