![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 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: 21,500
Average rating:  (13 reviews) |  |
| Age of Turmoil - Crawley Films, Ltd.
An afternoon and evening in the complicated lives of six teenagers.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Psychology
Downloads: 6,671
Average rating:  (4 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: 7,052
Average rating:  (11 reviews) |  |
| Boy with a Knife - Dudley Pictures Corp.
Jerry, an "at-risk" young man, uses his knife as an "equalizer" to solve his frustrations stemming from his unhappy home, which is dominated by his stepmother. A group worker reaches Jerry and helps him to transcend his anger. Director: Laslo Benedek. Narrator: Richard Widmark. With Chuck Connors.
Keywords: Juvenile delinquency; Teenagers; Psychology
Downloads: 15,786
Average rating: (10 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: 3,727
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Gossip - Davis (Sid) Productions
Quirky social guidance film on the negative effects of gossip.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Children
Downloads: 7,915
Average rating: (7 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: 4,080
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Procrastinator, The - Centron Productions
When Jean becomes chairman of the social committee, she habitually fails to plan and use time wisely in carrying out her responsibilities. When she is unable to get everything together in time for the school dance, her schoolmates are justifiably upset with her. Filmed with a cast of nonprofessionals in Lawrence, Kansas. Writer: Margaret Carlile (Trudy) Travis.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Morality
Downloads: 3,054
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Show-Off, The - Centron Productions
Group of pranksters disrupts school activities by showing off.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Psychology
Downloads: 11,497
Average rating:  (7 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: 13,558
Average rating: (11 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: 25,963
Average rating: (13 reviews) |  |
| You and Your Parents - Coronet Instructional Films
Teenager and parents in conflict learn to develop mutual understanding.
Keywords: Social guidance; Families; Teenagers
Downloads: 5,358
Average rating: (2 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: 186,440
Average rating: (43 reviews) |  |
| Dropout, The (Part II) - Affiliated Film Producers
Uses case studies to show why teenagers drop out of high school. Explains that some have problems in school, need money, are socially isolated and wish to assume an adult role. Filmed in Los Angeles. Writer and producer: Irving Jacoby. Director: Henwar Rodakiewicz.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Society: Education
Downloads: 2,914
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Dropout, The (Part I) - Affiliated Film Producers
Uses case studies to show why teenagers drop out of high school. Explains that some have problems in school, need money, are socially isolated and wish to assume an adult role. Filmed in Los Angeles. Writer and producer: Irving Jacoby. Director: Henwar Rodakiewicz.
Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Society: Education
Downloads: 3,126
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: 44,520
Average rating: (10 reviews) |  |
| It's All in Knowing How - Chicago Film Studios of Chicago Film Laboratory
A teenage boy discovers how good nutrition (i.e. milk products) improves his habits, social life and bowling score.
Keywords: Nutrition; Health and hygiene; Teenagers
Downloads: 3,545
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Understanding Others - Centron Corporation
Argues that a person should be judged by his/her true worth and ability, rather than by economic background or social skills. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.
Keywords: Social guidance; Class relations; Teenagers
Downloads: 2,221
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Ask Me, Don't Tell Me - Myers (David)
San Francisco teenage gangs and the unfriendly world they inhabit.
Keywords: San Francisco: Juvenile delinquents; Teenagers; Juvenile delinquency
Downloads: 22,767
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: 3,101
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Beginning to Date - Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
An insecure young teen boy who has just reached dating age learns how to plan and enjoy a date (with a girl at least one foot taller than him). With Studs Terkel (Swimming Coach). Producer: Milan Herzog.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Teenagers
Downloads: 18,867
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: 26,599
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
| How Do You Do? - Young America Films
Trains teenagers to act according to the rules of proper social etiquette. Promotes proper behavior as a means of gaining social poise and self-assurance. This film seems clearly to be a document from the postwar "behavior offensive," aimed at retraining adolescents to learn to be kids once again after experiencing premature adulthood during World War II.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Teenagers
Downloads: 8,017
Average rating: (7 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: 5,155
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: 5,876
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Social Courtesy - Coronet Instructional Films
Dramatic film offering instruction in basic social graces.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Teenagers
Downloads: 4,347
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Terrible Truth, The - Davis (Sid) Productions
Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction.
Keywords: Substance abuse: Drugs; Teenagers; California: Los Angeles
Downloads: 44,069
Average rating: (17 reviews) |  |
| Alcohol Trigger Films for Junior High: The Party, The Mother, The Bride - Nowak (Amram) Associates
Three short dramatic, open-ended situations designed to provoke discussion in alcohol education programs. Includes "The Party," in which a new boy wants to make friends and offers his house for a party while his parents are away; "The Mother," in which an intoxicated mother picks up her daughter and a friend at a shopping mall and then embarrasses the daughter in front of a boy; and "The Ride," in which younger students are offered drinks by older friends and then invited to go for a ride.
Keywords: Substance abuse: Alcohol; Teenagers: 1970s; Substance abuse: Drugs
Downloads: 14,555
Average rating: (10 reviews) |  |
