Centron Teenager Children Social Guidance Educational 1950s Films Volume 2 DVD

Description: Please read & note: This is a Rights holding DVD created & produced by me and is not factory made or sealed. All pictures are actual screen captures from the DVDs. I strive to produce the best DVD's possible from the sometimes VERY old Public Domain material. Films that are public domain are unpreserved and not professionally remastered. I remaster all of my films myself to the best possible quality acheiveable. My DVDs are not the quality of todays Modern DVDs or Bluray discs. If you are looking for this kind of quality then these discs are not for you. Please note this when purchasing, but also know that all of the films are very watchable. To keep my prices as low as possible all my DVDs are delivered in plain paper DVD sleeves and the DVDs title will be labeled on the back of the DVD envelope. This way you can write the contents of the DVD on the DVD yourself if you want to. (See picture). All of my DVD's come with a menu for easy film selection. Total runtime of this DVD is 102 minutes. Item specifics are: 10 CENTRON PRODUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONAL / SOCIAL GUIDANCE FILMS ON DVD VOLUME 2 Film 1: "A Day of Thanksgiving" (1951) B&W Runtime 12 minutes An American family unable to afford a Thanksgiving turkey reviews the things for which they feel thankful. This patriotic film is unusual in that it does not link freedom and happiness with the pursuit of wealth. Produced with nonprofessional actors in Lawrence, Kansas. This film is good and it actually won a film award in 1951. Dan Palmquist plays Bill Johnson, a mechanic and a bit of a bum (you might remember him from "Speech: The Function of Gestures"), and the basic theme (behind the actual plot) is some McCarthyesque rhetoric designed to persuade kids to be thankful for things other than the turkey. Great film for '51, recommended, especially for Centron fans. Film 2: "Other People's Property" (1951) B&W Runtime 10 minutes Excellent 1951 instructional film about property damage. Probably made a lot of that generation who saw the film think. Well acted,directed,and filmed. Hardcore Frank leads a criminal gang on a payback mission. But when they find out that their stink bomb not only required a repainting of the classroom, but also disturbed the drama club's dress rehearsal, they realize they've gone too far. Film 3: "The Gossip" (1955) B&W Runtime 13 minutes Another amazing Centron production, who are seriously rivaling Coronet in the production of looney Social Guidance films. In The Gossip, Jean almost has the nomination of Pep Club President (!!) in the bag. All that is needed is Laura to do a background check on her. That's when the skulduggery comes in. A couple of mean girls see to it that Laura overhears a couple of untrue nasty rumuors about Jean. Even though Jean and Laura are best friends, she tends to believe the gossip, and gives Jean a failing grade for the possibility of Pep Prez. Confronting Laura, Jean complains to Laura.. How could she do this to her? And of course, the film brings up the big question mark... What would you do? Highly recommended! Film 4: "Health: Your Cleanliness" (1953) B&W Runtime 11 minutes Importance of cleanliness in fields of science & medicine as protection against disease. Washing hands, bathing, showers, brushing teeth & hair, care of skin, eating proper foods, drinking water, caring for clothes as desirable habits. Pretty fanatical film about the importance of being clean. Now, when I mean CLEAN, I mean, clean those nails every day! Girls wash your hair once every week! Brush your teeth slowly! etc etc etc. Oddly filled with happy go lucky boys just thrilled to have a shower or a bath, which adds to the strangeness of it all, this Young America production adds to that the military instruction on being clean, or else you will die! Film 5: "Health: Your Posture" (1953) B&W Runtime 10 minutes When a young girl has a psychotic break leading to confrontations with herself in a mirror, what's needed is anti psychotic medication, not posture coaching. This film takes a swan-dive off the deep end (with no water) and appears to be darn proud of it. This mindless romp through the implausible is delightfully bizarre. Film 6 "The Good Loser"(1953) B&W Runtime 13 minutes Another strange film by Centron (the people who brought you (Cindy Goes To A Party). This film at first centers around Ray, who is the leader of the public speaking club. He is asked to train a new girl into the club. He does so. He does it so well as a matter of fact that she wins a school competition and Ray comes in second. Ray doesn't take this well. He isn't talking to her anymore. He needs to be a good loser! (which was, coincidentally, brought up in Cindy Goes To A Party as well). The film ends with the audience deciding whether Ray is a good loser or something, as a huge question mark is superimposed smack on his head, to let the class figure out what to do. Highly recommended! Film 7 "What About School Spirit?"(1958) B&W Runtime 12 minutes Jim takes his cousin Sally to the local soda shop so that she can find out all about why Lawrence High School has such tremendous school spirit. The reason, one Bob Corby, who, at a school pep rally rallies the troops to no end. But oh no! Bob Corby soon gets sick, and the school team rallies around this, winning the championship for Bob! We can thank our school spirit thanks to Bob! But wait a minute! In an interesting turn of events, Sally said that Bob didn’t have everything to do with the school’s mood upswing! You did it by yourself! Film 8 "Why Study Home Economics?"(1955) B&W Runtime 9 minutes Janice and Carol are two teens discussing whether their inexorable futures of homemaking require Home Economic classes. These two are not exactly Susan B. Anthony. Not that Miss Jenkins, the hypnotically friendly Home Economics teacher, is Gloria Steinem either. I would recommend watching this immediately after "The Stepford Wives" as a nice video chaser. Film 9 "Why Study Science?"(1955) B&W Runtime 11 minutes The film opens with two figures on darkening lake fishing. It then transitions to a big sound stage, where Jack, Betty and their family start to talk about why they should study science. While some the reasons given still need to be emphasized today (to enhance general knowledge, to be able to interact and understand technology), there is also healthy dose of the 1950s ambivalence of science and gender roles. While they are wondering that going to the moon will be in their lifetime (the father wisely predicts "sooner than you think"), they also worry about using science for ill. When Betty questions why she should take science courses since she bluntly states that she wants to "hook a man", her mother tries to convince her by saying that science courses will help with meal planing and answering children's questions. About three-quarters of the way into the film, there is a rather odd shift as Betty and Jack look to the stare at the stars, a narrator kicks in and starts to re-numerate all the reasons. He also pitches in a few enticements ("You get to go on field trips!"). Film 10: "Speech: Stage Fright and What to Do About It" (1949) B&W Runtime 9 minutes This was the first title in Centron's "Speech" series and it sold well in 1949. Fred Strong is walking down the street, minding his own business, when the "high-powered chairman" of the luncheon club walks up and "asks" Fred if he'd like to give a speech to the club about his trip to Alaska. The reason I put "ask" in quotation marks is because Fred doesn't really have a choice to decline or accept. So, Fred is just plain scared and nervous about the Thursday on which the speech is taking place. He can't eat, sleep, or read. The day comes, and Fred is a disaster --- but we don't see the speech. But, the narrator takes Fred back before the day of the speech and asks him what he is afraid of. Is he afraid that there will be a snake on the stage? Is he afraid that he will fall off the platform? Or is he afraid that a person in the audience will stand up and take a pot-shot at him? No! He is afraid of himself. So now the narrator tells Fred some of the things that will help be less-nervous and give a better speech. Things such as planning your talk (a subject for a seperate "Speech" film) and building up your self-confidence. Yes, and Fred gets to do the Thursday over again, and this time his speech is good, and he is congratulated by the narrator and the luncheon club. I claim ownership and rights to this media. All the films on this DVD have been researched and are copyright free or the copyrights have expired due to non renewal.

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