https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/512b4e89-77bd-4a05-8351-6474d9db70ef Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This black and white 1940’s educational classroom short by Encyclopedia Britannica films provides an introduction to the concept of property taxes and how they are derived (TRT 9:56). Opening titles: Property Taxation (Arithmetic of Taxes), In collaboration with Dr. H.F. Aldefer of Pennsylvania State College (0:08). Partial view of a capitol building. Men walk up the steps (0:22). Interior view of a bank teller’s window, with a line of customers. A woman fills out a deposit slip (0:32). An urban street scene. Billboards and signage: “Mike’s Quality Meat Market” and “Schwartz Jeweler.” 1940’s automobiles and buses (0:38). A police officer directs traffic in front of a Broadway Bank & Trust Company building. A police car with a unique paint job drives by (0:46). An early motorized fire truck exits a fire station (0:54). A young man is instructed on a machine by an elder in a white coat and a bow tie (1:01). Parents push children on swings in a playground (1:06). Police officers congregate in a police station locker room. They stand at attention as orders are read aloud (1:18). A large school or university building (1:22). A bald man with a mustache reviews documents at a desk. A ticker tape machine sits behind him (1:27). Closeup on a Center County school bond for $1,000 (1:31). The bond is brought from one desk to another. A man with white hair reviews it. A 3½ percent interest rate is indicated (1:46). Title card: “$35 Annual Interest” and “17.50 Semi-Annual Interest” (2:07). The white-haired man uses scissors to clip out a receipt for the bond (2:28). The two men exchange documents (2:42). “Outstanding Bonds $50,000” The applied interest rate results in $1,750 Annual Interest and a $2,000 annual payment on principal. $3,750 marks the total payment (2:57). A montage of residential houses and large urban factories. A pizzeria storefront (3:42). An ivy-covered church building (3:55). A 5-story hospital, a college campus, and a government building flying the United States flag (4:01). An east coast suburb of similarly designed homes (4:09). Ludlow Beauty Shop and parked cars (4:15). A man plants a sign in front of a home: “Sale $7,500” (4:22). Middle-aged tax assessors file paperwork in an office. A secretary opens a ledger book (4:32). On-screen calculations continue, showing 60% of a $7,500 true value (4:57). The homeowner reads a newspaper on his front porch. A headline: “Local Bodies Set Tax Rate” (5:17). A Board of County Commissioners meeting. A stern man in a pince-nez and patterned bow tie (5:34). At city hall, a vote is taken by a showing of raised hands (5:52). A man gives a presentation before a school board, “Estimated Distribution of Expenditures” (6:01). Calculations: “County Budget $800,000” with assessed evaluation and a 4.2% percent tax rate (6:15). A man in a suit and hat retrieves a bill from his mailbox. It shows property taxes due (7:34). Calculations show that he owes $189 in property taxes (7:47). He slides a paper document to a bank teller at a window labeled “Pay Bills Here.” Closeup on his check to the First National Bank of Yonkers. Note: The Yonkers bank address does not appear to match the bank exterior previously pictured (8:26). Review of previous scenes (8:36). Children on a playground from another angle. Slides are visible in the background (9:24). The 1940’s Encyclopedia Britannica Films logo and slogan: “Bring the World to the Classroom” (9:41). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zat1jCka1ac Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:20:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/512b4e89-77bd-4a05-8351-6474d9db70ef All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.