Foods Around Us (1972)

Creator: A/V Geeks 16mm Films

Description: Part of the Most Important Person series. The film explores the various foods and their origins in a light-hearted manner, featuring a character who initially dislikes many foods, particularly milk and tomatoes. Through playful dialogue with a bird, the character learns that many foods he enjoys, such as ice cream and cheese, are derived from milk, and discovers that he has unknowingly eaten roots, leaves, and stems. The film emphasizes the importance of different food groups and encourages an appreciation for a wider variety of foods. Keywords food, milk, ice cream, cheese, tomatoes, roots, leaves, stems, nutrition, children's education

Transcription

[Music] wide world and the in the wide world come on we'll show you let's find out more about the things you feel and do you're the the [Music] world what's all the racket down there did you hear something mhm up there yeah it's that silly bird he doesn't like anything maybe he liked to milk almost Everyone likes milk you want some milk bird it tastes great milk don't like milk don't need milk kids need milk for bones and teeth kids need milk to grow kids even like milk but me can't stand milk wouldn't walk across the street to drink it milk oh wet and white couldn't wouldn't eat it if it were handed to me on a stick here try this hey that looks good what was that milk huh on a stick ice cream is milk on a stick ice cream comes from milk and without milk there would be no ice cream H well I still don't have to like milk do you like cheese of course I like cheese cheese comes from milk too so does cottage cheese and buttermilk and sour cream and butter all right all right I like milk I mean I like to eat milk but Tomatoes those I really cannot take if there's one thing all kinds never never will you catch me eating tomatoes wouldn't walk across the street to eat a tomato all red and soft and and tomato yeah that's one all right can't stand it never touch it do you like tomato juice yeah but how about tomato soup and spaghetti is spaghetti a tomato No but spaghetti sauce is made from Tomatoes well maybe I don't uh uh you know you really make it hard to hate we try here comes that you know who again let's have some fun with him I can't believe he doesn't like all those things hey bird would you eat a root a root my little chickeny you e one of these who'd ever eat a root Roots grow under the ground have a carrot carrots love them well that carrots a root you just ate a root bird I did carrots are Roots they grow into the ground not all roots are good to eat but carrots are and so are chuts and beets and radishes and scallions H never thought of that how about a leaf Bird yeah bird would you eat a leaf a leaf don't be silly a root may be but a leaf you can't depend on a leaf sit on it you fall out of a tree how about this would you eat this lettuce love it oh tastes great good for you too well you just at a Leaf bird not all leaves are good to eat but lettuce cabbage and spinach they're all leaves next thing you're going to tell me is that like to eat a stem you like celery bird celery of course I like celery my favorite snack eat it all the time what's that got to do with oh no that's right Bird you just ate a stem Roots leaves stem milk peanuts Tomatoes I thought I didn't like them it's hard for a guy not to like them right you are but what do you know I really like to eat [Music]

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