A humorous look at the Christmas shopping season

Title card: "Xmas Comes but Once a Year" / title card: "So" / title card: "Shop Early" / VS interior Kress Dept. Store filled with shoppers / repeat title cards "So" & "Shop Early" & Kress interiors / title card "Mail Early" / VS men sort packages on conveyor belt, throwing them around / title card: "Let the Kids See Santa." / ship's bow mock up, Santa Claus appears & gathered children cheer / children up "gangplank" to see Santa / VS Santa & elves in workshop make toys / Santa surrounded by children in front of large star shape / title card: "Have a good time yourself, Pop" / man enters store through revolving door / at lingerie counter holds up large pair of panties / clerk leans across counter to point out model wearing robe, man turns & admires / CU he makes a pleased face / man at perfume counter is sprayed by clerk, he reacts negatively & wipes his face / sign: "The Fair Chicago Please do not handle Trains" sits amidst toy train tracks / man leans over display and starts train to run / MS train set, he leans in and wrecks oncoming train / man squeezes out elevator door laden with packages, drops them all as crowd pushes off elevator behind him / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "Xmas Comes but Once a Year" / title card: "So" / title card: "Shop Early" / VS interior Kress Dept. Store filled with shoppers / repeat title cards "So" & "Shop Early" & Kress interiors / title card "Mail Early" / VS men sort packages on conveyor belt, throwing them around / title card: "Let the Kids See Santa." / ship's bow mock up, Santa Claus appears & gathered children cheer / children up "gangplank" to see Santa / VS Santa & elves in workshop make toys / Santa surrounded by children in front of large star shape / title card: "Have a good time yourself, Pop" / man enters store through revolving door / at lingerie counter holds up large pair of panties / clerk leans across counter to point out model wearing robe, man turns & admires / CU he makes a pleased face / man at perfume counter is sprayed by clerk, he reacts negatively & wipes his face / sign: "The Fair Chicago Please do not handle Trains" sits amidst toy train tracks / man leans over display and starts train to run / MS train set, he leans in and wrecks oncoming train / man squeezes out elevator door laden with packages, drops them all as crowd pushes off elevator behind him / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
613370228
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 December, 1936
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:55:19
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002042_03_01.mov