Coronet Teenager Instructional Social Teenager Guidance 81 Classic Films 6 DVDs

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Total runtime of these 6 DVDs is 14 hours and 30 minutes. Volume 1: Runtime of this DVD is 168 minutes Film 1: Are You Popular? (1947) B&W One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of "good" and "bad" girls, proper and improper dating etiquette, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a sobering document of postwar conformity. This is an excellent film teaching some basic manners. While the film is old, the message is timeless: be polite, courteous, and respectful (of yourself as well as others) and the world will be a better place for everyone. Films like these should be shown in schools today. Film 2: Dating: Do's and Don'ts (1949) Color Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare Kodachrome version. Shows the progress of the date, from choosing the right girl and asking her through the last "good night." Ken Smith remarks: This social guidance "how-to" film has received more camp accolades than any other, and deserves it. Alan Woodruff ("Woody") receives a ticket to admit one couple to the upcoming Hi-Teen Carnival. "One couple," Woody reflects. "That means a date! Not like just going around with the crowd!" Woody decides to ask Ann Davis, who, the narrator points out, "knows how to have a good time." With her perpetual squint and chipmunk cheeks, Ann (pronounced "Ay-yun" by the actors in this film) is the perfect companion for super-nerd Woody. At crucial moments in the date, the narrator stops the action and presents Woody with several possible options for his actions. Happily, Woody makes all the correct decisions and ends up walking home from Ann's doorstep whistling with satisfaction at a job well done. "Thanks so much," says Ann with a toothy grin. "I had LOADS of fun." Film 3: How Honest Are You? (1950) B&W For teenagers, honesty can come easy or hard, depending on the stakes. This odd film is quite an oddity from Coronet Films. First, it opens up with a group of people and a narrator speaking into the camera. We're trying to figure out what really happens when a boy went into someone else's locker. Was he stealing something? Plenty of witnesses come forward, telling their side of the story, it's all quite interesting. Film 4: Act Your Age (1949) B&W Jim, an emotionally immature teen, learns to evaluate his personality and to better work out his problems. High school boy who has scratched his desk is lectured by principal on acting his age. Teen girls and boys turn into 5-year-olds, illustrating infantile reactions. The principal delivers a pep talk on growing up. A boy has a "How Old Am I?" chart. The school janitor / custodian lectures on immaturity. Pictures Jim losing interest in his algebra and initialing the top of his desk. The principal, Mr. Edwards, talks with Jim about the adolescent's problem of growing up and meeting problems intelligently. While Jim repairs the desk, he thinks of situations which made his classmates weep, get angry and otherwise express their juvenile reactions. With Mr. Edwards' help, Jim works out a self-evaluation checklist to judge his personality, age and the manner in which he works out his problems. Film 5: Everyday Courtesy (1948) B&W Courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introductions and entertaining guests. Billy and his mom decide to burn up the town by going to the school's courtesy display being held at the school. Now, let's pause for a moment. How much fun could that possibly be? There Billy shows the many drawings that he has "made" which are quite remarkable coming from a individual as him, that demonstrate courtesy. Even more bizarre are the flashback scenes when he uses models to demonstrate the courtesy to draw. Billy and his Mom fawn over the drawings until his teacher wanders over. Billy introduces his Mom to his teacher. That's courtesy, Why? He introduces the older woman to the younger. They both look suspiciously the same age, so one of the women surely would be offended! Many other uses of courtesy are demonstrated, and the whole thing ends. Film 6: Self-Conscious Guy (1951) B&W Shows how feelings of self-consciousness keep a high school boy from doing his classwork well or making friends easily. Film 7: Going Steady? (1951) B&W Attempts to provoke teens into discussion on the complex issue of going steady. Highly guilt ridden film made to poo-poo the remote fact of going steady unless you're good and ready. Film seems to okay the idea that it's alright to play the field more and not to take the idea of going steady too seriously. This is one very strange film if you consider all the other films in the Coronet canon. (especially 'Are You Ready For Marriage?) which seems to preach the opposite. The leads play the parts admirably, as the whole script is laughable. Especially the bit with the boy's parents on the couch. Highly Recommended! Film 8: Good Eating Habits (1951) B&W Drama focusing on gluttony and "hidden hunger," where well-nourished people eat poorly and malnourish themselves. Another total Coronet classic as it features Bill, who has to be admired for willing to participate in a massive gluttony scene which has to be seen to believed. We first meet Bill at the dinner table, he can barely touch his food. After a while, he gets a stomach ache (I thought he was going to throw up), Mom comes to save him, and she tucks him into bed. We then flash back to how this stomach ache happened. We see Bill at breakfast, and this scene made me stand and applaud, as Bill just wolfs down everything in sight, just watching him eat in this scene will give YOU a stomach ache. During his school lunch period, he wolfs down his sandwich in another great scene and saves the money he was supposed to buy for lunch for some sweets on the way home. Soon, we go back to his bedroom, and then we go to the next day. Of course, Bill has learned his lesson, for he is eating his breakfast slowly. Like, bacon cut into little morsels, tiny sips of juice, and (hilariously) this makes Bill the happiest boy on earth! Film 9: Control Your Emotions (1950) B&W Well-balanced emotions help to create a well-rounded personality, especially in teenagers. This bizarre film is hosted by an unnamed "psychologist." While spouting Pavlovian claptrap such as "Fear is triggered by loud noises" and "Your emotions can be your own greatest enemy," he repeatedly interrupts the story of "Jeff," the film's protagonist. Jeff -- who looks like a heroin addict -- has a lot of trouble controlling his emotions, and the psychologist is always ready to pop in with statements such as "If this kind of behavior is repeated often, it might lead to a permanently warped personality." Film 10: The Fun Of Being Thoughtful (1950) B&W Social guidance film for teenagers encouraging insight into the motives, tastes and desires of others. This atypical Coronet film (of course in the same Coronet House) features the brother and sister team of Jane and Eddie. An IMPOSSIBLY gee-whiz-isn't-life-swell-lets-cook-dinner-for-the-family duo who just can't stop complimenting each other, trying to outdo each other in courtesy, which of course, becomes TOTALLY IRRITATING as we want to wring either or both of their necks after a while. They keep saying "Gee, that's very thoughtful" all the time. Who lived like this? No one! The boy looks like Norman Bates. This is an excellent pre-Psycho film.... See what drove Norman to madness! Film 11: Am I Trustworthy? (1950) B&W Eddie Johnson loses the Election for treasurer for the club he is in. He blames it on the other boy who gets it, because the other boy is so trustworthy. Lays it thick on how a boy can be more acceptable in the world. In this case you can be more trustworthy by doing your homework on time and doing housework(!). Sure. Also, the film uses the well used Coronet trademark of making a chart for yourself and that will solve everything. Recommended! Film 12: How to Say No: Moral Maturity (1951) B&W A pretty standard Coronet social guidance film. Made unusual for the whole staging of it. Heck, even the first actor introduces the movie behind a curtain and it opens to a living room. Different teenagers have different problems and wondered how to say No in each situation. All of which are pretty standard, to Coronet watchers. Marty is interesting though, with his too puffy lips. Film 13: Mind Your Manners (1953) B&W Illustrates specific detail how good manners can be applied in many of the situations in which boys and girls find themselves every day. Emphasizes that teenagers can cultivate good manners by manifesting a real desire to get along with others. Film 14: Snap Out of It! (Emotional Balance) (1951) B&W I could tell that this was a Cornet Production without seeing the end card just from the way it played out. In general Cornet films rely more on storyline rather than a deadpan narration like in a lot of these films. This one's centers around Howard Patterson a mostly "C" student who's been trying hard to get an "A" in history, when he finds out he only got a "B" on his report card he gets upset and hides it from his parents, eventually however the teacher sends Howard to the Principal where he asks Howard about it. After explaining his situation to the principal, the principal then teaches Howard a valuable lesson about the danger of high expectations. Not really a campy film but still good none the less. Film 15: How Do You Know It's Love? (1950) B&W A girl who is having doubts about her love life does as we all would do, and that's turn to her Mother for advice. Mom gives out almost exactly the same advice the two teens got in "Are You Ready For Marriage". Things really come to a head when she goes out on a double date with her boyfriend and his brother (their relationship is never explained until later when we find out about the double date, which makes for great "Who is this person?" conversation. During the date, the other couple who are engaged, do nice couple things together, ordering Watercress salad etc. While the girl and her date, well.. the date wants the leg of lamb (wow, he must be hungry) while she wants chinese food. Soon, they realize that they can't make the commitment if they can't agree to gastronomical choices. After all, isn't that what's love is all about? Recommended! 　 Volume 2: Runtime of this DVD is 159 minutes 　 Film 16: Family Life (1949) B & W Mrs. Miller, who has the most STRANGEST hair, is having family problems! She gathers up the family to discuss these problems, and of course, since this is a Coronet social guidance film (in the atypical Coronet house (see Dating: Do's And Don'ts, Are You Popular etc) she develops a chart about how to run the family like a business. Scary. Using headers like 'privileges' and 'finances' the family think this is all WONDERFUL, and agree to it wholeheartedly. 2 weeks later, we join the family again, and the meeting is totally unbelievable, with the oh-how-can-we-survive sacrifices they have to make in order to survive (they decide to sew up the seat covers and not buy a new mixer). Pretty wild. Film 17: How to Keep a Job" (1949) Color Ed gets fired and has to look for another job. He goes to a thoroughly unbelievable job interview with a guy who is determined to educate him out of his shortcomings, even though he's just met him. He tells him a contrived story about Bob (Gallant) and his twin brother Walter (Goofus), and how one is a slacker and the other is a booster. Ed sees his own slacking ways described and becomes a booster all the way, so he gets a great job in the mail room. This film is Coronet through and through, which makes it great. Film 18: Are You Ready for Marriage? (1950) B&W This film is a campy old gem and very funny, if not strangely bizarre. Somewhat simple Larry and his not too intelligent girlfriend Sue wish to get married, but they are told not to rush into it. They are given an explanation by a man named Hall that borders on truly bizarre, and at the end Sue's father ends up solving all the problems!!! A truly hilarious look into marriage in the early 1950's. Film 19: Law and Social Controls (1949) B&W The teens have problems when their canteen is closing at 11, not all the help remain to help clean up! So, with the help of Edward from Dating Do's and Don'ts and another gal whom I'm sure I've seen in another Coronet film, they get the adults together and discuss what should they do. Somehow this discussion ties into what's right and what's wrong (eg Teens have to do what adults tell them to do) and somehow they come across the idea to close at 10:30 so that the other person will stay and help clean up. Film 20: Overcoming Fear (1950) B&W Once again, Coronet takes a subject, (eg fear) and oversimplifies it to the point of it being resolved in the simplest way possible. Bill has a fear of the water. He can't swim, can't wade, heck, he even can't rescue a girl who is knocked out by a beach ball (by getting hit in the stomach?) The coach sees all this and coaches Billy into being a Swim star! Yay! everyone likes him again! Film 21: Better Use of Leisure Time (1950) B&W In this campy Coronet film, Ken spends all his leisure time in his room moping about his friends all being busy, until he develops a hobby––visual and auditory hallucinations! The voice in his head tells him he's wasting his time, though, and his visual hallucinations all involve his parents 50 or 100 years ago working their butts off and expecting Ken to do so as well. Ken finally decides to trade his psychosis in for a more conventional hobby like photography (though photography of what he doesn't tell us). This film's ludicrous set-up makes it loads of fun! Film 22: Let's Play Fair (1949) B&W 2 brothers constantly bicker about who's on first, what can they share and so forth. The Older brother gets a chemistry set (lucky him!) and the younger one wants to try it, his brother balks at this (and so does his father). Soon after the two kids are at it again about who will wash and who will dry the dishes, that's resolved too. And on and on it goes. This is a pretty interesting productions filled with odd silent close ups of the boys faces, neat title cards and nice angles. A pretty original film from the Coronet canon. Film 23: Social Courtesy (1951) B&W This is a great film, the story: Bill is an outcast who doesn't really want to go to a party, the unseen narrator agrees to accompany Bill and fix any faux pas that he does at the party (sort of like the fairy in Cindy Goes To A Party). This film does a neat little trick whenever Bill does something wrong, there's a flash, and a picture appears explaining that this is a picture of what not to do, the narrator rewinds the scene and forces Bill to do it right. Sort of like the premise to 'Groundhog Day'. In any case, he winds up having a good time and everyone likes him, even though again, he looks like he wants to be someplace else LOL This is a MUST SEE! Film 24: Understand Your Emotions (1950) B&W Interesting little Coronet film that teaches us all about emotions. When this film opens, a biology teacher gets his 3 students (wow, small class!) to open a box. Instead of a snake (which was used in another film in exactly the same experiment) they get a Jack-In-The-Box. Sue shows fear, Warren is angry at the contents, and Larry laughs it off. Why did they respond like that? Well, it’s like this! And then the hyperactive teacher runs around the room teaching his students all about emotions using different experiments. This is TOO funny as I have no idea why they couldn’t have lined up the experiments in a more organized manner. Nice Brain display by the way! Larry also gets tied up to a polygraph machine to find out how emotional he gets after certain words.. Like, Um, ‘Drill’ and ‘Probe". Larry hastily makes up an excuse about how he went to the Dentist the other day. Film 25: Sharing Work At Home (1949) B&W The Taylor family, realizing that their home is substandard, make a decision just like that to clean up their house. Because Mom has literally gone sick because of all the housework she has to do, Brother and Sis come up with a swell idea to help with the housework! Father likes it too! Soon, their all making, yes, a list to figure out what they can do to chip in. Soon, Son is fixing the lamp, Dad is wallpapering, and Sis is yes, making slipcovers! What a bunch of troopers! LOL Film 26: Joan Avoids a Cold (1947) B&W Now you know what that white goo is in the toilet! Very strange and dated film which gives kids ways on how to avoid a cold. Using vey badly acting kids (at least the kids are better actors then the ADULTS!) the film follows Joan, and his brother, on a typical day. As you can probably tell, Joan is smart, her brother is not. After Joan's Mother decides that her kids need to wear snowsuits (!!) on a perfectly nice but chilly day, the kids are off to school. Joan avoids the puddles. Her brother doesn't. Her brother takes a bite from someone else's food, Joan does not.. and so it goes. Pretty soon, when they are in school, Joan's brother's head is bobbing up and down in some indication I guess that he is sneezing. His teacher notices that his feet are wet as well. Off to the Nurses you go! After a thermometer check and discovering his feet are wet (a sure sign, apparently) his nurse who has a GREAT sign in her office that says "Bodies, like buildings, should keep erect" and determines that Joan's bro IS sick. Joan's mom then takes appropriate action. Makes sure he has a separate towel from everyone, boiling his dishes after he eats (!!) and making sure everyone spits into the toilet (why??). Strange and ancient fun from our pals at Coronet. Highly recommended! Film 27: Marriage Is a Partnership (1951) B&W Pretty surprising film coming from Coronet about the "Honeymoon Is Over" drama that newlyweds face. the cute couple is faced with the bored housewife (Husband convinced wife to quit her job) and the bothersome attachment husband had with his mother, who lived upstairs. Just when Wife was going to say "It's her or me!" Husband says he got a job offer in Central City, and wants to move away from the pressures of her father, so it instantly swerves to take the load and pressure off the husband again. An interesting ending to a movie you wouldn't expect from the folks at Coronet. Film 28: Exercise and Health (1949) B&W A look at Ernie, Jean and Hal, three troubled teenagers who relieve their "nervous tension" through exercise in yet another didactic Coronet film. Ernie’s problem is that he has poor health and is always catching colds. Doing stomach crunches and something called "trunk stretches" help put him back on track. Jean lacks self-confidence and is "lethargic and awkward." She joins in a friendly game of tennis and becomes filled with "poise and confidence" as well as "social contact and friends." Hal is a bookworm—"nervous and irritable." He reads about the value of exercise in one of his books and is inspired to start an acrobatics club. The film constantly mentions the value of exercise as a way of relieving what it calls "nervous" or "emotional tension"—a euphemism for sexual feelings. The teenagers we see in the school gym stick to same-sex groups. Hal, Jean and Ernie all give up some individuality when they participate in the mechanized drills in the school gym. In this film, the mindless conformity of group exercise becomes a metaphor for the equally mindless conformity of American culture in the fifties. Film 29: The Benefits of Looking Ahead (1950) B&W In this atypical Coronet guidance film, Nick, quite possibly the stupidest kid ever featured in any of these films, is so thick headed he doesn't even know what he'll do 10 minutes from now. Soon, as this is a Coronet film, he looks to the skies and listens to voices to tell him how to look ahead. He talks to himself as well, convinced, since this is Coronet film, that making a chart will solve everything. Soon of course, Nick becomes a well adjusted boy in school, and his problems are solved. The actor playing Nick is screamingly bad, which makes this film so much fun to watch. Highly recommended! 　 Volume 3: Runtime of this DVD is 146 minutes 　 Film 30: Friendship Begins At Home (1949) In what clearly holds the record in the coronet curse of "Listening to the voices in your head telling you what to do" Barry, a teenaged boy, decides not to join his family on vacation, deciding that he wants to hang around the house and with friends.( "I declare!" says his Mom) But as soon as he leaves, his inner voice starts up, and just doesn't let up by telling him what to do, what's wrong and so forth. Pretty soon, Barry (and us) are depressed about his surroundings, and lack of things to do. (we're depressed because we clearly feel Barry is one big loser). After a while of listening to the voices, Barry ultimately winds up WAXING THE FLOOR WITH HIS BARE HANDS. Soon, thankfully, Barry's family returns. Film 31: Who Are the People of America? (1953) Explains how the United States came to be a diversely populated nation. Film 32: Appreciating Our Parents (1950) Color Tommy is a disgruntled, slovenly child earning a whopping .25 per week, and his mother gets a whole 1.00 . Dad is an electrician who works in coveralls, but wears a shirt & tie around the house? But why not wear a tuxedo? Tommy decides he'll help his father paint chairs red and get .50 per week. Try pitching this idea to NBC. LESSON: Don't leave your dirty socks on the radiator. Film 33: Beginning Responsibility: Taking Care of Things (1951) B&W This film, since it's made by Coronet, means that simple things are solved by doing stupid things. In this case Andy, who has the shoddiest looking 'bedroom' ever seen in a guidance film, just can't stop being a slob. Toys are left lying around, stuff is broken, and what's more, his tadpoles.. well, let the female narrator say it.. "Aw, they're dead!" She says it in a way like 'Who gives a darn" when dying pets are actually quite traumatizing to kids. (The site of dead tadpoles are sure to traumatize kids WATCHING this film too). Anyways Andy realizes the secret of CLEANING UP after himself, and soon he's like the most popular guy around. With his parents, his teacher, his friends. One again, conformity does wonders for your social skills! Film 34: What Makes A Good Party? (1950) B&W You think you've seen Squaresville teens before? Well, mister, sit down and watch this little flick, with a group of young people so squeaky-clean they make Ivory soap look like an oil slick. Unbelievably camp as three hot-to-trot girls plan a party for a boy from college. Directions from the cheery faced yet utterly dominant narrator tell you to make sure that you participate in the Hive Mind at parties. At one point, two people step to the side to talk to each other--a fatal mistake! Herd them back into the Group because it's time for a hat party! And what kind of swingin' party doesn't end with a stirring rendition of Jimmy Crack Corn (complete with a faux-minstrel-show baritone singing about his "Massa?"). So amazingly innocent you just won't believe it. Film 35: Let's Share With Others (1950) B&W Jimmy, who seems to be very spoiled and coddled, decides to make a lemonade stand from the neat box his grandfather gave him (it was filled with books and magazines, but who cares about that). He gets his Mom to make some lemonade, and soon he's in business, 3 cents a cup! His friends wants in on the business venture as well, but Jimmy wants it all for himself. Soon, Jimmy runs out of glasses, (he only brought out 2.. anticipating a slow day Jim?) AND his mother wants him to weed the garden. Soon Jimmy realizes a use for his 'friends' as they help with lemonade stand, get some more lemonade going AND help him with the weeding! BOY! That Jimmy is a shrewd one! Film 36: Writing Better Social Letters" (1950) B&W After some very odd classical music that is totally inappropriate for the movie, "Writing Better Social Letters" cranks up the emotional intensity by presenting us with Nora, a girl who is stuck on writing a letter to her Aunt and Uncle for the lovely time they had over at the farm. Brother Wally helps her out by pointing out some actually great tips on writing such a thing. He pulls out different types of letters, from his formal invite to a "George Washington Ball" to letters he got when contracted pneumonia, to the inevitable invite to a "little" April Fool’s party (was the invitation a joke?). After plenty of examples, she throws away the torn-out-paper-from-her-notebook letter she was writing and whips up a solid letter to her Aunt and (overalled of course) uncle to enjoy! I liked this film, as other reviewers have noted, this has a certain nostalgia about it, nowadays it’s all about terse emails.. Highly recommended! Film 37: Your Family (1948) B&W A very cute, nostalgic film of how each family member brings purpose and harmony to their home. Show it to your young children! If you are a fan of Dick and Jane stories, then this film is for you, too. Can't you hear the whirrrr of the projector as the narrator pauses? Film 38: Developing Self-Reliance (1951) B&W This Coronet film stars Woody from Dating Dos and Don’ts, though it’s not nearly as campy as the other film. Now that he’s got dating under control, his next problem is being to dependent on others, so a teacher gives him a set of simple steps to self-reliance, and soon Woody is so self-reliant he’s taking over whole projects at the Student Council. Of course, the adults responsible for this film didn’t really want teens to "make their own decisions," or rather, they only wanted them to make their own decisions of their decisions were ones the adults would have made for them. Still, this film is not quite as farfetched as the usual Coronet outing. Film 39: Your Thrift Habits (1948) B&W Fun film that tells about how you could budget yourself to get all the things that you really want. Jack really marvels at Ralph’s new camera, and wished HIS Dad would buy him one, since it’s so ‘swell’. Ralph says that his Dad didn’t buy it, he did! Jack marvels at this, and wonders how he could have pulled off such a thing. Ralph explains that he made a budget and graph to help him lead the way, Unfortunately Jack has to be told what a graph is. Once that’s out of the way, Jack thinks this is a swell idea and starts saving for his own camera! He looks at his parent’s budget, and plans it out very similarly. After taking out expenses out of what he makes from his job and allowance (2 bucks!) he realizes he can save 3 bucks a week for 30 weeks! Woohoo! All this is swell until some road blocks appear, like the school mixer and his pen breaking! Oh no! What will he do?? Film 40: Shy Guy (1947) B&W Another strange Dick York Film.. Man, I am not too sure how, but he made the best! Dick York is Shy Guy! He's having trouble meeting kids at school, he'd rather play around with his electronics. His dad comes downstairs, having apparently left his mob meeting or singing at the copa, because he's impossibly overdressed here, to try to get Shy guy out of his shell! Wear more sweaters! Seek out the popular folk! Eavesdrop on people's conversations! Soon Dick is doing that, and well, he's the hit of the School Mixer! Heck that would be easy if all there was were apples and people singing 'Oh Susannah". Amelie Moment: Check out where the lockers are. What in the world? Anyways, a MUST SEE!! Film 41: Attitudes and Health (1949) B&W Marvin didn't make the first team in his high school basketball team. Why? H eas worrying too much about not making the team, which of course showed and therefore cost him the chance. This I understand, what makes this film so over the top is the doctor's astonishing claim that over half the cases he sees would have helped if they just have a better attitude!!! Have cancer? You need a better attitude! Got Pneumonia? Too bad you didnt have a positive attitude! Film 42: Right or Wrong? (Making Moral Decisions) (1951) B&W Teenaged Harry goes out on a window-breaking spree with a tough gang. Although he doesn't break any windows himself, he is seen by the night watchman and turned in to the police. The police investigator tries to get Harry to tell who else is in the gang, but Harry refuses to squeal on his friends. The investigator knows that Harry is a good-natured kid and so tries to convince the warehouse owner to simply accept payment for the windows without prosecuting Harry. But the warehouse owner is sick and tired of all this vandalism––he wants the investigator to "get tough" with Harry and "make him talk" so that his gang can be broken up. The investigator tries one more time to reason with Harry and when that doesn't work he decides not to get tough, fearing that this will just make Harry hate the police and drive him in to further delinquent activities. A man from Harry's church picks him up at the police station and takes him to his house to wait for Harry's father to get home from his graveyard-shift job. This guy also tries to get Harry to talk, but no dice. Everybody's thoughts are verbalized in the film, and it ends unresolved, instructing the viewers to make their own decisions for each of the film's characters. This is an unusual Coronet film. It's rare for Coronet to end a film unresolved and the ghetto setting of the film and its dark mood are also unusual. Film 43: What to Do on a Date (1950) B&W Now, honestly, how many teenagers do you know who don't know what to do on a date? Amazingly, they found one clueless enough for this film. Of course, what they're really hoping to do is convince teenagers that what you do on a date is lots of wholesome group activities at the local teen center. Our really dorky hero has to be cattle-prodded into asking the girl next door to go to a rummage sale with him, where much to his surprise he finds out that she likes weenie roasts and taffy pulls! And what a coincidence––those things are on the teen center schedule of upcoming wholesome events! It's hard to imagine that adolescence was ever this dorky. Great fun. 　 Volume 4 Runtime of this DVD is 132 minutes 　 Film 44: Alaska: A Modern Frontier (Revised edition) (1948) COLOR Runtime 10 Minutes Views of the Territory of Alaska. Film 45: Banks And Credits (1948) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Rather fascinatingly simplistic description of how banks work. Featuring many nice shots of old banks and people going up and depositing 3 dollars. Film 46: Build Your Vocabulary (1948) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of vocabulary improvement. Film 47: Capitalism (1948) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes A group of teenagers on a high-school radio program discuss just what capitalism is, seizing onto the example of the butcher who supplies the weenies for their picnic. Film 48: Communism (1952) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Educational film on the Cold War conflict. Film 49: Developing Responsibility (1949) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Frank Harris is a hard-working kid with a paper route that he diligently maintains. He is given a dog, Pal, by Mr. Morgan, one of the customers on his route. For one week with the new dog he must prove to his parents that he can maintain his responsibilities in order to be able to keep Pal. Film 50: Getting Ready Physically (1951) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Korean War-era film encouraging high school boys to use the physical training, health and recreational resources of their communities so as to be ready for military service. Film 51: Hoppy, the Bunny (1953) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes A Teacher present a book about a bunny. The film then shifts to a real rabbit leaving his tree home for a day of adventure. He meets a raccoon, owl, visits a farm where he eats the garden, looks at chickens, pigs, other rabbits and a farm dog. Film 52: How to Study (1946) B&W Runtime 8 Minutes This is more about how to write a research paper then how to study. The two week period makes this a minor writing assignment, and it's notable that the kid marks the due date as Easter Monday...when school is probably off for Easter vacation. Yippee...he probably gets an extra week! Film 53: School Rules: How They Help Us (1953) COLOR Runtime 10 Minutes This later Coronet film is nice to look at in color, which tells of a principal's encounters with various students. Checkout the dream sequence and Allan's peculiar choice of shirt. Film 54: The Fun of Making Friends (1950) B&W Runtime 9 Minutes Discusses the values of friendships and how to make and keep friends. Film 55: The Nature of Light (1948) COLOR Runtime 8 Minutes Discusses the different types of light. Film 56: Work of the Stock Exchange (1941) B&W Runtime 15 Minutes Examines each step of incorporation and listing of stock. Illustrates the details of buying and selling operations on the exchange floor and in the broker's office, showing how these operations bring to land, labor and management the necessary capital for production. 　 Volume 5: Runtime of this DVD is 126 minutes 　 Film 57: Good Sportsmanship (1950) B&W Runtime 9 Minutes Shows a number of examples of good sportsmanship in action. In these the importance of sportsmanship in all phases of daily living is emphasized. Film 58: Good Table Manners (1951) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes A bad-mannered 14-year-old meets himself as a young man of 21, and learns the fundamentals of good table manners. Film 59: How Quiet Helps at School (1953) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Social guidance film for young children suggesting that they take their noise out to the playground. Film 60: How to Be Well Groomed (1949) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Siblings Don and Sue show how they keep themselves well groomed throughout the school week and for their Friday night dates. Film 61: How to Say No: Moral Maturity (1951) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes How to say no to unwanted smoking, drinking and petting, and still keep your friends. Film 62: I Want to Be a Secretary (1941) B&W Runtime 15 Minutes Follows a young woman through her clerical training and job search. Shows pre-World War II offices and office workers, primarily women. One of Coronet's earliest educational films. Film 63: Introduction to Foreign Trade (1951) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes An actually interesting, though somewhat simplistic overview of how foreign trade works. The narration is fairly straightforward, and gives fairly broad problems with general answers. Film 64: Life in the Central Valley of California (1949) COLOR Runtime 10 Minutes Shows the agriculture, trade and infrastructure of California's Central Valley, all made possible by irrigation. Film 65: The Mighty Columbia River (1947) COLOR Runtime 10 Minutes Shows the work of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams in making the Columbia River a source of hydroelectric power. Depicts other uses of the river, such as shipping and irrigation and as a fishing bed for salmon. Film 66: The Nature of Sound (1948) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted. Film 67: The Plantation System in Southern Life (1950) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture. Film 68: The Powers of Congress (1947) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Mr. Williams drops off to sleep for a few minutes to find himself confronted with a world in which Congress has been suspended and federal authority dissolved. 　 Volume 6: Runtime of this DVD is 135 minutes 　 Film 69: Rest and Health (1949) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep. Film 70: Rivers of the Pacific Slope (1947) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes The Columbia, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Colorado river systems. Film 71: Selling as a Career (1953) COLOR Runtime 10 Minutes We see the typical day of a Mr. Art Williams, veteran shoe salesperson, We watch him as he visits three customers, all which present it's own problems (especially when the store is selling hunting rifles and bowling balls side by side. Nice color, full of odd images that I haven't seen in these films (Vacuum sales people, a guy stretching out with a shoe in his hands) and if you look closely, you'll see a clip from the classic 'You and Your Work'. Film 72: Service and Citizenship (1951) B&W Runtime 11 Minutes Korean War-era film points out that military service should be understood as part of citizenship and that training in the everyday duties of citizenship is a part of the preparation for military service. Film 73: Starting Now (Are You Ready for Service? No. 4) (1951) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes High school students anticipate and prepare for the military draft. Film 74: The Secretary's Day (1947) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Compares daily activities of a secretary with those of a stenographer. Film 75: Trading Centers of the Pacific Coast (1947) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes The Pacific Rim at the start of the air age. Film 76: Understanding The Dollar (1953) B&W Runtime 9 Minutes A dramatization which explains the essential purposes of money as a medium of exchange, analyzes factors which affect the value of the dollar, and shows the effects of rising prices on people with various types of income. Film 77: Understanding Your Ideals (1950) B&W Runtime 13 Minutes A high school boy primarily concerned with automobiles, dates, and parties learns from his father's example that ideals are really based on honesty, sincerity, and good sportsmanship. Film 78: Ways to Settle Disputes (1950) B&W Runtime 19 Minutes Everyday incidents at school and at play teach Alice, Jerry and Eddie to resolve conflicts by compromise, by obeying rules, by finding facts, or finding opinions. Film 79: What Is Business? (1948) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Business produces Mother's pen, the bread on the breakfast table, and the pop-up toaster into which the bread goes. Film 80: What Is Money? (1947) B&W Runtime 10 Minutes Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a storehouse of value and a convenient medium of exchange. Film 81: Why We Respect The Law (1950) B&W Runtime 12 Minutes Ken and three friends steal boards to make backstop for baseball field. Ken suffers from guilt & sees family lawyer who helps him develop respect for laws. Ken then helps other boys settle accounts with the construction company. Explains the importance of law in keeping order in a society. Shows that respect for the law is developed by a realization that law represents accumulated wisdom, that it is in harmony with laws of nature and that it is necessary to prevent trouble. All films released 1941 to 1953. All Films Entered Public Domain 1969 to 1981. 　 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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