![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 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: 82,146
Average rating:  (17 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: 5,630
Average rating:  (5 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: 5,563
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| How Quiet Helps at School - Coronet Instructional Films
Social guidance film for young children suggesting that they take their noise out to the playground.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 6,816
Average rating:  (5 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: 9,166
Average rating: (7 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: 27,588
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
| Overcoming Fear - Coronet Instructional Films
How Bill overcomes his fear of the water through understanding its sources.
Keywords: Social guidance; Psychology
Downloads: 3,994
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Fun of Being Thoughtful, The - Coronet Instructional Films
Social guidance film for teenagers encouraging insight into the motives, tastes and desires of others.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 6,261
Average rating:  (6 reviews) |  |
| Communism - Coronet Instructional Films
Educational film on the Cold War conflict.
Keywords: Cold War; Communism
Downloads: 46,400
Average rating: (15 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: 11,162
Average rating: (8 reviews) |  |
| 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: 19,010
Average rating: (12 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: 7,547
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Understanding Your Ideals - Coronet Instructional Films
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.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 9,108
Average rating: (4 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: 3,263
Average rating: (3 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: 3,752
Average rating: (7 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: 7,135
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
| Social Courtesy - Coronet Instructional Films
Dramatic film offering instruction in basic social graces.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Teenagers
Downloads: 4,431
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: 16,121
Average rating: (5 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: 3,447
Average rating: (6 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: 187,634
Average rating: (43 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: 26,195
Average rating: (13 reviews) |  |
| Sharing Work At Home - Coronet Instructional Films
A family cooperates to an unbelievable degree.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 3,204
Average rating: (6 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: 8,433
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Control Your Emotions - Coronet Instructional Films
Well-balanced emotions help to create a well-rounded personality, especially in teenagers.
Keywords: Social guidance; Psychology
Downloads: 7,616
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| I Want to Be a Secretary - Coronet Instructional Films
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.
Keywords: Social guidance; Occupations: Clerical; Gender roles
Downloads: 9,834
Average rating: (6 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: 3,455
Average rating: (5 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: 7,333
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: 17,785
Average rating: (14 reviews) |  |
| Sixth Chair, The - Handy (Jam) Organization
Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.
Keywords: Education
Downloads: 5,148
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Mind Your Manners - Coronet Instructional Films
How teenagers can cultivate good manners by manifesting a real desire to get along with others.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Teenagers
Downloads: 5,961
Average rating: (3 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: 9,193
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: 3,778
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Your Thrift Habits - Coronet Instructional Films
Modern-day moral tale resembling Ben Franklin's autobiography.
Keywords: Social guidance; Morality; Economics
Downloads: 2,927
Average rating: (6 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: 13,709
Average rating: (11 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: 5,181
Average rating: (3 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: 21,719
Average rating: (13 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: 10,153
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Who Are the People of America? - Coronet Instructional Films
Explains how the United States came to be a diversely populated nation.
Keywords: Diversity; Patriotism; Immigration
Downloads: 5,906
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |  |
| Alaska: A Modern Frontier (Revised edition) - Coronet Instructional Films
Views of the Territory of Alaska.
Keywords: Alaska
Downloads: 11,523
Average rating: (3 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: 7,011
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Mighty Columbia River, The - Coronet Instructional Films
Hydroelectric power, shipping, irrigation and salmon fishing.
Keywords: Geography: U.S.: Pacific Northwest; Rivers: Western U.S; Environment
Downloads: 4,011
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Better Use of Leisure Time - Coronet Instructional Films
How to make the most of your free time.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 7,478
Average rating: (5 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: 3,168
Average rating: (3 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: 6,908
Average rating: (4 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: 2,820
Average rating: (3 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: 4,135
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Selling as a Career
TYPICAL DAY OF WORK OF ART WILLIAMS, SALESMAN OF SPORTING GOODS. PREPARATIONS AT HOME FOR NEXT DAY'S WORK, FILLS OUT REPORTS, ESTIMATES SALES PROSPECTS, SCHEDULES CALLS. FOCUSES ON PROCEEDURES & PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
Downloads: 2,296
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: 9,741
Average rating: (4 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: 44,939
Average rating: (10 reviews) |  |
| Joan Avoids a Cold - Coronet Instructional Films
How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.
Keywords: Health and hygiene
Downloads: 13,452
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
