1938 Around Town in Your Town of Wooster Part 01

This is part 1 of 3 sections of the 1938 Around Town in Your Town of Wooster produced by the National Film Productions Company based out of Akron, Ohio. The film is best described as a “municipal booster film”: a local film that was likely sponsored by a business organization, such as a board of trade, chamber of commerce, or commercial club, of a city or town for the express intent of advertising that municipality’s virtues to its own residents as well as potential settlers and investors. This section of the film features the Wooster area businesses: Schines Wooster Theater Panning Camera Across the 1869 Wooster Square Photograph Liberty Street scenes: looking west and then east Wooster Mayor William L. Long and City Fathers (council) Wayne County National Bank and their oldest employees Stype Drug store in Archer Hotel building Police Department people Fire Department people and scenes Ideal Dairy Co. Buckeye Aluminum Co. Kiwanis Club Salleys Womens Wear store Copack-Long Motors a Dodge-Plymouth car dealership Citizens National Bank U.S. Postal Service people