Religion in the Family

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1945

Creator: Square Deal Pictures Corporation

Complete Record: Narration in this film relates the following images to their Christian spiritual implications. Strong on nuclear family values, the lessons to be learned when young, the struggle for people to find direction in their lives, and the value of relying on God. Opening is a bible passage: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” Romans VIII, 14. Shots of the city, busy intersections, buses and cars, people at coffee shops. Scrolling Announcements of war in the East. Person with a sign stating “Japs give up” Soldiers in the square with friends and girls enjoy afternoon Shot of large cathedral, tilt up to the cross. Young man loads large box onto moving truck. Kids play on the street sidewalk. A pond with ducks. a few shots. Little boy plays in back yard with a rake and shovel in the dirt. lets sand run through fingers. Puppies in a pen drink from a dish. they are very small and a woman directs them towards the dish with milk. little boy plays with puppies and the mother of the puppies. Mother with her son walk down stairs and into kitchen. The mom pours the baby cereal in bowl and eats with a spoon. Looks like Cheerios. Kid runs in back yard and plays with a scooter and wheelbarrow. Brother cuts the grass around the tree with sheers and puts the grass cuttings in wheelbarrow. Mother washes the dishes and then teaches the kids how to put the clothes on the clothes line. Little kid figures out how to put the clothes up too. A young woman brings out cola and treats to the kids in the backyard. The kids are excited. Coca Marsh is mixed with water for the little boy. Stormy clouds roll in. The boy and the DOG watch on. Inside the brothers read from a book together. Older man in the outdoors sleeps. Young boy listens to his mother read a book with her smaller son on her lap. A few people go into a small church. Man and young man walk through the cemetery and into the church.