Analysis: The Child Metal Collectors
Visual #1
Title: The Child Metal Collectors
Medium: Photograph taken in Waterbury, CT
Photographer: Fred Chesson
Year: Around the mid 1940s-Date not mentioned
URL: https://www-tc.pbs.org/thewar/images/inline_pics/at_home_family_a_5.jpg
The image above shows children collecting metal scraps in their neighborhood in Waterbury, Connecticut. While their parents contributed to the war as much as they could, young children also tried to do their part. The Office of Civilian defense had asked families to collect scrap metal or other materials which weapons and materials for the war could be made. Children were the biggest collectors of these materials and persistently went out on the streets to find whatever they could. They collected materials such as squashed cans, milkweed, and tires. The metal could be used to make weapons, the milkweed could be made to make safety vests, and the tires could be used for the needed supply of rubber for the war. Any of these scraps could be exchanged for a small sum of money. If the materials were brought down to the movie theater they …show more content…
The audience would be children and adults watching movies at the theatre. During World War Two, movie theatres played many War movies. These movies acted as a way to notify the people at home of what is going on in the war. These movies were a way of spreading news and awareness of the war as there weren’t any televisions available. This image shows how children had a role in the war even while being at home in the US, because they attended many movies and additionally before movies, there were newsreels which talked about the war. These newsreels gave updates and information about the war as well as showed images and videos from the fighting. These movies and newsreels before movies gave information about the war to the children and made them more knowledgeable about the
Title: The Child Metal Collectors
Medium: Photograph taken in Waterbury, CT
Photographer: Fred Chesson
Year: Around the mid 1940s-Date not mentioned
URL: https://www-tc.pbs.org/thewar/images/inline_pics/at_home_family_a_5.jpg
The image above shows children collecting metal scraps in their neighborhood in Waterbury, Connecticut. While their parents contributed to the war as much as they could, young children also tried to do their part. The Office of Civilian defense had asked families to collect scrap metal or other materials which weapons and materials for the war could be made. Children were the biggest collectors of these materials and persistently went out on the streets to find whatever they could. They collected materials such as squashed cans, milkweed, and tires. The metal could be used to make weapons, the milkweed could be made to make safety vests, and the tires could be used for the needed supply of rubber for the war. Any of these scraps could be exchanged for a small sum of money. If the materials were brought down to the movie theater they …show more content…
The audience would be children and adults watching movies at the theatre. During World War Two, movie theatres played many War movies. These movies acted as a way to notify the people at home of what is going on in the war. These movies were a way of spreading news and awareness of the war as there weren’t any televisions available. This image shows how children had a role in the war even while being at home in the US, because they attended many movies and additionally before movies, there were newsreels which talked about the war. These newsreels gave updates and information about the war as well as showed images and videos from the fighting. These movies and newsreels before movies gave information about the war to the children and made them more knowledgeable about the