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- A high school senior really has the hots for her boyfriend and wants to get married right after she graduates, despite the objections of her parents.
- A shy boy wants to ask out a girl on a date - but how can he know what she'd like to do, or what kind of activity would be best suited for getting to know her?
- This short featuring "Mr. Bungle", a puppet, instructs children on how to best behave in a lunchroom situation.
- An educational short film that teaches children the importance of good eating habits such as not rushing, taking small bites, thoroughly chewing food, and avoiding eating sugary snacks as a substitute for completely eating healthful meals.
- Kay, a boy-crazy high school student, devotes her entire life to finding dates. She tries every trick she can to get boys to take her out, from pretendng that she cars about sports and cars to getting herself put on cleanup committees to meet boys.
- Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players. His dad notices that he has no friends, and tells him that, like the electronic parts he assembles, "you have to fit in with all hte other parts." Realizing that the reason he has no friends is because he's not one of the "crowd," Phil studies the most popular kids at school, in order to see what traits they admire most, so he can be like them and fit in.
- A dancing woman of the future wants her hubbie to buy every car she sees.
- Nora has been going steady with Jack and thinks she may be in love. Her mom, sensing that her virginal little daughter is about ready to do the wild thing with the horny Jack, tries to convince her that she's too young to know.
- Teenage Bill was obsessed with learning to swim, but his fear of the pool caused him to think of himself as a coward. With the help of swimming instructor Barker, he went on to become one of the best swimmers on the school's team.
- A look into the lives of a seventh-grade boy and girl as they go through their morning and evening routines...and why not keeping clean and neat brands them as losers!
- Chuck, a young loner, is invited by a neighbor to a dinner party, but turns it down. He finds himself visited by "Chuck of the future"--himself at age 21. "Chuck of the future" knows the reason the current Chuck doesn't want to go to the party--he's embarrassed over his poor table manners. "Chuck of the future" decides to give "Chuck of the present" some tips on proper table etiquette.
- Eddie Johnson is disappointed that none of his friends nominated him for treasurer of the school hobby club, he latter learns from his dad the importance of being trustworthy.
- A teen boy is given advice on what to do, and what not to do, on a date.
- Teenaged Jeff stupidly thinks that the road to popularity is a fast car and nice clothes. However, his girlfriend and his dad soon show him the error of his ways by proving--via such examples as The Ten Commandments and the intricacies of hydroelectric dam construction, subjects of vital interest to teenagers in the 1950s--that sound ideals, of course, are the basis of popularity. Jeff learns a valuable lesson that will serve him well later in life: if you want hot chicks, forget the red Corvette and the Armani suits--drive a Studebaker and become a born-again construction engineer.
- A weird wordsmith with a background monkey teaches a young boy about grammar in strange and frightening ways.
- Four teenagers and a narrator discuss ways in which to recognize and correct pronunciation problems.
- Goldilocks wanders far from home and stumbles upon the house of the three bears. First sitting in all of their chairs and tasting all of their porridge, then lying in all of their beds, she finds the little baby bear's item to be the most suitable for her in all three cases. This classic fairy tale was made by Coronet films and stars real life bears.
- Jeff Moore, a high school student, has trouble controlling his emotions. An expert in the subject (though it's never explained who he is or what he's an expert in) assures the audience that Jeff's problems stem from the fact that he lets his emotions escape, instead of reining them in like everyone is supposed to. At the end, Jeff realizes that he must not let his emotions get in the way of logic and reason, and goes to a marshmallow roast with the gang.
- Howard, a high school student, won't show his parents his report card, because he believes he should have gotten an "A", but didn't, and now he's ashamed to let his parents know. Mr. Edmund, the school principal/psychologist, counsels Howard that high expectations are not always realistic, and when they are not met one gets "emotionally upset," which is a bad thing for a teenager in the 1950s to be. So Howard promises that he will set his sights at a much lower goal from now on.
- A rebellious teen wants to be left alone. His family oblige him by leaving for a two-week camping trip. Left to his own devices, his internal monologue turns to missing his little sister and brother--not to mention some home cooking.
- The Miller family is in turmoil, with members arguing and fighting with each other. Mom finally figures out that all the family's problems can be traced directly to "bad management". She concludes that the way to solve the problem is to run the family like a corporation, with her and Dad as the CEOs and the children as the employees, and weekly meetings where the children will be told exactly what their duties are and how to do them. The kids, as all good children of course will do, think that being turned into soulless corporate drones is a wonderful idea and much better than having their own thoughts, opinions and input on family matters, and everyone naturally lives happily ever after.
- The benefits of being unfailingly polite and well-mannered to everyone are illustrated in this film, which shows teenagers that being polite and well-dressed is the key to making everyone like you and adults--and, more importantly, authority figures--think that you're not a juvenile dellinquent.
- Three teenage girls decide to throw a party to introduce their college-student friend Steve to the crowd. However, instead of just calling up friends & inviting them over--a bad idea, according to this film--the party must be organized to the last degree, with everything from refreshments to entertainment planned out in exacting detail (spontaneity is no fun, apparently). On the day of the party, a good time is had by all because of the "planning and skill" exhibited by the girls while setting up the party.
- A boy realizes that he could help his parents by doing things around the house.
- Depicts life in a medieval town from the point of view of a young serf. Explains the influence of trade and the role of the merchant and craft guilds in the rise of towns in Europe.
- Through simple illustrations and examples, we learn about easy ways to make life with other people more tolerable.
- A school principal counsels a young student caught vandalizing a desk on the proper behavior to exhibit while in school.
- Joe, a college student, decides it's about time for him to get married and settle down. He's drawn to two girls: Ann, a "sophisticated" coed who is so independent that--horrors!--she doesn't even go to church anymore, or Elsie, the sweet young thing he left at home (take a wild guess which one he winds up with).
- What is "personality" exactly? How would you go about improving it? You're in luck. You might've thought that your personality couldn't get any better. You'd be wrong. You, too, can IMPROVE YOUR PERSONALITY with help from this educational short.
- Ed, a teenager, applies for a job, but upsets his interviewer, Mr. Wiley, by criticizing a former employer. Mr. Wiley tells Ed the story of two brothers, Bob and Walter, who worked for him. Bob was neat, deferential and went along with the program and was promoted, while Walter was sloppy, surly and ungrateful, and was fired. Ed begins to think that being a company man maybe isn't so bad after all.
- A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The doctor tells him that he failed because of his "poor attitude", and proceeds to show him a parade of losers, rejects and derelicts who let their "bad attitudes" get the best of them. Shaken to his very core, the young man vows to improve his attitude, and begins to succeed in life.
- A story about a Mexican boy and his donkey is used in depicting the characteristics of rural life in Mexico and in emphasizing the importance of helping others.
- The issue of popularity, specifically amongst the high school set, is dramatized. Jerry occasionally goes on dates with Ginny, who goes on "sitting in parked cars" dates with many boys, which makes Jerry feel less special. When Ginny comes by and wants to sit with the gang, they brush her off. Is she popular because she goes on these dates, or is the exact opposite the truth? Jerry is also attracted to the new girl in school, Caroline. He can't verbalize why he likes her, but all in the gang, including the girls, invite her to sit with them. But if Caroline is popular, it means that others, like Wally, are interested also in dating her. Jerry and Wally take two different approaches in asking Caroline on a date, with two different results based on their consideration of her feelings.
- This ephemeral film is a primer on the origins of the American people, from the Native Americans to the European, African and Asian immigrants who arrived in successive waves to form the melting pot that made America great.
- Jeff and Marie have been dating for a while, and come to the realization that they might be considered to be "going steady." They ponder the significance of that situation, while Marie's mother worries that Jeff might feel that going steady may entitle him to "take liberties" with her virginal (but seemingly not happy about it) daughter.
- Larry, a popular young boy, is looked up to and admired by his friends. It turns out that the reason he is so popular is because of his personal hygiene habits. He constantly washes his hair, cleans between his toes, lines public toilet seats with paper and has even more disturbing obsessions. As the narrator says, Larry's extra-squeaky-clean hygiene habits--something psychiatrists nowadays call obsessive-compulsive disorder--"are what give him such self-confidence!"
- Bob used to be a loner, keeping to himself and thinking "my own thoughts"--until he meets Joe, a "sincere and real" young man who befriends Bob, and several other local boys, and together they form a group of happy young teens. Joe eventually wins a trip to the state capital by turning in the winning essay on Junior Citizenship in a contest, and Bob and the other boys learn of the rewards of friendship--which are, apparently, that all the hard work you put in on a project results in someone else getting a trip to the state capitol.
- The basic layout of an average American town is explained, from farmland to neighborhoods full of homes. The city's pottery factory and ice cream dairy are highlighted.
- The activities of children playing on the beach are used to illustrate the eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
- This classroom training film is somewhat unusual in that, instead of the usual indoctrination about fitting in and not doing anything to draw attention to yourself, it actually encourages teenagers to think for themselves and act on their conscience. It tells the story of three teenagers and how they resisted the temptation of drinking, smoking and sex by standing up to the gang and not going along with this dangerous and immoral behavior.
- A group of young carolers learn how Christmas is celebrated in Germany, Sweden, Holland, Mexico, Italy, and China.
- The virtues of families doing things together is shown in this classroom training film. It follows the Brent family, as they go about helping strangers, and each other, throughout the day.
- A young man is given advice by a businessman on how good moral character is necessary in order to be successful in today's world.
- Bill Brett has been invited to a costume party at Martha's house, to which he will be taking Carol. But Bill doesn't seem too happy about any of it because he doesn't know how to act properly around people. The off screen narrator acts as Bill's guide through this evening, giving him tips on the way he should act and why. Bill is given multiple opportunities to get each situation right, these situations which include picking Carol up at her house, greeting Martha's mother, and meeting strangers at the party. Bill learns that when he acts courteously in these social situations, people in turn will act courteously to him which results in him and them being happier.