Home Management: Why Budget? (1950)

February 18, 2009 · By admin

Explains what the budget is, how it is set up in relation to needs and income, and what is to be gained by following a well-planned budget. B/W 1950 Tips on how to budget to get what you want with excellent paternalistic VO. 18:11:56:00 B/W 1950 Men relax at home, smoking. Young woman lies on bed and reads magazing. Illustration, piggy bank with dollar signs. VO, “”Betty is like most people - there’s one thing she wants more than anything else. Betty wants a new fur coat.”" Betty daydreams, sees herself in fur coat. JD sees himself flying new airplane in daydream. Father reads to son who sits in his lap. VO explains budget. “”A budget is a plan for spending designed to give the maximun satisfaction for a given income.”" JD Perry sits at desk working on his budget. Betty works on bed on her budget. VS of car salesman in showroom. Young woman drinks soda in drugstore. Mother and father decide to forgo going to the movies to buy their son roller skates. VS for installment plans and buying on credit. 18:18:40:00 B/W 1950 EXT bank, sign “”First National Bank”" Working class man writes out budget with help of wife. CU trash can with paper being throw into it. Businessmen shake hands over deal. Home visit by doctor - takes young woman’s pulse as she lies in bed. Man enters living room and takes new shotgun from cover as woman holding dish cloth watches from kitchen. Letter, “”Your rent is now ten days overdue…”" Man packs away shotgun, VO, “”If Joe had consulted his budget he would have discovered that he could not afford the gun..”" CU savings bank book. Dreams come true, man gets into airplane, woman tries on fur coat, young man graduates - VO, “”You’re more likely to get what you want if you plan your spending; if you use a budget.