Protecting the Consumer (March of Time)

Duration: 5 min

Year Published: 1938

Creator: University of Georgia; University of Illinois; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; University of Wisconsin (rental); Association of School Film Libraries, New York (sale)

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Exposes common tricks used by short-weight and short-measure cheats, showing inspectors as they catch merchants using rigged scales. Specific schemes depicted include weighting turkeys with lead, using a shortened yardstick, printing key figures in extremely small type, and using deceptively oversized boxes or false-bottomed cans.

Complete Record: Category: Weights and Measures Rental price: $1.00-2.00 Sale price: 40 Format: 16mm sound

Metadata Source:Mathematics Films — The Mathematics Teacher (January 1941)