PREVIEW CASSETTE 201440 This film attempts to demystify credit cards and the system of borrowed finance. Fairly heady (moralistic) for its time and geared towards the youth crowd.
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Sisters Lulu and Sam, blond teenage girls wearing colorfully funky sweaters, sitting in a white lighting studio and talking fairly hip to the camera about credit.
Text explaining retail credit.
Sisters Lulu and Sam, blond teenage girls wearing colorfully funky sweaters, sitting in a white lighting studio and talking fairly hip to the camera about credit.
Teen girls shopping, passing by windows and wandering through department stores and riding escalators.
In studio, CU of sweaters on a table rising one by one towards the camera. Sam mouthing her father's words of wisdom (his voice, her face). Dad appears speaking the truth about credit and finance charges, much to the girls' blatant chagrin.
Retail Merchants Credit Association. Female office employees work on typewriters and at file cabinets.
CU's of a credit report (Credit history)
Female office employees work on typewriters and at file cabinets.
In studio, Dad speaking the truth about credit and finance charges to his teenage daughters
Graphics explaining "Simple Interest". CU's of a finance charge bill as Dad explains how interest is charged.
Teen girl, Lulu, wearing a sweet hot pink outfit, shopping for matching pink gloves, purse and
CU of department store credit card. CU's of receipts being filled out.
Teen girl, Lulu, wearing a sweet hot pink outfit, shopping for earrings.
Female office worked stamps a piece of paper. CU of piece of paper with word "Delinquent" written on it.
Zooming on face of teen girl.
CU of credit card statement spinning. Dad explains revolving credit.
Graphics explaining "True Annual Interest".
CU of bank statements and bills piling up.
Table shots of consumer items: a camera, a fur lined coat, a record player (turntable), a Siamese cat, and a government savings bond.
Graphics explaining interest. A bank statement book being flipped through.
In studio, Dad lecturing the teenage girls on credit and interest.
Graphics recap of the information on credit.
Women office workers working in credit office.
Graphics on interest. CU of percentages being written on a sheet of paper.
In studio Dad and the teen girls waving to the camera as it dollys out.
End Credits