Homefires

Homefires

Alternate Title(s):
Home fires
Contributor(s):
Andersen, Betty H.
Tomkins, Harvey J.
Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.)
United States. Office of Education. Division of Adult and Vocational Research.
National Council for Homemaker Services.
Publication:
[New York, NY] : The Division, [1963]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Career Choice
Homemaker Services
Genre(s):
Instructional Film and Video
Abstract:
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.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
028 min.
Color:
Black and white
Credits:
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.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
9301056A (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
31650149
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9301056A