Video
Description
This black and white promotional film outlines
the United Appeal fundraising campaign that took place October and
November 1952. The United Appeal asked the public to give to "20
organizations in 1 pledge," which would be distributed to 10
separate campaigns. Events and organizations mentioned in the film
include: Kansas City flood of 1951; Florence Crittenton Home for
Unwed Mothers; Mecklenburg Association for Handicapped Children;
Mecklenburg Association for the Blind; Charlotte Mental Hygiene
Clinic; North Carolina Children’s Home Society; Family and
Children’s Service; Charlotte Day Nursery; South McDowell Street Day
Nursery; Red Shield Boys’ Club; The “Y” Observer Fresh Air Camp;
“New North Charlotte Y”; Shot of “Old Y building on 2nd Street” –
before and after pictures; McCrorey YMCA; Phyllis Wheatley YWCA;
Boys Scouts; Girls Scouts; Brownies; Charlotte Travelers Aid; The
Lady at the Lamp; The USO. The film features the following
locations: Downtown corner, known as The Square, with Liggett Drugs
“Rexall”; Efird's; City street with “Johnston’s” also, across the
street, “Central Hat Shop”; S & W Cafeteria; Street corner with
National Shirt Shops (across from Liggett Drugs).