This quintessentially post World War II film encourages America's youth to talk and think about capitalism. A group of kids are in a studio doing the "Western High School Radio Forum" and they begin to talk about the “weenies” they bought from the local butcher for their school picnic. This sparks a discussion of who profits by a sale made in a free-enterprise economy. There are no derogatory references to “commies,” as there were in other films of this nature, but it credits capitalism for giving the kids the freedom to make up their own minds about the topic. The film states, “It is for you to develop conclusions as to what capitalism means by considering the material presented here, by further study in other sources, and by discussing your own opinions.” For all its even handedness, however, it is still a propaganda film, and the teens inevitably make favorable comments on how well capitalism seems to be working in America. "We needed weenies. Mr. Brown had weenies. It's as simple as that," says one teen, "just think of all the others who made a profit on those weenies." The film manages to provide plenty of good information while never veering from its wholesome underpinnings.
