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The Best Made Plans





THE BEST MADE PLANS. (1956, sound, 22min, color, 16mm)


Sponsor: dow Chemical Co. production Co.: dallas Jones productions. resources: Copyright not registered; EFG (1954–58), 32. Holdings: LC/prelinger.


Promotional film for Saran plastic wrap, a Dow Chemical product. Targeting home econom- ics classes, women’s clubs, and community groups, The Best Made Plans follows a weekend in the life of a typical suburban family, during which plastic wrap is used for almost every con- ceivable purpose. With the housewife as field marshal, the husband as passive bumbler, and the young daughter as princess, the film suggests that successful households depend on the near-infinite functionalities of plastic wrap. note: Produced in Kodachrome and released in Eastmancolor. Viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/BestMade1956.






Complete catalog record
THE BEST MADE PLANS. (1956, sound, 22min, color, 16mm) Sponsor: dow Chemical Co. production Co.: dallas Jones productions. resources: Copyright not registered; EFG (1954–58), 32. Holdings: LC/prelinger. Promotional film for Saran plastic wrap, a Dow Chemical product. Targeting home econom- ics classes, women’s clubs, and community groups, The Best Made Plans follows a weekend in the life of a typical suburban family, during which plastic wrap is used for almost every con- ceivable purpose. With the housewife as field marshal, the husband as passive bumbler, and the young daughter as princess, the film suggests that successful households depend on the near-infinite functionalities of plastic wrap. note: Produced in Kodachrome and released in Eastmancolor. Viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/BestMade1956.

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