Inheritance

Contrasts contemporary work patterns with those of pre-industrial days, describing the diminished importance of the individual worker in industrial societies. Compares factory system labor with the work and lives of five American indigenous crafts people. Presents the work of a tinsmith, blacksmith, basket-weaver and an American Indian lacrosse stick-maker.
, This Film features a number of hereditary New York craftsmen whose work and lives delineate the glaring difference between the modern worker and the independent, self-motivated worker of a century ago. The Film examines the meaning of work and the crucial role it plays in human happiness.