Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Linda Wertheimer with report on steps to protect US shoe industry. (Unemployment, imports, foreign business competition.)
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Shot of "Shoe Business" themed show. Audience seated at stage with fashion-show type runway. Female model in cabaret costume sings "no business like shoe business". Various models walking on runway modeling shoes. Voiceover notes that most of the models are members of Congress who have shoe factories in home district.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Representative John McKernan (R - Maine) I m not modeling tonight because I m not as dumb as I look. When you have a 13A shoe, you don t walk around having everybody look at your feet.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Senator Jesse Helms (R - North Carolina) walking down runway. Close up of Helms s, shows his suit cuffs rolled up, wearing burgundy-colored work boots. Senator Jesse Helms, Well I hope that it will emphasize the quality of the products manufactured in this country. Frankly, I don t mind saying, I hope it will encourage the American people to buy American.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Senator William Cohen (D - Maine) walks down runway, does awkward little dance, turns around. Senator William Cohen in office, Maine is hurting pretty badly as a result of the import penetration that we have been the victim of for the past 15 years. We ve lost over 10,000 jobs. We ve seen 22 shoe factories close. And we ve seen a tremendous infliction of pain and suffering on people who have no where else to go.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Inside a shoe factory. Workers at various stations making shoes.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
CU of stamp inside shoe "Leather Outsole Balance Manmade Made in Taiwan label on shoe.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Storeroom stock shelves with shoe boxes. Display stand with shoes in shoe store window.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Interior of idle show factory, sewing machines covered with plastic sheeting. (Unemployment)
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Shot of pile of shoes, all with large parts of toes cut off. Mutilated shoes sent to Congressmen to demonstrate loss of market share.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Fawn Evenson, Footwear Industries of America, Many members just got 100s and 100s of shoes in their office and were calling down saying - My goodness when is this going to stop; I get your point. But it was effective in bringing the issue to the attention of the Congress.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Senator William Cohen (D - Maine) We have been deluged with shoes, half shoes, and that represents a symbolic frustration and anger that Maine manufactures and workers have and that s shared by those throughout the industry.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Shoe factory in Asia, mostly female workers operate machines, sort shoe parts, etc.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
US shoe store display stands. People shopping for shoes. Shoppers walking down long aisle of shoes on racks.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
POV from street level, Shot of people's feet walking on city sidewalk.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Peter Mangione, Footwear Retailers Group, American consumers are the losers. They pay much higher prices and are deprived of particularly low price, high quality products that can only be made abroad.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Philip Trezise, Consumers for World Trade, The most effected people will be the low income Americans. Citizens who for one reason or another have lower incomes than the rest of us. Because that s where imports typically fill a void.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Interior of shoe factory. Woman worker places shoes and tissue paper into shoe boxes.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Fawn Evenson, Footwear Industries of America, Factories are closing from Maine to the South to Los Angeles. There are very few people who are immune to what s happening in their own Congressional districts.
Lawmakers - April 26, 1984
Shot of Congressmen and Senators at shoe show, holding small flags. Senator William Cohen (D - Maine) This year, better than any other year, we have a chance to get some relief for an industry which is dying. This is an industry that is capable of rebounding. It is capable of competing anywhere in the world, but we need some help.