Weight Watchers, 1971 June

Item — video: 23

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Founder of the diet business, Jean Nidetch, visits Salt Lake City. 01:32.

Louise Degn's note: At the time, Weight Watchers was becoming very popular throughout the country. It began a trend in commercial weight-loss businesses. It is interesting to note the Salt Lake City scenes in the background. In the first section of film you can see the Walgreen Drug store, a five or six story building located on the southwest corner of Main and South Temple. As Jean Nidetch walks in front of the Hotel Utah (now the Joseph Smith Memorial Building), in the background you can see cars driving along Main Street between North and South Temple, a block that was permanently closed to traffic in 1999. In the second section of silent film, you can see the old ZCMI department store building with its series of mini shops facing the street. The building was replaced by an indoor mall. Original audio track and script are missing. The A roll only is available.

Dates

1971 June

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