You and Your Family (1946, sound)

Creator: A/V Geeks 16mm Films

Description:

Description: Social guidance film depicting family conflict situations with actors staging a range of alternative approaches to conflict resolution. Film includes prompts for spectator discussion. From the "Art of Living" series.

When Mary's family refuses to let her go out on a date, what should she do? What happens when family members shirk their chores? How can Bill and his father agree on what time Bill should get home at night? These scenes are shown dramatically, then summarized, and each spectator is invited to join in the discussion.

Great footage of typical late-1940s family in various typical family situations acting out three to four different possible outcomes to those situations. Girl is asked out on date but parents say she can’t go. Mother asks for help with dishes at dinner table and family makes excuses. Teenage son comes home late and wakes up father knocking over table with phone, and Father says he can’t go out for a week.

Synopsis: CU old-fashioned telephone with rotary dial; phone rings, camera pans out and 1940s teenage girl answers phone. VS teenage girl on phone “Yes this is Mary. Oh hello Frank! What? You do! Well just a minute, I better ask”; girl asks parents if she can go to dance out on lake with boy. Mother denies girl and Father confirms. Narrator asks “What should she do next?” Mary tells boy on phone she can’t go and sulks. Scene is repeated where girls asks parents if she can go but this time seeks a compromise to have him over after parents have said no; parents accept offer. Scene is reenacted again with girl asking parents this time she overreacts “I just knew it, no one in this family wants me to have any fun at all. I wish I were dead!” Fourth reenactment girl is denied permission; however, she goes and whispers into phone that she will sneak out.

VS family around dinner table. Mother asks for help with dishes. Daughter excuses herself by saying she has too much homework. Father says he has to read the paper. Oldest son says friends are waiting on him. Youngest son decides to help.

CU pan up wood pendulum driven grandfather clock which reads 12:45.

VS teenage boy comes home late at night and trips over stool with phone on it and falls onto the staircase. Father wakes up and asks boy why he is home so late “What kept you, son?” Four takes show boy give four different reactions by boy to father’s question. First, boy makes an excuse about friend getting hurt and Father says “Are you sure you’re telling the truth, Bill?Bill answers “Of course I am telling the truth. The trouble with this family is nobody ever believes me!” Second take Bill answers father’s question “Where were you Bill” “It’s none of your business, I’m not a kid anymore. I’m old enough to take care of myself. And beginning now that is just what I am going to do. And I’d like to see you or anyone else try and stop me”. In the third take, teenage boy apologizes and accepts punishment.

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Subjects: Family; Youth; Domestic life

Tags: girl on phone; family dinner; interior house; 1940s; teenagers; parents; youth culture; communication; telephones; suburbia; rules; negotiation; lying; false statements; post-World War II culture

Film Sponsor: Association Films; National Council of YMCAs; Look Magazine; Cowles Magazines, Inc.

Creator: Association Films, "B.K. Blake, Inc.", George Blake

Credits: Presented by Association Films (Motion Picture Bureau, National Council of YMCA's), and the editors of Look Magazine. From the "Art of Living" series. Director: George Blake. Script: A.R. Perkins. Photography: Don Malkames. Editor: Leonard Anderson. Narrator: Don Goddard. Production: B.K. Blake, Inc.

Distributor: Association Films

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1946

Release Date: 1946

Geographical Location:

Genre/Form: social guidance, educational

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, release print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: optical, variable area

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 262

Complete Record: Description: Social guidance film depicting family conflict situations with actors staging a range of alternative approaches to conflict resolution. Film includes prompts for spectator discussion. From the "Art of Living" series. When Mary's family refuses to let her go out on a date, what should she do? What happens when family members shirk their chores? How can Bill and his father agree on what time Bill should get home at night? These scenes are shown dramatically, then summarized, and each spectator is invited to join in the discussion. Great footage of typical late-1940s family in various typical family situations acting out three to four different possible outcomes to those situations. Girl is asked out on date but parents say she can’t go. Mother asks for help with dishes at dinner table and family makes excuses. Teenage son comes home late and wakes up father knocking over table with phone, and Father says he can’t go out for a week. Synopsis: CU old-fashioned telephone with rotary dial; phone rings, camera pans out and 1940s teenage girl answers phone. VS teenage girl on phone “Yes this is Mary. Oh hello Frank! What? You do! Well just a minute, I better ask”; girl asks parents if she can go to dance out on lake with boy. Mother denies girl and Father confirms. Narrator asks “What should she do next?” Mary tells boy on phone she can’t go and sulks. Scene is repeated where girls asks parents if she can go but this time seeks a compromise to have him over after parents have said no; parents accept offer. Scene is reenacted again with girl asking parents this time she overreacts “I just knew it, no one in this family wants me to have any fun at all. I wish I were dead!” Fourth reenactment girl is denied permission; however, she goes and whispers into phone that she will sneak out. VS family around dinner table. Mother asks for help with dishes. Daughter excuses herself by saying she has too much homework. Father says he has to read the paper. Oldest son says friends are waiting on him. Youngest son decides to help. CU pan up wood pendulum driven grandfather clock which reads 12:45. VS teenage boy comes home late at night and trips over stool with phone on it and falls onto the staircase. Father wakes up and asks boy why he is home so late “What kept you, son?” Four takes show boy give four different reactions by boy to father’s question. First, boy makes an excuse about friend getting hurt and Father says “Are you sure you’re telling the truth, Bill?Bill answers “Of course I am telling the truth. The trouble with this family is nobody ever believes me!” Second take Bill answers father’s question “Where were you Bill” “It’s none of your business, I’m not a kid anymore. I’m old enough to take care of myself. And beginning now that is just what I am going to do. And I’d like to see you or anyone else try and stop me”. In the third take, teenage boy apologizes and accepts punishment. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Family; Youth; Domestic life Tags: girl on phone; family dinner; interior house; 1940s; teenagers; parents; youth culture; communication; telephones; suburbia; rules; negotiation; lying; false statements; post-World War II culture Film Sponsor: Association Films; National Council of YMCAs; Look Magazine; Cowles Magazines, Inc. Creator: Association Films, "B.K. Blake, Inc.", George Blake Credits: Presented by Association Films (Motion Picture Bureau, National Council of YMCA's), and the editors of Look Magazine. From the "Art of Living" series. Director: George Blake. Script: A.R. Perkins. Photography: Don Malkames. Editor: Leonard Anderson. Narrator: Don Goddard. Production: B.K. Blake, Inc. Distributor: Association Films Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1946 Release Date: 1946 Geographical Location: Genre/Form: social guidance, educational Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive, release print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: optical, variable area Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 262

Transcription

e yes this is Mary oh hello Frank what you do well just a minute I better ask that was Frank Roberts he wants me to go to a dance with him tomorrow night out at the lake what do you think dear well I think we all feel that Mary is still a little young to go out in the evening especially so far out of town that's right sorry Mary but I'm afraid the answer has to be no does anything like this ever happen in your home in your family when it does what is the usual reaction suppose for instance you were in Mary's Place what do you think she should do next should she do this hello fr the family says no so I guess our date's off I'm sorry good bye you've just seen one way to meet an everyday situation was it the best way or should Mary do this when her father says sorry Mary but I'm afraid the answer has to be no okay Dad I'll call off say how would this be why couldn't I have Frank and the Gang over here tomorrow night could all play the radio and dance and make sandwiches hey that would be swell it sure would it sounds fine to me absolutely you go right ahead Mary oh thanks everybody I'll tell them right away that was method number two here's a third possibility can't I go Daddy please I want to so much sorry Mary but it's all settled I just knew it no one in this family wants me to have any fun at all I wish I were dead that was method number three here's number four watch what Mary does this time sorry Mary okay then hello Frank listen the family says no but I'll sneak out tomorrow night and meet you anyway okay SW see you tomorrow night in your opinion did Mary do right in scene one scene two scene three scene 4 if so or if not why now are you ready for the next Family scene here we go watch carefully everything that happens as Mary and Bill and George and their parents finished supper well who's going to help me do the dishes tonight why I'd like to mother but I've got so much homework how about you giving me a hand for a change Howard me I should say not I mean I I've got to read my paper let Bill do it oh oh well some other time mother some of the fellas are waiting for me down at the corner here I'll help Mother and it's my opinion that if everyone in the family would lend a hand once in a while we get the work done that much quicker then we could all go out afterwards and do anything we wanted to which type of answer do you think is best one like Mary's father's Bill's George's or an entirely different one why next suppose we look at another very familiar family situation this one always takes place late at night young bill has been downtown spending the evening with friends he was supposed to get home around 11: but as you can see it's going on one Bill's almost 2 hours late uhoh father's awake so what should Bill do and say now here's possibility number one what kept you son oh oh it was like this you see skinny tripped and twisted his ankle and we had to carry him to the hospital well I I don't mean we carried them we we took them there in a car well it wasn't exactly a car it was more like a wagon are you sure you're telling the truth bill of course I'm telling the truth the trouble with this family is nobody ever believes me that's one way to meet a problem here's another way where were you Bill it's none of your business I'm not a kid anymore I'm old enough to take care of myself and beginning now that's just what I'm going to do and I'd like to see you or anyone else me now Look at possibility number three what kept you Bill oh sorry Dad I was buling around with the gang and it was 12:30 before I realize it you know what we all agreed on don't you yeah anyone who comes in late can't go out again for a week that's right it's too bad but oh that's all right it was my fault good night good night bill using the Johnson family for illustration you've seen several possible ways of meeting typical problems that affect every family group including your own remember what these problems are there are three of them and we'll review them for you briefly in your opinion what should happen when an invitation is received by telephone or otherwise [Music] what is a good course of action when it's time to do the family housework what procedure do you recommend when someone comes home late questions like these are kind of tough to answer in any family suppose we hear what you have to say about them okay you're absolutely right George most family problems can be solved through Frank and friendly discussion which points the way to a happy family [Music] life

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