Discusses the principal forms of business ownership-single proprietorship, partnership and corporation-and explains the advantages and disadvantages of each. Educational film about economics.

01:16:18:00 B/W 1949
Montage of steel factory: EXT shots with smokestacks.

01:16:52:00 B/W 1949
ws Stone church with tall tower.

01:16:58:00 B/W 1949
ms Drugstore EXT, small-town look, “Renneckar’s”.

01:17:04:00 B/W 1949
Montage of steel factory: freight trains, cranes.

01:19:12:00 B/W 1949
ms Scene inside clothing store: man buys necktie, salesclerk
boxes it, writes receipt, takes money.

01:20:48:00 B/W 1949
ms Two businessmen shake hands. Clothing store setting.

01:21:12:00 B/W 1949
ms Three businessmen shake hands. Clothing store setting.

01:25:04:00 B/W 1949
ms Two businessmen rise from desk, shake hands. Office
setting.

01:25:24:00 B/W 1949
Brief montage of steel factory activity