![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Communism - Coronet Instructional Films
Educational film on the Cold War conflict.
Keywords: Cold War; Communism
Downloads: 49,099
Average rating:  (15 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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: 10,173
Average rating: (6 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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 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) |  |
| 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: 7,089
Average rating: (6 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) |  |
| 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: 6,456
Average rating: (6 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| Joan Avoids a Cold - Coronet Instructional Films
How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.
Keywords: Health and hygiene
Downloads: 13,606
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| 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) |  |
| You and Your Parents - Coronet Instructional Films
Teenager and parents in conflict learn to develop mutual understanding.
Keywords: Social guidance; Families; Teenagers
Downloads: 5,708
Average rating: (2 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) |  |
| 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 Honest Are You? - Coronet Instructional Films
For teenagers, honesty can come easy or hard, depending on the stakes.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 5,385
Average rating: (4 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) |  |
| 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 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| Banks And Credits - Coronet Instructional Films
Coronet Instructional Films (a division of Esquire Inc.) presents Banks and Credit. Educational collaborator James Harvey Dodd, PhD., Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Mary Washington College at University of Virginia
Keywords: Motion Pictures: In Education; Occupations: Banking Industry; Economics; Finance
Downloads: 6,639
Average rating:  (2 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) |  |
| 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: 4,072
Average rating: (2 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) |  |
| Getting Ready Physically - Coronet Instructional Films
Korean War-era film encouraging high school boys to use the physical training, health and recreational resources of their communities so as to be ready for military service.
Keywords: Korean War; Health and hygiene; Athletics
Downloads: 7,953
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: 7,576
Average rating: (5 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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: 9,176
Average rating: (4 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) |  |
| Fun of Making Friends, The
Discusses the values of friendships and how to make and keep friends.
Downloads: 5,809
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Nature of Sound, The - Coronet Instructional Films
Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted.
Keywords: Perception: Sound
Downloads: 8,833
Average rating: (3 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) |  |
| Sixth Chair, The - Handy (Jam) Organization
Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.
Keywords: Education
Downloads: 5,223
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Understanding The Dollar
A dramatization which explains the essential purposes of money as a medium of exchange, analyzes factors which affect the value of the dollar, and shows the effects of rising prices on people with various types of income.
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 2,689
Average rating: (3 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: 7,709
Average rating: (3 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: 6,037
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| What Is Money? - Coronet Instructional Films
Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a storehouse of value and a convenient medium of exchange.
Keywords: Economics
Downloads: 10,341
Average rating: (4 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) |  |
| Alaska: A Modern Frontier (Revised edition) - Coronet Instructional Films
Views of the Territory of Alaska.
Keywords: Alaska
Downloads: 11,608
Average rating: (3 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
