[1960s SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PROMO FILM EXCERPT SSA RECORDS]

[Music] for better ways of doing things. From the time your social security card is issued and you begin your first job, an accurate record of your earnings is kept for you. Using the most modern system yet devised for keeping records, the Social Security Administration handles efficiently and effectively the almost overwhelming volume of what once was paperwork. and has now worked for magnetic tape and microfilm. Under the law and the regulations, information in your social security record is confidential. Information from your record can be given only to you or to your authorized representative. When the time comes for you as a worker or your dependent to claim benefits under the Social Security law, the local Social Security office will help you. Then they'll send your claim to one of the seven payment centers in the United States. here. Trained people authorize payment and see to it that your check is mailed each month. Once your checks are started, you may never need to go to a Social Security office again. But if you do have any further questions, the people in your local Social Security office will be glad to help you. If you're unable because of illness or disability to visit your Social Security office, a telephone call or a letter will bring a field representative to your home to help you with any Social Security problem you may have. Not many of us can expect to be collecting our Social Security benefits at the ripe old age of 122, as does Charlie Smith. But when we do reach retirement age, it's good to know that our remaining years of life will be made a good deal easier and more secure by the benefits we have earned under our social security system. [Music]