Sponsored Films

Original Films of Frank B. Gilbreth (1945)
Sponsor: Chicago Chapter, Society for the Advancement of Management. Producers: James S. Perkins, Lillian M. Gilbreth, Ralph M. Barnes. Transfer Note: Scanned at 24 frames per second from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 25 minutes.

Footage drawn from Frank Gilbreth’s time and motion studies. The anthology includes a clip of his family, who were often used in his work-efficiency experiments.

Note: Also known as Original Films of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. The compilation was also issued in a 26-minute version with narration by James S. Perkins. Other films by Gilbreth are held by Purdue University. For more about Gilbreth’s use of films in research, see “Many Inventions,” The Outlook, Mar. 29, 1913, 736.

Resources
“Machine Measures Motion,” Washington Post, Apr. 20, 1913, MS1.