The industrial worker

Series: U.S. Regional Geography Series

Duration: 0:16:44

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the nature of work in a mass-production factory, analyzing some of the implications of automation. Points out that although assembly line techniques have brought repetitive and boring working conditions they have also brought a higher standard of living to the worker. Concludes that automation can bring freedom to the worker but it also provides a challenge to retrain and adjust to the new circumstances., Portrays the nature of work in a mass-production factory, analyzing some of the implications of automation. Points out that although assembly line techniques have brought repetitive and boring working conditions they have also brought a higher standard of living to the worker. Concludes that automation can bring freedom to the worker but it also provides a challenge to retrain and adjust to the new circumstances.

Complete Record: , Portrays the nature of work in a mass-production factory, analyzing some of the implications of automation. Points out that although assembly line techniques have brought repetitive and boring working conditions they have also brought a higher standard of living to the worker. Concludes that automation can bring freedom to the worker but it also provides a challenge to retrain and adjust to the new circumstances.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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