Video URL


13171_7315_fix_it_yourself

1943
B&W

Newsreel about the “Fix-It Yourself” craze during the war. Shots of women repairing appliances and house hold items in a workshop. Shot of an old man in a repair shop. Table full of items to be repaired like lamps, coffee makers, drills, toaster, vacuums, etc. Shot of a man in an apron holding a piece to be repaired. LS of a fix it yourself workshop at a table with a group of people sitting and a man standing up talking to them as he shows them something. Shots of those adults working on repairs. Shots of high school students learning repair in their school’s wood or metal shop. MCU of young Asian boy hitting something with a mallet. Ending shot with a girl repairing an iron.