Takes a pair of jeans as an item of clothing to provide basis for a lesson in economics and clothing manufacture. Uses a lyrical ballad to illustrate the concepts, following the process of making jeans from cotton fields to the boy who buys the new pair, together with a brief history of the garments.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323407
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Clothing trade
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Jeans (Clothing)
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Crafts & Visual Arts → Jeans (Clothing)
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economics - Juvenile films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Jeans (Clothing)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)