![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Good Eating Habits - Coronet Instructional Films
Drama focusing on gluttony and "hidden hunger," where well-nourished people eat poorly and malnourish themselves.
Keywords: Nutrition; Food; Social guidance
Downloads: 11,213
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Combat Fatigue: Insomnia - Wilding Picture Productions
Dick York plays a Navy recruit who must learn to tackle his insomnia.
Keywords: Health and hygiene; Sleep
Downloads: 9,461
Average rating:  (7 reviews) |  |
| Ways to Settle Disputes - Coronet Instructional Films
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.
Keywords: Social guidance; Children; Conflict resolution
Downloads: 5,237
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| How Much Affection? - Crawley Films
How far can young people go in petting and still stay within the bounds of personal standards and social mores?
Keywords: Sex education; Teenagers; Social guidance
Downloads: 45,243
Average rating: (10 reviews) |  |
| Palmour Street - Southern Educational Film Production Service
Everyday aspects of mental health in an African American community in Gainesville, Georgia.
Keywords: African Americans; Children; Psychology
Downloads: 5,651
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Build Your Vocabulary - Coronet Instructional Films
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.
Keywords: Literacy; Words; Self-improvement
Downloads: 5,363
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Dating: Do's and Don'ts - Coronet Instructional Films
Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Dating; Gender roles
Downloads: 84,344
Average rating: (17 reviews) |  |
| Why We Respect The Law - Gil Altschul
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...
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 3,537
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Social Courtesy - Coronet Instructional Films
Dramatic film offering instruction in basic social graces.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Teenagers
Downloads: 4,491
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Act Your Age - Coronet Instructional Films
Jim, an emotionally immature teen, learns to evaluate his personality and to better work out his problems.
Keywords: Social guidance; Psychology; Teenagers
Downloads: 21,878
Average rating: (13 reviews) |  |
| Rest and Health - Coronet Instructional Films
Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep.
Keywords: Health and hygiene; Sleep; Athletics
Downloads: 3,300
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Self-Conscious Guy - Coronet Instructional Films
Shows how feelings of self-consciousness keep a high school boy from doing his classwork well or making friends easily.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 7,977
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Shy Guy - Coronet Instructional Films
Phil (Dick York), new in his high school, follows his father's suggestion and observes the most popular students to determine what makes them popular. By offering to help others he becomes popular himself and sheds his shyness.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers
Downloads: 14,035
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
| Good Table Manners - Coronet Instructional Films
A bad-mannered 14-year-old meets himself as a young man of 21, and learns the fundamentals of good table manners.
Keywords: Social guidance: Etiquette; Children
Downloads: 9,303
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| How to Say No: Moral Maturity - Coronet Instructional Films
How to say no to unwanted smoking, drinking and petting, and still keep your friends.
Keywords: Social guidance; Gender roles; Social guidance: Etiquette
Downloads: 9,853
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Writing Better Social Letters - Coronet Instructional Films
While a teenage brother and sister write a thank-you note to their grandmother after visiting her on vacation, we learn the five parts of a friendly letter and more about why and how to write one.
Keywords: Social guidance: Etiquette; Communication: Writing; Communication: Postal
Downloads: 3,356
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Right or Wrong? (Making Moral Decisions) - Coronet Instructional Films
Assessing the behavior of a juvenile delinquent who refuses to rat on his companions.
Keywords: Juvenile delinquency
Downloads: 7,882
Average rating:  (6 reviews) |  |
| Are You Ready for Marriage? - Coronet Instructional Films
Two teenagers, wishing to marry early, visit their minister for advice and receive counseling, some of it quite pragmatic, the rest a little strange.
Keywords: Social guidance; Marriage; Gender roles
Downloads: 17,969
Average rating: (14 reviews) |  |
| Beginning Responsibility: Taking Care of Things - Coronet Instructional Films
Instructs children how to care for toys, clothing and other property; to have a definite place to keep belongings, and how to store and handle possessions properly.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 3,788
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Are You Popular? - Coronet Instructional Films
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. Director: Ted Peshak. Cinematography: Bill Rockar. Writers: Robert Chapin and Patricia Kealy. Editor: George Wilbern...
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Gender roles
Downloads: 188,570
Average rating: (43 reviews) |  |
| Benefits of Looking Ahead, The - Coronet Instructional Films
Nick cannot plan ahead, but is convinced to do so after imagining himself as a drifter or a bum.
Keywords: Social guidance; Morality; Teenagers
Downloads: 7,208
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
| Powers of Congress, The - Coronet Instructional Films
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.
Keywords: Political science; Surrealism; Anti-statism
Downloads: 11,258
Average rating: (8 reviews) |  |
| Better Use of Leisure Time - Coronet Instructional Films
How to make the most of your free time.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 7,576
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Snap Out of It! (Emotional Balance) - Coronet Instructional Films
Discusses why an achievement-conscious boy becomes emotionally upset when he fails to get an expected 'A' in a history course.
Keywords: Social guidance; Psychology
Downloads: 3,492
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Everyday Courtesy - Coronet Instructional Films
Courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introductions and entertaining guests.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette
Downloads: 4,989
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Exercise and Health - Coronet Instructional Films
How exercise will make you healthy and popular.
Keywords: Health and hygiene; Exercise
Downloads: 13,596
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| How Do You Know It's Love? - Coronet Instructional Films
Gives students a basis for thinking clearly about real love and shows that mere conviction of love is not enough to insure lasting happiness. A drama.
Keywords: Social guidance; Psychology; Marriage
Downloads: 10,262
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Understand Your Emotions - Coronet Instructional Films
Biology teacher explains emotions, voluntary and involuntary behavior.
Keywords: Social guidance; Psychology; Psychology: Emotions
Downloads: 5,587
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| What Makes A Good Party? - Coronet Instructional Films
Shows teenagers how to plan and attend a party, suggesting games to play and songs to sing ("Jimmy Crack Corn").
Keywords: Social guidance: Etiquette; Celebrations; Parties
Downloads: 19,222
Average rating: (12 reviews) |  |
| What to Do on a Date - Coronet Instructional Films
A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements. Director: Ted Peshak. Cameraman: Dale Sharkey. Writers: George Tychsen, Bradford. Editor: Dick Kirschner. Narrator: George Stone.
Keywords: Social guidance; Dating; Teenagers
Downloads: 26,386
Average rating: (13 reviews) |  |
| Sharing Work At Home - Coronet Instructional Films
A family cooperates to an unbelievable degree.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 3,239
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Your Thrift Habits - Coronet Instructional Films
Modern-day moral tale resembling Ben Franklin's autobiography.
Keywords: Social guidance; Morality; Economics
Downloads: 2,975
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Family Life - Coronet Instructional Films
Impossible drama proving that proper management of schedules, responsibilities, privileges and finances leads to a happier home.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 5,795
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| How to Be Well Groomed - Coronet Instructional Films
Siblings Don and Sue show how they keep themselves well groomed throughout the school week and for their Friday night dates.
Keywords: Social guidance; Health and hygiene
Downloads: 17,126
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Marriage Is a Partnership - Coronet Instructional Films
Flashback on the problems, adjustments and transformations occurring in the first year of a couple's married life.
Keywords: Marriage; Gender roles
Downloads: 21,080
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| What About Juvenile Delinquency? - Centron Productions
Jim leaves the gang after it attacks his father, and joins other teenagers at City Hall to argue against the imposition of a curfew. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.
Keywords: Juvenile delinquency; Social guidance; Crime and criminals
Downloads: 7,076
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Am I Trustworthy? - Coronet Instructional Films
How a child learns to return borrowed items, keep promises and fulfill assignments.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 8,745
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Capitalism - Coronet Instructional Films
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. With Mickey Hugh (Ray Bennett); Franklyn Ferguson (John Howell). Educational Collaborator: James Harvey Dodd, Ph.D., Head, Department of Economics and Business Administration, Mary Washington College, University of Virginia.
Keywords: Economics
Downloads: 6,991
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Friendship Begins At Home - Coronet Instructional Films
How a strong family group helps teenagers learn to form strong friendships.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers
Downloads: 3,815
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Let's Share With Others - Coronet Instructional Films
A kid-centered pitch for fair play and thoughtfulness.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 3,173
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Sixth Chair, The - Handy (Jam) Organization
Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.
Keywords: Education
Downloads: 5,223
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Your Family - Coronet Instructional Films
Family values in action bring happiness and concord.
Keywords: Social guidance; Families; Amateur films
Downloads: 5,967
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Law and Social Controls - Coronet Instructional Films
Uses the story of teens trying to extend the hours of their "Teen Canteen" as a vehicle for explaining customs, moral codes, and laws.
Keywords: Social guidance; Law; Teenagers
Downloads: 4,166
Average rating:  (7 reviews) |  |
| School Rules: How They Help Us
Discusses rules and stresses the point that rules are ways of making life more pleasant, smooth and safe. SHOWS EVERYDAY SCENES IN WHICH RULES INFLUENCE OUR BEHAVIOR. SHOWS WAYS NEW STUDENT CAN LEARN RULES, WHY EXCEPTIONS CAN'T BE GRANTED.
Keywords: Motion Pictures: In Education; Social Guidance
Downloads: 7,467
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Attitudes and Health - Coronet Instructional Films
Demonstrates how self-confidence and right attitudes are necessary to good health.
Keywords: Social guidance; Health and hygiene; Teenagers
Downloads: 3,276
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| How to Keep a Job - Coronet Instructional Films
What you need to do to stay employed: choose the right job, get along with colleagues, maintain positive attitude, etc.
Keywords: Occupations: Vocational training; Social guidance; Teenagers
Downloads: 5,337
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Let's Play Fair - Coronet Instructional Films
Sharing, taking turns and obeying rules are the basic elements of fair play.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette
Downloads: 3,920
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Life in the Central Valley of California - Coronet Instructional Films
Shows the agriculture, trade and infrastructure of California's Central Valley, all made possible by irrigation.
Keywords: California: History and culture; California: Central Valley
Downloads: 2,859
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Plantation System in Southern Life, The - Coronet Instructional Films
Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture.
Keywords: Race relations; Ethnography: U.S.: South; African Americans
Downloads: 8,519
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Going Steady? - Coronet Instructional Films
Attempts to provoke teens into discussion on the complex issue of going steady. Provides little support for the practice.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Social guidance: Dating
Downloads: 28,396
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
