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A Conversation with
Alfred P. Sloan—
From NBC’s Wisdom
Series
In this 1954 program,
Alfred P. Sloan is
interviewed by NBC
public service manager
Edward Stanley. Sloan
speaks his mind about the need for positive
thinking as well as rigorous analysis in
business, or in any undertaking; the societal
impact of decisions made by the managers
of large corporations, specifically on
employment levels; and the importance of
understanding between management and
labor leaders. (29 minutes) © 1954
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$129.95 PVM43387 • DVD / VOD
Now Available! Global Car: Who
Really Builds the American Automobile?
Once a shining example of national ingenuity
and prowess, the American car is now assembled
through a constantly shifting global
process. This program presents the fascinating
story of where in the world a quintessentially
American product is actually built. Focusing
on the Dodge Ram pickup and tracing the
origins of its components, the film paints a
portrait of the global economy—a collage, as
it were, representing hundreds of independently
manufactured parts circulating through
forty different countries. Highlighting the supply
chain that produces radiator caps, the film
travels from India to Tennessee to England to
Düsseldorf as managers and workers in each
location explain their roles in the system.
(Portions in other languages with English
subtitles, 56 minutes) © 2009
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$169.95 PVM41400 • DVD / VOD
General Motors:
ON From Dream to Downfall
DEMAND
BEST Comparisons between General
FAVORITE Motors SELLER and the Titanic are
unfortunate, but inevitable.
This ABC News program studies the economic
icebergs that sent the company into
bankruptcy—as well as the green technology
that could, if properly utilized, save it from
oblivion. Guests include Why GM Matters
author William Holstein, former Presidential
car czar Steve Rattner, and former General
Motors CEO Fritz Henderson. (41 minutes)
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$169.95 PVM41329 • DVD / VOD
Automotive Industry
The Last Truck: The Closing of a GM Plant
On December 23, 2008, the General Motors
assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio, shut its
doors, leaving 2,500 men and women without
jobs. This program follows the final months
of the plant through the eyes of workers cast
adrift. Interviews reveal the emotional toll of
losing not just a job, but a sense of self—as
Kathy, a body shop employee and mother of
three, mourns the loss of her GM family; as
Popeye, a toolmaker, views the plant’s demise
as the end of American industrial power;
as Kate, a forklift operator, conjures the
metaphor of a “gentle dragon” taking its last
breath; and as Kim, an electrician, echoes the
communal farewell that unfolds as the last
truck rolls off the line. An HBO Production.
(41 minutes) © 2009 C
Recommended by Educational Media Reviews
Online and Video Librarian.
$169.95 PVM41314 • DVD
Saving GM:
Inside the Crisis
Once the reigning symbol
of American industrial might,
General Motors now ranks
among the most visible casualties
of the global economic crisis. What
specific forces cut the industrial giant down
to size, and what strategies will enable it to
rebuild? This CNBC Original documentary
goes inside GM as it scrambles to stay alive
and—if it can learn from the past—regain its
former glory. Topics include the mixture of
business and politics that goes with a government
bailout; the impact of GM’s implosion
on its suppliers; the view of the crisis from
the perspective of the average GM employee;
and the high stakes of rolling out models
like the eco-friendly Chevrolet Volt and the
revived Camaro. (45 minutes) © 2008
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$169.95 PVM40556 • DVD / VOD
Toyota’s Drive to the Top
ON Toyota is learning what it will
DEMAND
BEST
take to become the world’s
FAVORITE largest SELLER
automaker. This program
shows how the company has
localized its overseas operations, pursuing
a strategy in which factories integrate into
surrounding communities. Visiting plants
in Texas and Thailand, the film illustrates
Toyota’s system of cultivating trainers to
pass on crucial production techniques.
(50 minutes) © 2005 Preview Clip Online C o
$169.95 PVM37611 • DVD / VOD
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