SEARS - Where America Shopped

A nostalgic, if not sentimental, look back at Sears, where America once shopped. Founded in 1893 in Chicago, the department store chain and mail-order merchandiser was once the world's largest retailer and the largest private employer in the United States. Narrated by Austin Hopkins. Produced and edited by Tom Barry.

Grateful acknowledgements:

"Picture Frames" written and arranged by Taryn Harbridge

Child's voice at 07:10 courtesy of Store Dude (YouTube)

"It's A Sunshine Day" with The Original Brady Bunch Kids courtesy of Warner Music Group® and Sony ATV Publishing®; backing tracks from Recisio®

Scenes from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and "The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995) courtesy of Paramount Pictures®

Scenes from "Ala Moana: Hawaii's Gathering Place" courtesy of KHON2 News, Honolulu

Vintage film reels courtesy of The Kino Library

CBS Sunday Morning

Sears Demolition at Ala Moana Shopping Center courtesy of HereSteven (YouTube)

"Walk Right In" with the Doodletown Pipers and 1952 Sears Management Training film courtesy of U.S. National Archives

Sears catalog sequences courtesy of We Sew Retro (YouTube)

Select exterior and aerial scenes of Phoenix Metrocenter Mall courtesy of A to Z Retail and Grey FPV (YouTube)

And Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sears Holdings Corp., Transform Holdco LLC and The Macerich Company

Color grading, correction and video restoration by DaVinci Resolve and NewBlue

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