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Title: Imports
Date(s): 1968
Description: Short film arguing that too much foreign steel is being imported into the United States via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, threatening the American steel industry. Shares scenes with the film Where's Joe?
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC150
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Thomas F. Patton address
Date(s): 1960
Description: Republic Steel President Thomas F. Patton delivers a short speech regarding the importation and exportation of steel. Patton argues that if foreign countries impose high tarrifs on American steel, the United States government must impose the same tarrifs on imported steel.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC312
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Where's Joe?
Date(s): 1972
Contributor(s): United Steelworkers of America (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Coordinating Committee Steel Companies (Producer)
Description: The first ninety seconds of this film shows footage from the U.S. union and management joint steel productivity conference at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on December 14, 1972. The "Joe" in the film title refers to the "Joes" who no longer have jobs in U.S. steel mills because of increased imported steel. The film's narrator claims, "Joe has been replaced by Jose, Hans, or Toshika, all productive steelworkers, but not in the U.S." The film contends that because steel is a critical...
Show moreThe first ninety seconds of this film shows footage from the U.S. union and management joint steel productivity conference at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. on December 14, 1972. The "Joe" in the film title refers to the "Joes" who no longer have jobs in U.S. steel mills because of increased imported steel. The film's narrator claims, "Joe has been replaced by Jose, Hans, or Toshika, all productive steelworkers, but not in the U.S." The film contends that because steel is a critical component for many American made products, the slightest possibility that bargaining might result in a strike sets up "hedge buying" to accumulate inventories just in case shipments are shut off. The film was designed to convince labor that strikes – even talks of strikes - were harmful. The film targeted people who work in the U.S. steel industry. The film includes appearances by Edwin H. Gott, U.S. Steel Chairman, and I.W. Abel, President of the United Steel Workers of America. Cinecraft's Bob Haviland directed the film.
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Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC001
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Building Economic Understanding: Exploring Foreign Competition
Date(s): 1962
Contributor(s): Republic Steel Corporation (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: L. I. Underwood, General Export Manager at Republic Steel, calls attention to the various dangers that foreign competition poses to the health of the American steel industry. Part of the "Building Economic Understanding" series.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC443
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films